A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL - Reviews & News Thread- Page 16

[THDavis]

Posted: 2/5/25 at 8:11am

Caught the tour in Orlando last night after having seen the show pre-Broadway in Boston. Overall, I thought it was a GREAT tour of an otherwise just decent show. Missing the costume change bit in the opening was very noticeable as someone who had seen the show before - not saying it bodes well when that’s the most exciting part of the beginning of a show, but it got me into a theatrical headspace that the show now takes a bit longer to drag you into. 
 

Nick as Neil - WOW!! I love Will Swenson, and I can’t say who is more accurate to Diamond himself, but Nick brought a sort of understated energy to an oftentimes dry role and his vocals were “effortlessly” excellent. Hope to see him do more on Broadway, as he’s a joy to watch. The rest of the cast was great and definitely brought energy to the Tuesday night performance (although, once you see Robyn Hurder sing Forever In Blue Jeans, there’s no unseeing… 😍).

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/5/25 at 8:20am

Was Hannah still out as Marcia? I believe she got injured at the beginning of January and Ginger has been the temporary Marcia. They did fly in Mary Page Nance as an emergency cover for Marcia for a few weeks.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 2/5/25 at 3:58pm

This is also also a level 5 Tour.  Why aren't the usual suspects bitching and moaning about this one?

 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/5/25 at 4:12pm

JSquared2 said: "This is also also a level 5 Tour. Why aren't the usual suspects bitching and moaning about this one?

"

Because it didn't earn a bunch of Tony Awards like The Outsiders?

[MatthewS1]

Posted: 2/5/25 at 7:36pm

ACL2006 said: "Was Hannah still out as Marcia? I believe she got injured at the beginning of January and Ginger has been the temporary Marcia. They did fly in Mary Page Nance as an emergency cover for Marcia for a few weeks."

I'm pretty sure Hannah was just on vacation for a week when they brought in Mary Page Nance. She was only with the show in Greenville, SC. Hannah was back right after she left. I think one of the other Marcia covers got sick/injured which is why they had to bring in Mary Page.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/5/25 at 7:44pm

Ginger was on for a while. Mary Page Nance did go on once. Ninako Donville leaves end of this week for PIRATES, so they'll be short a swing unless someone else gets brought in.

[MezzoDiva47]

Posted: 2/6/25 at 8:36am

JSquared2 said: "This is also also a level 5 Tour. Why aren't the usual suspects bitching and moaning about this one?”


because they realize a 2 hour 15 minute therapy session is not a great sell to audiences nationwide

of course once everyone is belting out Sweet Caroline a hundred times the mediocrity of the evening is somewhat forgiven

while one cant argue with the unique take on the material

one wonders what else could have been with a more inspired approach

lets face it

this show lasted as long as it did because it became the second or third choice of everyone in the TKTS line

 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/6/25 at 9:25am

We can also thank Ken Davenport for bringing in Thursday matinees. While the show was losing money that summer, they changed their schedule to have Thursday matinees by September. Having four matinees available for this type of audience helped keep the show running for almost 2 years. Before Gatsby opened, ABN was the lone Broadway show with a Thursday matinee, and they frequently soldout.

[MezzoDiva47]

Posted: 2/7/25 at 1:40am

ACL2006 said: "We can also thank Ken Davenport for bringing in Thursday matinees. While the show was losing money that summer, they changed their schedule to have Thursday matinees by September. Having four matinees available for this type of audience helped keep the show running for almost 2 years. Before Gatsby opened, ABN was the lone Broadway show with a Thursday matinee, and they frequently soldout."

i never thought id see the phrase

we can also thank ken davenport

on this board

but even a stopped clock is right twice a day

 

[Marway44]

Posted: 2/7/25 at 11:39am

Wait, they pulled the costume changes?  How do they show the passage of time for the therapy sessions then?

[THDavis]

Posted: 2/7/25 at 11:47am

Marway44 said: "Wait, they pulled the costume changes? How do they show the passage of time for the therapy sessions then?"

The show just begins with a really long pause between Neil and the therapist followed by one of them saying a line like “we’ve been at this for months now” or something underwhelming like that. If you didn’t know about the costume changes (or remember it), you wouldn’t really notice. But I remembered how strongly that started the show off, and then the rest sort of meandered around after that. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/7/25 at 12:15pm

Marway44 said: "Wait, they pulled the costume changes? How do they show the passage of time for the therapy sessions then?"

It's really dumbfounding why they pulled this from the tour. It didn't seem that complicated to do.