Beatlemania (musical)

This article is about the Broadway musical revue. For the fan frenzy towards the Beatles, see Beatlemania.

Beatlemania
Broadway Playbill cover
MusicThe Beatles
LyricsThe Beatles
BookBob Gill, Robert Rabinowitz, Lynda Obst
BasisThe life and music of the Beatles
Productions1977 Broadway

Beatlemania was a Broadway musical revue focused on the music of the Beatles as it related to the events and changing attitudes of the tumultuous 1960s. A "rockumentary," advertised as "Not the Beatles, but an incredible simulation,"[1] it ran from May 1977 to October 1979[2] for a total of 1,006 performances.

  1. ^ "Four Young Musicians to Simulate Beatles," New York Times (April 5, 1977).
  2. ^ Itzkoff, Dave. "ARTSBEAT; Beatles Concert Show Coming to Broadway," New York Times (May 9, 2013).