[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10581]
[From the U.S. 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, 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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