Million Dollar Quartet

Last night Becky and I saw The Million Dollar Quartet stage show at the Shea's 710 Theater. Of course the Million Dollar Quartet was from one brief day in 1956 when four musicians on the edge of stardom met in a recording studio and created magic. Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. This was a great show that was locally produced and based on a book about the events of that day. The actors were wonderful and each played these iconic characters very well. The musicians created the sound of a jam session and the set design was great. It was a wonderful performance, we had great seats and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

We did have a funny experience before the show. When Becky got the tickets we assumed the show was at Shea's Buffalo Theater. We showed our tickets at the entrance and then an usher guided us to our seats just a few rows from the stage and we marveled at the great seats. She also handed us a program for the show Rent. We sat there thinking something might be wrong if we got the wrong program. Fortunately we arrived at the theater about twenty minutes early and the theater was filling up. Then another couple was being shown to their seats and the usher, a different person than the one who seated us, asked to see our tickets. She looked and said that we were in the wrong theater. These seats were for the performance of Rent and our tickets were for The Million Dollar Quartet which was down the street at the other Shea's theater... Shea's 710 which was located at 710 Main Street in the former Studio Arena Theater. OMG, we had to leave our seats and make our way out of the theater, walk down the block in the rain to the other theater. We got there just in time for the show to start. We had great seats there too.

Before the show we had a nice dinner at the Marble & Rye restaurant a couple of blocks away.