Paul McGill

Two families go to an open house and can't leave

Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole' local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey's close-minded mama and Felicia's cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. As their careers rise, the relationship is challenged by personal ambition and the pressures of an outside world unable to accept their love. Originally shown in select theatres, then broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 39, episode 11).

An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.

N.Y.で16年ぶりにミュージカル『コーラスライン』が再演されることになった。わずか19名の出演枠を目指し、3千人ものダンサーたちの挑戦が始まる。過酷なオーディションの実情をとらえたドキュメンタリー。