Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Even viewed from the distance of six decades, the story of "Memphis" remains painful and troubling. It's set in the deep South of Memphis, in the 1950s, when racial segregation was not only legal, but an unchallenged way of life. Interracial marriage was illegal, and whistling at a white woman could get a black man lynched.
The musical "Memphis" playing at Heinz Hall through Sunday as a presentation of the PNC Broadway Across America -- Pittsburgh series embraces those realities with a bittersweet tale of how one man's passion for black music and love for a black songstress helped break down the wall of segregation.
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