Actors Fund Memphis Benefit Performance

See the January 17 Special Performance of Memphis, and support the vital programs and services of The Actors Fund. With a score by Joe DiPietro and Bon Jovi’s David Bryan that mixes gospel, rhythm and blues, and early rock ”�n’ roll stylings with a contemporary sensibility, Memphis follows the fictionalized life story of Huey Calhoun, a young, white radio disc jockey growing up in Memphis in the 1950s. Fueled by the music he hears in the black bars on Beale Street, Huey’s on-air antics and unstoppable enthusiasm for “race records”� creates a new white audience for African-American music. Then he falls in love with beautiful black singer Felicia Farrell, and his personal life transcends the race line, too, with grave consequences.