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 ...

“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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...