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Will Swenson has been preparing to play Neil Diamond almost his entire life. “I listened to him so much as a kid, and I was playing Neil Diamond songs on the guitar when I was in eighth grade,” he says.
So playing a young Neil in A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical is a dream come true for the Broadway star. Opening early next month, the show traces the shy Jewish kid from Brooklyn’s journey to becoming a hit-making machine with sold-out concerts around the world and 140 million album sales to his name.
Like Diamond, Swenson is a baritone, so he nailed a nifty impression of the artist who penned countless hits, from singalong anthem Sweet Caroline to the number-one hit Cracklin’ Rosie.
A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical officially closed its First National Tour in Kansas City, MO. The production posted a video of the final "Sweet Caroline", featuring Nick Fradiani as Neil Diamond, on their social media. Check out the video!
Plus, read the reviews for the tour of A Beautiful Noise here.
Nick Fradiani plays ‘Neil Diamond – Then’ in the national tour directly from playing the role on Broadway since October 2023. He won the title of “American Idol” in 2015 and has since released his debut album “Hurricane” in 2016, featuring the hit single “Beautiful Life.” “Past My Past,” Fradiani’s second solo album, was released in 2022. Joining Fradiani is Tony Nominee Robert Westenberg (Neil Diamond – Now), Hannah Jewel Kohn (Marcia Murphey), Lisa Reneé Pitts (Doctor), Michael Accardo (Bert Berns/ Kieve Diamond), Tuck Milligan (Fred Weintraub/ Tommy O'Rourke), Kate A. Mulligan (Ellie Greenwich/ Rose Diamond) and Tiffany Tatreau (Jaye Posner).
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To say Neil Diamond was important in our house when I was growing up is an understatement. My mother, Rose, was, and still is, quite possibly his biggest fan. She maintained that the song “Cracklin’ Rosie” was about her. She would pay A LOT of money every time Diamond came to Chicago so she could be in the front row. She made him shirts, which she had sent backstage. Let me put it this way: I lived in Baltimore for thirteen years. She came out to visit me twice, coincidentally at the same time Diamond was in the area. In 1994 she called me all excited. “Did you hear,” she asked, “Neil and Marsha are getting divorced.” I asked who Neil and Marsha were and she replied “Neil Diamond.” I asked, “Mom, did he ask you to marry him?” “No.” “Maybe next time.”
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