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| re: Has anyone seen A Beautiful Noise? | |
| Posted by: cinderonbroadway 06:23 am EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Has anyone seen A Beautiful Noise? - Bwayguy 12:49 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| I found the show very entertaining and moving in parts - Mark Jacoby, who plays Diamond in the present, steals the show with "I Am - I Said". But it does suffer from "and then this happened" etc story line. (but so did Jersey Boys). | |
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| A "Leader of the Pack" vibe in the parade performance. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 08:01 am EST 11/27/22 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:00 am EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Has anyone seen A Beautiful Noise? - cinderonbroadway 06:23 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| A close friend was enthralled, while fully admitting that her affection for Diamond informed her take and her take-away. I thought the Macy's performance chose the wrong medley and ended up Branson-generic, the gold lame outfits reminded me of "Leader of the Pack," from back in the day. Anyone else recall that show? Which moved from a cabaret setting to B'way, with a much revised book that allowed Ellie Greenwich to tell her own story, as if "Beautiful" had Carole King on hand. The great Darlene Love got the eleven o'clock spot ("River Deep, Mountain High"), and it featured Annie Golden and many superb vocalists; it didn't last, but was a precursor of this new form. | |
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| re: A "Leader of the Pack" vibe in the parade performance. | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 06:52 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: A "Leader of the Pack" vibe in the parade performance. - Delvino 08:00 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| When I was a kid in the 80s, the local community theater did it and I loved it. Then my high school did it and I got to be in it. It was so much fun. It was my first exposure to great songs like “I Can Hear Music” and “Wait Til My Bobby Comes Home.” | |
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| Oh! THAT's the origin story of Darlene Love's 'River Deep.."? | |
| Posted by: DistantDrumming 06:33 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: A "Leader of the Pack" vibe in the parade performance. - Delvino 08:00 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| My first association with Darlene and that incredible song was her 2007 performance on Letterman, backed by a dramatically augmented CBS Orchestra and several background singers. While no one will come close to the raw intensity of Tina Turner's vocal. That Letterman performance is thrilling.. one of the few times I've heard a live performance that produced that famous 'wall of sound'. I believe Darlene Love performed this around the time of her Hairspray run. | |
| Link | Darlene Love - River Deep, Mountain High on Letterman |
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| re: "Leader of the Pack" | |
| Posted by: Dale 10:50 am EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: A "Leader of the Pack" vibe in the parade performance. - Delvino 08:00 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| I didn't see ( or feel ) any simulaties in "A Beautiful Noise" ( was grounded in reality ) with "Leader Of The Pack" ( which was cartoony ) except they traveled the same areas like the Brill Building for one. Ellie Greenwich played herself in "Leader Of The Pack" with Dinah Manoff as a younger version of Ellie. The older and young Neil Diamonds in this worked a lot better especially with the ending when Mark Jacoby finally sings. The only times my audience sang along was "Sweet Caroline" which ended Act 1 and whatever was played at the finale which sort of fit well. Bri Sudia is making her Broadway debut as Ellie Greenwich and I had the pleasure of seeing her as Ruth in "Wonderful Town" at Chicago's Goodman Theater in 2016! What issues I have is dialogue given during a song plus most of those singles ended with a fade out while on Broadway it's that odd flourish at the end. |
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| re: "Leader of the Pack" | |
| Posted by: Deirdre 11:08 am EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "Leader of the Pack" - Dale 10:50 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| I wonder what changed between Boston and NY that there's less singing along? Interesting - did they change something about the lead-ins to songs that somehow discourage/inhibit singing along? Or are the audiences just so different? | |
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| re: "Or are the audiences just so different?" | |
| Posted by: Dale 11:25 am EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "Leader of the Pack" - Deirdre 11:08 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| That is the answer! An usherette at Disney's Carousel Of Progress at '64 World's Fair noticed the audience reactions were different and all were seeing the exact same show performed by "robots". |
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| Sweet Caroline | |
| Posted by: Busy_Bee 12:09 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "Or are the audiences just so different?" - Dale 11:25 am EST 11/27/22 | |
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| Isn't "Sweet Caroline" an anthem of sorts for the Boston Red Sox? Could be why the Boston crowd was so primed to sing-a-long? Busy Bee |
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| re: Sweet Caroline | |
| Posted by: Deirdre 01:21 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: Sweet Caroline - Busy_Bee 12:09 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
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| Absolutely. But they sang along to "Cracklin' Rosie" and "Song Sung Blue" etc... it wasn't just "Sweet Caroline". They were also a bit more liquored up than NY audiences, imo. Don't know if it was the venue, the particular audience or what, but a fight broke out in the mezzanine between two groups that appeared to be "ladies night out" - seriously, they almost came to blows. I felt like I was in a Rachel Dratch/Jimmy Fallon SNL sketch. | |
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| Sweet Caroline has developed into a universal, booze-encouraged, sing-a-long all over the country. | |
| Last Edit: Genealley 10:40 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| Posted by: Genealley 10:35 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Sweet Caroline - Deirdre 01:21 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
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| Stop in any bar in any burg and listen to "Sweet Caroline...la, la, la, Good times never seemed so good (SO GOOD, SO GOOD)" whenever the song comes on. | |
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| re: Sweet Caroline | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 12:56 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
| In reply to: Sweet Caroline - Busy_Bee 12:09 pm EST 11/27/22 | |
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| I've never lived in Boston and I'm primed to sing along with it. Not in a Broadway theatre, but in general, sure. | |
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