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Felicia Boswell stars in Memphis, a hot new Broadway musical playing Keller Auditorium, Tuesday, Sept. 2 2 through Sept. 16.
Hit Musical ‘Memphis’ Plays Keller Auditorium
From the underground dance songs and a thrilling tale o f fam e
clubs o f 1950’s M em phis, Tenu., and forbidden love.
com es a hot new Broadw ay m usi
In s p ire d by a c tu a l e v e n ts,
cal that bursts o ff the stage with M em phis is about a white radio DJ
ex p losive d ancing, irresistib le who wants to change the world
and a black club singer who is soaring em otion and roof-raising
The national touring show, pre
ready for her big break.
rock ‘n ’ roll.
sen ted by B ro ad w ay A cro ss
Y ou’re invited to com e along
Memphis was the winner of four America Portland, plays at Keller
on a journey to the ends o f the 2010 Tony Awards including Best Auditorium , Tuesday, Sept. 11
airw aves, filled with laughter, Musical.
through Sept. 16.
Contested Will Delays Burial
Actor’s
embalmed body
in refrigeration
(AP) — The embalmed body of
actor Sherman Hemsley, who be
cam e fam ous fo r his ro le as
television's George Jefferson, will
be kept in refrigeration at an El Paso
funeral home until a local court rules
on the validity of his will.
In the will Hemsley signed six
weeks before dying of lung cancer
July 24 he named Flora Enchinton,
56, whom he called a "beloved part
ner," as sole beneficiary of his es
tate, which is estimated in court
documents to be more than $50,000.
The will is being contested by
Richard Thornton, of Philadelphia,
who claims to be Hemsley's brother
and says the will might not have
been made by the actor.
Enchinton told The Associated
Press on Wednesday that she had
been friends with Hemsley and had
been his manager for more than 20
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Sherman Hemsley
years. Over the time she, Hemsley "All in the Family," then starred in
and H em sley 's frie n d K enny the spinoff "The Jeffersons" from
Johnston, 76, lived together, she 1975 to 1985. It was one of TV's
said he never mentioned any rela longest-running and most success
tives.
ful sitcoms, particularly notewor
There is no date set for the case thy for its predominantly black cast.
to be heard, court officials said.
Hemsley made George Jefferson
Enchinton said she hopes it will all — the bigoted, blustering Harlem
be cleared in court.
businessman — one of TV's most
The Philadelphia-born Hemsley memorable characters and a symbol
played Jefferson in the CBS sitcom for urban upward mobility.
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