Personality: The LLoyd Price Musical Tickets
About Personality: The LLoyd Price Musical
A musical celebrating Lloyd Price, Mr. Personality himself, has taken the stage at Chicago’s storied Studebaker Theater. Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical pays homage to the music icon and his top hits like “Personality,” “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” and “Stagger Lee.” At the height of his career, Price had 15 songs hit the charts in both R&B and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Feel the music and book Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical tickets on TodayTix.
In a rags-to-riches style, Price rose to fame to become the first teenager to sell over a million records. Not only did he set the bar for the success of young musicians in the future, but he also broke through the racial divide in music. Other icons like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Amy Winehouse have recorded Price’s chart-topping songs.
The Chicago Tribune praises the Chicago production for its “excellent singing, strikingly innovative choreography,” and the Chicago Sun-Times points to its “top-notch cast, glorious songs, and plenty of personality.”
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Run time
2 hrs (incl. intermission)
Start date
June 2nd, 2023
End date
September 3rd, 2023
Categories
Venue
Age
Recommended for ages 12 and up.
More information about Personality: The LLoyd Price Musical
Saint Aubyn, who stars as Lloyd Price, originated the role of Price when the show debuted at The People’s Light in Malvern, Penn., in 2022. He has also been seen in the casts of both Beautiful: The Carole King Story and Ain’t Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations on Broadway.
Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical director Sheldon Epps is known as both a television and theatrical director. He was formerly the Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse (which won the 2023 Regional Theatre Tony Award) and was named Senior Artistic Advisor at Ford's Theatre in 2020. His stage directorial debut Blues in the Night premiered off Broadway in 1980 and moved to Broadway in 1982.
The Studebaker Theater, housed in Chicago’s Fine Arts Building, opened in 1898. Since it opened, the opulent theatre space has hosted various music, opera, vaudeville, and vaudeville productions, including an event with the famed Sarah Bernhardt in 1910. Other lauded productions at Studebaker Theater were Mae West in Catherine the Great in 1945 and Yul Brynner in Lute Song in 1947.
What to Watch For
- The Fine Arts Building, which houses The Studebaker Building, was originally builtfor the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company in 1884 as a carriage sales, manufacturing, and service location.
- The Studebaker Theater has undergone several renovations, with the most significant reconstruction in 1917. Visitors can still see the theatre’s original ceiling from 1898, the only original element.
- In 2011, Price released the autobiography “The True King of the Fifties: The Lloyd Price Story” while working on a musical entitled Lawdy Miss Clawdy. That show didn’t end up opening on Broadway.
- Even Price couldn’t escape the draft during the Korean War. He was drafted in 1954, and after returning from Korea, he found Little Richard’s musical success overshadowed his own.
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