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Review: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ Makes For a Strong Finish to 50 Years of The Rep

Posted: March 18, 2017 at 1:47 am   /   Live Theater Reviews

The most famous jam session in rock and roll history took place on December 4, 1956. Million Dollar Quartet is the story of the first and only time Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins would perform and record together. The place was Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee., owned by Sam Phillips – credited […]

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Theatre Review: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ at the Fabulous Fox Now through May 5th!

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 1:48 pm   /   Live Theater, Live Theater Reviews, Local

There are very few musicians who achieve the status of legend. It’s a term left only for those who have achieved greatness in their field, and left a lasting impression. It’s a title that is harder and harder to come by these days.  It’s a title so highly regarded, that four legends made history on […]

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Concert Review: Brian Setzer Puts His Cat Clothes on for STL

Posted: December 6, 2011 at 2:36 pm   /   Concerts, Featured, Local, Music

I have a confession: I used to think Brian Setzer was a cat. I’m not crazy, I promise. But with his band being named the Stray Cats and all the songs they wrote about felines, my five-year-old self just naturally assumed that Setzer had whiskers and a fluffy tail. Ahhh, fun times in 1982. I’ll […]

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Reese Witherspoon in Negotiations for Peggy Lee Biopic

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 12:27 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Reese Witherspoon has already received an Academy Award for a portrayal of another music legend, country singer June Carter Cash, in the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line.  Now she is in talks for another famous female music artist, Peggy Lee. Witherspoon has shown a lot of interest in the late jazz singer’s life, […]

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