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Theater review: 'Memphis' the soul of rock and roll

Broadway has been eerily quiet about new musicals this season. That just changed - in a very big way - with "Memphis," arguably the best black musical written by white guys since "Dreamgirls."

The extraordinary show, which crept into town with little fanfare and nonstop talent, tells the high-stakes story of Huey Calhoun, an irrepressible poor-white DJ hipster (Chad Kimball) who popularizes...

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