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 Rain performing at the UIS Sangamon Auditorium, Springfield Illinois, March 2019 From left to right: Paul Curatolo (Paul), Aaron Chiazza (Ringo), Alastar McNeil (George), Steve Landes (John) | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Reign |
| Origin | Laguna Beach, California |
| Genres | Rock and Roll Beatles tribute |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Labels | None |
| Members | Mark Lewis Steve Landes Joe Bithorn Joey Curatolo Paul Curatolo Jimmy Irizarry Ian B. Garcia Alastar McNeil Jimmy Pou Ralph Castelli Aaron Chiazza Douglas Cox Mark Beyer Chris Smallwood |
| Past members | Eddie Lineberry Chuck Coffey Bill Connearney Steve Wight Grant Belotti Jim Riddle Victor J Campanaro Dave Campanaro |
| Website | RainTribute.com |
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| A Tribute to the Beatles | |
 Playbill for the Broadway production | |
| Music | The Beatles |
| Lyrics | The Beatles |
| Basis | The career and music of The Beatles |
| Premiere | 1975 |
| Productions | 2010 Broadway |
| Awards | 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue[1] |
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, styled RAIN, is a Beatles tribute and later a theatrical production. Rain gives audiences the experience of seeing Beatles' songs performed live that were never done so by the band itself. It predates the popular Broadway show Beatlemania by several years.[2] Rain has played Broadway,[3] and toured for years.
The show takes the form of a roughly chronological history of The Beatles via their music. About 30 songs are performed during the show. Other than some onstage banter, there is very little dialogue during the production, which consists mostly of exact re-enactments of the Beatles' music.[4] The multimedia production uses high-definition backdrops that feature psychedelic effects, vintage television commercials, and video footage of Rain cast members recreating iconic Beatle moments.[3] For legal reasons, Rain never calls its performers the names of the actual members of The Beatles.[5]
Each production of Rain features two performers for each member of the Beatles, who alternate shows; plus an off-stage keyboardist to replicate the studio sounds familiar from later Beatles records.[3]
- ^ Murray, Sarah-Jane. "Lessons from RAIN, a Tribute to the Beatles," MoviGuide (2014). Accessed March 5, 2016.
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