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Lakes Theater’s rock ‘n’ roll tribute </SPAN></B><B><SPAN
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Dollar Quartet’ </SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Million Dollar
Quartet,†which opened on Broadway in 2010, reenacts that storied Tuesday
afternoon in 1956 when a young Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and
Elvis Presley happened to gather at the Sun Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee
for an impromptu jam session for the ages.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style='FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: arial'>Patrons
of this </SPAN><SPAN
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Lakes Theater production </SPAN><SPAN
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know that what appears on stage is more of a musical revue than a theatrical
bio-musical. Only a tissue-thin </SPAN><SPAN
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story about the boys’ early days with the record label, written by Colin Escott
and Floyd Mutrux, is delivered between musical performances and directly
addressed to the audience by an exuberant James Ludwig, who plays Sun Records
owner and producer Sam Phillips. Phillips serves as our conduit to the
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rock ‘n’ roll legends-in-the-making throughout the evening.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=#252525>While bio-musicals are usually grounded in more truth than fiction
and more story than songs,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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“Million Dollar Quartet†was written with ample creative license.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So much so that the fact that a young
Cash, Lewis, Perkins and Presley happened to gather at Sun Records one day in
Memphis may be the only fact to be found.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">While
historical accuracy shouldn’t be expected (though Lauren T. Roark’s costuming is
spot on), capturing </SPAN><SPAN
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musicians’ look, manner and legendary musicianship is a must.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anything less is merely
impersonation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Worse, it’s
imposture.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And the true litmus test
is if an audience leans in during the performances to get just a little bit
closer to the genius that made this remarkable music, as if it was actually in
the room.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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