[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 88 (Monday, June 14, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H4398-H4399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            2010 TONY AWARDS: ``MEMPHIS'' WINS BEST MUSICAL

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday evening in New York City, the Tony 
Awards were presented, and I was very proud that the play ``Memphis'' 
was awarded the best musical. It also received three other Tonys--for 
best book and best score and best orchestrations.
  Mr. Bryan and Mr. DiPietro put a great play on Broadway that talks 
about racial reconciliation and a city that has a great deal of love 
and a great deal of music in it that comes to the screen and won a 
Tony. It's a great honor; but I encourage people even more so to come 
to Memphis to see the original cast, where a city that is alive and 
breathing with entertainment and great venues for fun and racial 
reconciliation exists. The music, the life,

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the spirit, the original production. Memphis, Tennessee.
  Jump on an airplane.
  Don't get a fast train.
  Get your ticket for an airplane.
  Come on home.

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