Broadway’s “Memphis” is now streaming on Netflix

If you missed Broadway’s Memphis when it played in theaters, you can now catch it while sitting on your couch!

They announced it this morning via their Twitter account that the show which was filmed earlier this year is now available on to stream on Netflix.

Starring Montego Glover and Chad Kimball, the show tells the story of the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, where a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready for her big break.

The Cast of Memphis on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is doing its first ever Broadway week where they are showcasing the most popular musicals playing today.

Last night, the cast of Memphis came on to perform.  stars Chad Kimball and Montego Glover, check it out at Chapter 6 (37 minute mark).

Christina Ricci also shows up to talk with Jimmy about her upcoming Broadway debut, Time Stands Still.

Tony Awards Interview Wrap-up

The Tony’s are this weekend and I can’t wait! Maybe it’s because, more than any year before, I’ve seen a lot of the shows and actors that are nominated.

Here’s a wrap-up of interviews I did with three fantastic actors (and incredibly nice people).

Montego Glover is currently starring in Memphis. She’s nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical. I saw the show and she is absolutely wonderful! The show itself is nominated for Best Musical and 6 other nominations.

Stephen Kunken is nominated for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Andy Fastow in Enron. The play also has 3 other nominations.

Mary Catherine Garrison can still be seen in the extremely funny Lend Me A Tenor. The show is nominated for Best Revival of a Play and 2 other nominations.

Also, check out The Andy Gram on Sunday. He’ll have live webcasting coverage of the red carpet arrivals starting at 6pm eastern time!

2010 Tony Nominations

 

BEST PLAY:

In the Next Room by Sarah Ruhl

Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts

Red by John Logan

Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies

BEST MUSICAL:

American Idiot

Fela!

Memphis

Million Dollar Quartet

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Broadway star Montego Glover on ‘Memphis’, advice and her journey to success

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:24 — 14.1MB)

I think Montego Glover, the star of the hit Broadway show Memphis, can do anything.

Not only is she currently starring on Broadway, but she also displays her talent in video games, commercials, television and voice overs. Ok, a lot of people do that. But do they do it successfully?

Exactly! Seriously, she can do anything.

Currently, she is spending her evenings playing Felecia Farrell, a struggling singer in 1950’s Memphis. She sings, she dances and will break your heart by the end of the show.

I saw Montego when the show was at the La Jolla Playhouse and she was incredible. Once she’s on stage, you can’t take your eyes off of her. She absolutely takes over the stage.

If you get a chance, listen to the audio portion of the interview. You’ll get a chance to hear more questions and listen to her talk.  She has an absolute perfect voice. I could listen to her talk all day.  Listen for a minute, you’ll know what I’m talking about!

I love the actual back story of the show, you and Chad [Kimball] have been with the show for 6 years now I think?
That’s correct.

When you first read the story and heard the music, did you have a feeling about this show?  Obviously there’s no guarantee you’ll end up where you are now.  Did you just have some sort of gut feeling about it?
I did.  I will say my gut feeling however was that this piece was immediately identifiable to me and inclusive of me and that it was special.  I had never read a script like this for Broadway.  And because the concept was new for Broadway and had never been done before and the characters and the location and the ideas were new, it made it all the more interesting.  I responded to it as an artist right away because it was just new and really interesting.  What a great angle from which to tell a story.  And a new story at that.

You guys have such great chemistry, too, you and Chad.  Was that something that happened over time or was it pretty quick?
(She laughs)  I appreciate that, thank you.  It’s helpful every night.  That’s a good thing.

Funny story, actually, we were about to do the first production of Memphis.  First developmental production, and I had been called in to read with some of the guys who were coming in for the roll of Huey Calhoun.  And I remember sitting in the hallway and the casting director came out and said, “Montego this is Chad Kimball.  You guys are going to read together.  Here’s the scene.”  Now, I had not formally met Chad, but we had many, many friends in common and I had seen his work, and he introduced himself, I introduced myself.  We went down the hallway, we read the scene, and it happened to be a scene that involved kissing.  And we read, and we kissed, and it was pretty great.  And we pulled away, and I looked at him, and I said, “Hey.”  And he said, “Hey.”  And I thought, this is the guy.  This is the guy.  And it turns out he was the guy, so we went back into the room (laughs), it went beautifully.  He was charming and it was lovely.  And I just remember the both of us standing there at the end of the read, holding hands and just laughing.  Just laughing.  And we’ve been together ever since (laughing).

What was the opening night of the show like?
Literally a dream come true.  Literally.  How many times as an actor do you read something and go, wow, wouldn’t it be great, this is so special, I respond to this.  Wouldn’t it be great if it could be done well and right with the right amount of time to develop and we could really do it well and do it right, and then there we were, on October the 19^th doing it.  Opening.  It felt like flying.  It felt like – rapturous applause, it felt like chaos.  It felt like the right kind of chaos, you know, just magnetic, kinetic, combustible excitement.  It was just thrilling, absolutely thrilling.  A dream come true.

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