Mill Mountain Theatre Returns with Rock Hit

Roanoke's most successful professional live theatre, Mill Mountain Theatre, comes back full voice next week when it opens the delightful, 1950s rock 'n' roller "Million Dollar Quartet."

The cast includes Tyler Breeding as Johnny Cash, Edward La Cardo as Elvis, Taylor Cobb (City Councilman Joe Cobb's son) as Fluke, Patrick Halley as Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records, Katie Horner as Dyanne, Ross Neal as Brother Jay, Michael Perrie as Carl Perkins, Brady Wease as Jerry Lee Lewis and Payton Moledar as the dance captain.

The play runs July 28-August 22 on the Trinkle Main Stage. Tickets are available at 540-342-5740 or at millmountain.org.

Broadway veteran James Moye has produced this play on Broadway (along with more than 10 others, including "Aladdin," "Tootsie" and "Dear Evan Hansen"). He played Sam Phillips in the original Broadway version and the Christiansburg native views this production as his homecoming.  

The play is inspired by the Sun Records session that brought Elvis, Cash, Jerry Lee, and Carl Perkins together for one night in the tiny Memphis studio, owned by Phillips. The musical score is highlighted with rock, gospel, country, and rhythm and blues numbers that include some of the stars' biggest hits from the 1950s, the birth of rock 'n' roll. 

Note that six Mill Mountain Theatre staffers are certified Covid-19 compliance officers.