Twenty-one hits. Four legends. One stage. Drayton Entertainment’s smash-hit production of Million Dollar Quartet will play Mirvish’s Panasonic Theatre in Toronto this winter.
This electrifying musical based on an iconic moment in music history will take the stage from Dec. 12 to January 7.
The Panasonic engagement will be the production’s Toronto debut.
The hit rock ’n’ roll musical has played to sold out crowds at the Dunfield Theatre Cambridge, King’s Wharf Theatre in Penetanguishene and Huron Country Playhouse in Grand Bend already this season, and is on stage until Sept. 2 at the Drayton Festival Theatre.
It sounds like the beginning of a joke: Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis walk into a Memphis recording studio … but in 1956, it really happened. Based on the greatest jam session in recording history, Million Dollar Quartet is inspired by this fateful recording session, which brought together then-rising star Johnny Cash, unknown Jerry Lee Lewis, veteran musician Carl Perkins and chart-topper Elvis Presley at Sun Records for the first – and only – time.
Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life. This lightning-paced musical flies by, running 95 minutes straight through without an intermission.
“Million Dollar Quartet is a nonstop, high energy rock ’n’ roll juggernaut that audiences can’t get enough of,” said Alex Mustakas, artistic director of Drayton Entertainment.
“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to share this exciting production with Toronto theatregoers.”
Along with Mustakas, the same creative team has been assembled for the upcoming Toronto production including music director Konrad Pluta, set designer Laurin Kelsey, costume designer Rachel Berchtold and lighting designer Jeff JohnstonCollins. Casting for the production will be announced at a later date.
Million Dollar Quartet will be on stage at Toronto’s Panasonic Theatre Dec. 12 to Jan. 7.
Tickets will be sold through the Mirvish TicketKing Box Office and go on sale to the general public on Aug. 21.
Tickets are available by visiting mirvish.com, or by calling TicketKing at 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333.
