MEMPHIS filming (pics)

as we all know, the filming is underway for Memphis... pretty neat to see the process... supposedly, Chad Kimball is sans wig, and things like lighting, choreo, etc are edited for the filming too. I wonder how distracting the cameras are to the auidence.

Here are some pics from the Memphis Blog, has anyone seen the trailer on 45th street?

Side Note: can someone please confirm if Kimball still goes shirtless?!

I'm sure you can find it with some simple dumpster diving.

Check with your local library or inter-library loan!

LOL is the show really so bad you guys?? I only listened to the recording once (although I enjoyed the song Someday and listen to it every now and then)

Updated On: 8/23/15 at 01:16 AM

it has some of the WORST sound mixing of any theater recording ever, all the dialogue is too low and the songs are way too loud, it was on NETFLIX a few years ago, not sure it still on there.

I love the show. It's basically an adult version of Hairspray.. in a way. I love "Colored Woman" (listen to this song almost everyday), "Love Will Stand When All Else Fails", "Someday", "Memphis Lives in Me", and "Steal Your Rock N Roll"

"But it does lack something that might have made it a classic"

Yes. Quality.

The ''Great Performances'' airing of ''Memphis the Musical'' is pretty good. Shot in HDTV, it looks terrific, and I'm so happy that there's a visual record of Chad Kimball & Montego Glover's exciting work in their multi-Tony-winning show. It was directed by multi-Emmy winner Don Roy King, and ''Memphis'' won the 2012 Emmy Award for Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie or Special.

Updated On: 8/23/15 at 02:34 AM

nobody's pretending it was stiff competition. that was a sad season with the exception of la cage. If memphis was the best musical that year then DAMN. They love it in London for some reason...

Memphis is closing in London - not even running a year - so it wasn't that loved.

When the DVD came out - or did I watch it on Netflix - can't recall - but was just shocked by Kimball. People on this board said that the version which was filmed was not the version Kimball had been playing at the start of the run. The version which was filmed made his character seem, um, "intellectually challenged" rather than just uneducated and country. Also, LightsOut 90 is right - the sound mix when I watched it was really not very good.