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New TV Series Will Be Based on the Broadway Musical 'Million Dollar Quartet'
Sun Records will capture the early days of rock 'n' roll.
(L-r): Levi Kreis and Rob Lyons in a scene from the Chicago production of Million Dollar Quartet (2009) (Photo by Gabe Bowling)
Million Dollar Quartet, the Tony-nominated 2010 Broadway musical about a momentous night in the history of rock 'n' roll, will serve as the basis for the new TV series Sun Records, debuting February 23 on the CMT cable network, according to a report in Rolling Stone.
The musical told the story of what happened the night of December 4, 1956 when young rockers Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash happened to be in the studio of the label, Sun Records, and held a legendary jam session. The eight-part TV series will expand the focus to show how Sun Records founder and producer Sam Phillips (Chad Michael Murray of One Tree Hill and The Gilmore Girls), molded the talent and early careers of the four musicians, and affected the trajectories of country, R&B and blues for the next 60 years.
Click here for the full article published on Playbill.com by Robert Viagas on January 5, 2017.