Original Broadway Cast Recording set for fall release
With his first break into songwriting in the 1960s, his meteoric rise in the 1970s, and plenty of crushing disappointments and heart-stopping triumphs along the way, Neil Diamond has maintained an almost unthinkable level of superstardom for five straight decades. So how did a poor Jewish kid from Brooklyn become one of the most universally adored showmen of all time? There’s only one way to tell it: a Broadway musical set to his era-defining smash hits that entranced the world. A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical begins preview performances on Wednesday, November 2nd, with an official opening night set for Sunday, December 4th, at the Broadhurst Theatre.
To complement the launch of the show in New York, the Original Broadway Cast Recording of A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical will be released on all streaming platforms via UMe on November 2nd, and on CD and December 2nd, just ahead of the official opening night. Produced by GRAMMY Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bob Gaudio, who is also one of the show’s producers with Broadway veteran Ken Davenport, the cast album marks Gaudio’s seventh collaboration with Neil Diamond’s work. Gaudio previously produced Diamond’s Platinum-selling albums You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (1978), which included the hit title song, a duet with Barbra Streisand nominated for Record of the Year; September Morn (1979); and the soundtrack to The Jazz Singer (1980). The CD booklet also includes exclusive liner notes from Diamond and the book writer, Anthony McCarten. The digital single of the classic song “Cracklin’ Rosie” is now available on all streaming platforms.
Throughout his illustrious career, Neil Diamond has sold more than 130 million albums worldwide and dominated the charts for over five decades with 38 Top 40 singles and 18 Top 10 albums, making appearances in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for a total of 101 weeks. In addition, he has achieved record sales with 40 Gold albums, 21 Platinum albums, and 12 multi-Platinum albums. All songs from A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, are written or co-written by Diamond. Orchestrations from the show are by Gaudio, Sonny Paladino, and Brian Usifer.
The musical, already acclaimed for its pre-Broadway run in Boston, features a standout cast led by Tony Award nominee Will Swenson as Neil Diamond–Then; Tony Award nominee Mark Jacoby as Neil Diamond–Now; Tony Award nominee Robyn Hurder as Marcia; Linda Powell as Doctor; Jessie Fisher as Jaye Posner; Michael McCormick as Fred Colby and Tommy O’Rourke; Tom Alan Robbins as Bert Berns and Kieve Diamond; and Bri Sudia as Ellie Greenwich and Rose Diamond. The album also features the chorus, known as “The Noise,” played by Jordan Dobson, Paige Faure, Kalonjee Gallimore, Alex Hairston, Jess LeProtto, Tatiana Lofton, Aaron James McKenzie, Mary Page Nance, Max Sangerman, and MiMi Scardulla.
A Beautiful Noise features a book by 4x Academy Award-nominee Anthony McCarten (I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Theory of Everything), direction by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot), and choreography by Olivier Award winner and four-time Tony Award nominee Steven Hoggett (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once, Black Watch).
A Beautiful Noise is produced by Ken Davenport, Bob Gaudio, Sandi Moran, Hunter Arnold, Scott Abrams, Jonathan and Rae Corr, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Ron Kastner, Rob Kolson, Valli Family Group, Caiola Productions, Paul Dainty AM, Gaudio Family Group, Joseph J. Grano, Starlight Theatre, Roy Putrino, Mark E. Jacobs, James L. Nederlander, Marco Santarelli, Deborah Green, Patty Baker, Sheri and Les Biller, H. Richard Hopper, Sharon Karmazin, Adam Riemer, Matthew Salloway, Barry Siegel, Universal Music Group, Witz End Productions, Theatre Producers of Color, and Ryan Conway.
Throughout his phenomenal and wide-ranging career, Neil Diamond has performed and sold-out stadiums and arenas around the world, dominated the charts for more than five decades, sold over 130 million albums worldwide, and achieved record sales.
A Grammy Award-winning artist, Diamond is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and The Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has been presented with The Johnny Mercer Award, The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and The Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, three of the highest honors bestowed on songwriters and artists. He has also been the recipient of the NARAS Music Cares Person Of The Year Award and the prestigious Kennedy Center Award for his contributions to American culture.
His music has earned him a multi-generational fanbase, and he is a believer of the healing power of music. Through his charitable foundation, he has supported many causes close to his heart.
Thank you @thewillswenson and the cast of @beautifulnoise for joining me in singing last night at Fenway! “Good times never seemed so good!” https://t.co/9l7DZYkCV9
— Neil Diamond (@NeilDiamond) June 20, 2022
Act I:
- Opening Montage
- A Beautiful Noise
- Neil Pitches Songs: I’ll Come Running/I Got the Feelin’ (Oh No, No) / I’m A Believer
- I’m A Believer
- Demo Medley: The Boat That I Row/Red Red Wine/Kentucky Woman
- Kentucky Woman
- Into the Bitter End
- Solitary Man
- Cracklin’ Rosie
- Song Sung Blue
- Cherry, Cherry/September Morn
- Love on the Rocks
- Hello Again
- A Heavenly Progression
- Sweet Caroline
Act II:
- Entr’acte
- Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show
- Play Me
- Forever in Blue Jeans
- Stadium Medley: Soolaimon/Thank the Lord for the Night Time/Crunchy Granola Suite
- You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
- Brooklyn Roads/America
- Shilo
- I Am… I Said
- Holly Holy
