Let It Be 2013 - Articles Page 1.8
Opened: July 24, 2013Closing: September 01, 2013
Let It Be - 2013 - Broadway History , Info & More
St. James Theatre (Broadway)
246 West 44th St. New York, NY
The Fab Four will hit Broadway this summer in LET IT BE, a spectacular concert experience direct from London's West End, where it continues its celebrated open-ended run, featuring 40 of The Beatles' greatest hits. Born as a West End production to celebrate the legendary band's 50th anniversary, LET IT BE uses state-of-the-art projection technology and 3D sound to put audiences at the heart of The Beatles' meteoric rise from their humble beginnings in Liverpool's Cavern Club, through the heights of Beatlemania, to their later studio masterpieces with live performances of songs including "Twist and Shout," "She Loves You" and "Drive My Car," "Yesterday," "Hey Jude," "Come Together" and, of course, "Let It Be."
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Returning to Ensnare Old Rockers and Young
8 / 10
Yes, another Beatles tribute is on Broadway. Wasn't it just yesterday that 'Rain' opened at the Neil Simon? Pretty much. It was 2010, and Charles Isherwood, reviewing it for The Times, called it 'enhanced karaoke.' In long-ago 1977, 'Beatlemania' - 'not the Beatles, but an incredible simulation' - opened at the Winter Garden and ran for two years. In his review for The Times, John Rockwell decreed it 'an unobjectionable diversion.' Gentle mods and rockers of a certain age, I saw them both. I cringed at the 1977 show. (I mean, all four of the real guys were still alive and in their 30s.) I let myself get carried away at the second. And I can happily report that 'Let It Be' is by far the best of the bunch. The word 'celebration' in the subtitle is well chosen, and the performers are outstanding, as nostalgia substitutes and as musicians in their own right.
Beatles Music Back on Broadway Despite Lawsuit: Stage
4 / 10
The title 'Let It Be' suggests a departure from the formulaic Beatles tribute. Maybe a drama about the recording of the final album that the band released and the tensions that drove the four apart? No such luck. The show at the St. James Theatre breaks no new ground...The show proceeds chronologically from the early innocent rock influenced by Chuck Berry and others to the more experimental songs that changed pop music. The patter is kept to a minimum and these Fab Four get along from beginning to end. Although the musicianship is proficient and vocal range is impressive, seldom does the show rise above what London critic Michael Billington called 'faintly necrophiliac nostalgia.'
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