“A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical,” which creaked open Sunday night on Broadway, begins in the most sedate and uninvolving manner imaginable. The show is one off-key moment after ...

5. “Song Sung Blue” (1972) This 1972 hit from Diamond’s Moods album became a No. 1 the week of July 1 and spent 12 weeks in the Top 40. It also spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the adult ...

As the doctor convinces Neil to open up through looking at the meaning behind his song lyrics, we begin to see what created this legendary performer. From a lonely boy in Brooklyn to a lonely man ...

Music and lyrics by Neil Diamond. Directed by Michael Mayer. With Will Swenson, Mark Jacoby, Robyn Hurder, Linda Powell, Jessie Fisher, Bri Sudia, Michael McCormick, Tom Alan Robbins.

On his latest album, Neil Diamond revisits 14 of his biggest hits with the London Symphony Orchestra, I spoke with Diamond in a rare interview about the new album, the stories behind these songs ...

The Broadway tour of “A Beautiful Noise” onstage at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre is a must-see for Neil Diamond fans. For others, perhaps not. Crooner Nick Fradiani, an “American ...

As in Diamond’s lyrics to the song “Beautiful Noise,” his story is the sound and vision of romance, fury, passing parades and moments of joy and strife. That fits him, and his musical of the ...

'Neil Diamond Musical’ delivers plenty of sweet, cracklin' tunes, but not much of a story arc “Beautiful Noise” is at its best when it lets the music take charge.

On Broadway, Neil Diamond seems a drag and ‘KPOP’ needs a rethink “A Beautiful Noise” tackles Diamond’s lifelong blues, while “KPOP” explores the making of South Korean pop stars ...

Tuck Milligan's gruff portrayal as older Neil softens as the Doctor (Lisa Renee Pitts) delves into the underlying meaning of Diamond's lyrics.Pitts' calm yet probing nature brings out the best and ...

It all started for Neil Diamond at the Brill Building. ... You can’t write the same song again and again. ... Cherry,” “Love on the Rocks,” “Sweet Caroline” and the show closer, ...