Like many Baby Boomers, I grew up on the music of Neil Diamond, appreciating his distinctive whiskey baritone voice, earworm melodies and familiar, sing-along lyrics. But when I saw “A Beautiful Noise ...

First… a bit of a confession. And, for the most part, I did indeed learn a lot more about the artist behind those sequined/fringed outfits and raspy vocal stylings ...

After months of rehearsing, Paladino, the music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator, and the cast of the Neil Diamond bio-musical faced their toughest critic in January 2020 when Diamond himself ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A new bio-musical based on the career of Neil Diamond will soon head to Broadway. It's called "A Beautiful Noise" as a nod to the singer-songwriter's 1976 album. The musical is set ...

“Solitary Man” is the first song Neil Diamond recorded and this title, unexpectedly, turns out to be the thematic underpinning of “A Beautiful Noise,” the jukebox musical bio that arrived Tuesday, ...

Nick Fradiani as ‘Neil – Then’ in ‘A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical’ Credit: photo by Jeremy Daniel After selling over 130 million albums — including 38 Top 10 hits — during a career that ...

An audience singalong on “Sweet Caroline” was enough to overcome a glitchy opening and a wanting script for the Broadway tour of “A Beautiful Noise,” the Neil Diamond bio musical that kicked off ...

Years ago, my husband, Fred, and I were on our way to the McKinley Mall when the DJ on the radio said he would play a number of Neil Diamond songs for the people stuck in traffic on their way to ...

If anyone was born to play Neil Diamond on Broadway, it’s Nick Fradiani. The singer and actor’s father, Nick Sr., was a musician and a huge Diamond fan who regularly performed the rock legend’s songs ...

(Center left) Tiffany Tatreau as 'Jaye Posner,' Nick Fradiani as 'Neil - Then' and Kate A. Mulligan as 'Ellie Greenwich' in A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. Tour ...