A Beautiful Noise (musical)

For the song by Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile, see A Beautiful Noise.

A Beautiful Noise
Broadway Promotional Poster
MusicNeil Diamond
LyricsVarious artists
BookAnthony McCarten
BasisThe life and music of Neil Diamond
PremiereJune 21, 2022: Emerson Colonial Theatre
ProductionsBoston (2022)
Broadway (2022)
US Tour (2024)

A Beautiful Noise is a jukebox musical based on the life and music of Neil Diamond. It opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on December 4, 2022.[1][2][3] It grossed more than $1 million at the box office in the week leading up to its Broadway premiere.[4]

Titled for Diamond's 1976 album of the same name, A Beautiful Noise was written by Anthony McCarten and produced by Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio.[5] The musical is structured around a series of therapy sessions during which Diamond reacts to his lyrics as they are read by his psychiatrist from a second-hand copy of The Complete Lyrics of Neil Diamond. In a June 19, 2022 interview with The Boston Globe McCarten said: “She opens the book, and all 60 years of his songwriting and all that exploration pours out into a majestic musical collage, and once unloosed from the book, the songs take on lives of their own."[6]

  1. ^ Evans, Greg (2022-05-18). "Neil Diamond Musical 'A Beautiful Noise' Sets Fall Broadway Opening". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  2. ^ Shaffer, Claire (2021-04-06). "Neil Diamond Musical 'A Beautiful Noise' Announces World Premiere". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  3. ^ Aucoin, Don. "Neil Diamond musical will have a pre-Broadway premiere at the Colonial in 2022 - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  4. ^ Evans, Greg (2022-12-06). "Neil Diamond Musical 'A Beautiful Noise' Scores $1M For Opening Week – Broadway Box Office". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  5. ^ Libbey, Peter (2021-04-06). "Neil Diamond Bio-Musical Sets Sights on Broadway". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  6. ^ Wallenberg, Christopher. "'A Beautiful Noise' aims to tell Neil Diamond's story, inside and out". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-06-23.