The full cast has been announced for Million Dollar Quartet - the brand new rock 'n' roll musical that opens at London's Noel Coward Theare in February 2011.

Inspired by the real life events of the December night in 1956 when Sun Records founder Sam Phillips brought together Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis for a jam session that made music history, Million Dollar Quartet promises to be an evening of unforgettable music and drama.

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Michael Malarkey makes his West End debut as Elvis Presley. A LAMDA graduate, Michael made his professional stage debut in the acclaimed productions of Beyond the Horizon and Tennessee Williams' Spring Storm at the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton.

Ben Goddard will play Jerry Lee Lewis. His theatre credits include ‘Joe Gillis’ in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard and ‘Arnaud du Thil’ in Martin Guerre.

Robert Britton Lyons is also making his West End debut as Carl Perkins. He made his Broadway debut in the original production of the show.

Derek Hagen will play Johnny Cash. His London stage credits include ENRON, at the Noel Coward Theatre and Carousel at the Savoy Theatre.

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Former Coronation Street star Bill Ward, who starred in the soap between 2003 and 2007 as love-rat Charlie Stubbs, has also been cast in the new musical. He will play the record producer Sam Phillips, owner of the famous Sun Studios in Memphis.

Besides popular television roles, Ward's acting career includes West End appearances as 'Sir Lancelot' in Monty Python's Spamalot and 'Scar' in Disney's award-winning musical, The Lion King.

Million Dollar Quartet is directed by Eric Schaeffer (director of the West End's The Witches of Eastwick), designed by Derek McLane, lighting by Howell Binkley, sound by Kai Harada. Musical arrangements and supervision Chuck Mead.

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