Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole' local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey's close-minded mama and Felicia's cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. As their careers rise, the relationship is challenged by personal ambition and the pressures of an outside world unable to accept their love. Originally shown in select theatres, then broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 39, episode 11).
Chad Kimball
as Huey Calhoun
Montego Glover
as Felicia Farrell
Derrick Baskin
as Gator
J. Bernard Calloway
as Delray Jones
James Monroe Iglehart
as Bobby
Michael McGrath
as Mr. Simmons
Cass Morgan
as Gladys Calhoun
Jennifer Allen
as Clara/White Mother/Ensemble
Brad Bass
as Perry Como/Frank Dryer/Ensemble
Tracee Beazer
as Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble
Tanya Birl
as Ethel/Ensemble
Kevin Covert
as Buck Wiley/Martin Holton/Ensemble
