The reviews are rolling in for the Broadway premiere of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, which officially opened December 4 at the Broadhurst Theatre. Previews for the bio musical began November 2.
Tony nominee Will Swenson stars as Neil Diamond-Then, which takes a look at the life of the Grammy-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, then and now, accompanied by hits from his decades-long career in popular music. All songs are written or co-written by Neil Diamond with orchestrations by Bob Gaudio, Sonny Paladino, and Brian Usifer. The book for A Beautiful Noise is by Anthony McCarten, whose play The Collaboration is currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club.
Joining Swenson in the cast are Tony nominees Mark Jacoby as Neil Diamond-Now and Robyn Hurder as Diamond's former wife Marcia, along with Linda Powell, Jessie Fisher, Michael McCormick, Tom Alan Robbins, Bri Sudia, Kalonjee Gallimore, Alex Hairston, Jess LeProtto, Tatiana Lofton, Aaron James McKenzie, Mary Page Nance, Max Sangerman, and MiMi Scardulla, with Ninako Donville, Samantha Gershman, Makai Hernandez, and Robert Pendilla as swings.
Read the reviews here.
Broadway News (Brittani Samuel)
CitiTourNY (Brian Scott Lipton)
Did They Like It? (Juan Michael Porter II)
New York Post (Johnny Oleksinski)
New York Stage Review (Melissa Rose Bernardo and Frank Scheck)
New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)
New York Theatre Guide (Joe Dziemianowicz)
The New York Times (Elisabeth Vincentelli)*
Theater Pizzazz (Marilyn Lester)
The Wall Street Journal (Charles Isherwood)*
The Washington Post (Peter Marks)*
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
Neal Benari serves as the standby for Neil Diamond-Now and Nick Fradiani as Alternate Neil Diamond-Then. Swenson is playing a schedule of seven performances per week with Fradiani stepping in for Wednesday evening performances.
Also featured on the creative team are choreographer Steven Hoggett, scenic designer David Rockwell, costume designer Emilio Sosa, lighting designer Kevin Adams, sound designer Jessica Paz, and hair and wig designer Luc Verschueren. Music supervision and arrangements are by Sonny Paladino with incidental music and dance music arrangements by Brian Usifer, and vocal design by AnnMarie Milazzo.
The musical premiered at Boston's Emerson Colonial Theatre July 2022 before transferring to Broadway. A cast album was released digitally November 2 and on CD December 2.
Mark Jacoby and company of A Beautiful Noise
Will Swenson and company of A Beautiful Noise
Michael McCormick, Tom Alan Robbins, Linda Powell, Mark Jacoby, and Will Swenson in A Beautiful Noise
Will Swenson, Linda Powell (in background) and the company of A Beautiful Noise
Will Swenson and company of A Beautiful Noise
Robyn Hurder and Will Swenson in A Beautiful Noise
The company of A Beautiful Noise
Will Swenson, Mark Jacoby, and Linda Powell in A Beautiful Noise
Tom Alan Robbins, Mark Jacoby, Bri Sudia and company of A Beautiful Noise
Will Swenson, Mark Jacoby and Linda Powell in A Beautiful Noise
Mark Jacoby and Linda Po in A Beautiful Noise
Will Swenson, Jessie Fisher and company of A Beautiful Noise
Robyn Hurder in A Beautiful Noise
Robyn Hurder, Will Swenson, and Michael McCormick in A Beautiful Noise
Robyn Hurder and cast of A Beautiful Noise
Will Swenson and cast of A Beautiful Noise
Robyn Hurder and cast of A Beautiful Noise
Mark Jacoby, Will Swenson, and cast of A Beautiful Noise
Cast of A Beautiful Noise
Will Swenson and cast of A Beautiful Noise
