Table Talk: Easing on down the road
Cal Mitchell as The Lion, Elijah Ahmad Lewis as The Scarecrow, Dana Cimone as Dorothy, D. Jerome as The Tin Man and Alan Mingo Jr as The Wiz in the North American Tour of “The Wiz.” (Courtesy Jeremy Daniel/The Orpheum)
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Musicals: You either love them or you loathe them, am I right? But Downtown restaurants certainly seem to be in the mood to celebrate singing and dancing these days.
Someone between Memphis government and the Memphis Restaurant Association has been plugging the heck out of “The Wiz,” which opened at the Orpheum Theatre last night.
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Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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