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Backbeat
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Backbeat
The Beatles are back in town… but only through March 1!
This is their story: the first beat of a musical revolution and an unexpected romance at the heart of rock and roll. Before Sgt. Pepper. Before Abbey Road. Even before Ringo, there were five Beatles. Five rowdy working class guys from the docks of Liverpool rocking out eight days a week in the raucous clubs and red-light seediness of Hamburg, Germany, creating an epic new sound.
Direct from London, Backbeat thunders with live rollicking classics like “Twist and Shout,” “Love Me Do,” “Long Tall Sally,” “P.S. I Love You,” “Rock and Roll Music,” “I Saw Her Standing There," and so many more!
TIP: When the show is over, stick around for the Beatles encore concert featuring some of your favorite songs!
Be there for the American premiere of a remarkable story about friendship, love, and the sacrifice it takes to be an artist. Backbeat is directed by five-time Tony Award® nominee David Leveaux and co-written by Iain Softley and Stephen Jeffreys.
Heartbreaking, ridiculously funny and closing with a stonking set of rock 'n' roll standards, this show has it all.
A dynamic blast evoking the Beatles' raw musical potential.
Edgy and cool
Performance Length
Act 1: 1hr 15mins Intermission: 18mins Act 2: 1hr 7mins Total approximate run time is 2hrs 40mins
Be Aware
Recommended for children age 13+
Children 6 and under who may cry or fidget are never admitted.
Credits
- Adapted for the stage by
- Iain Softley
- Stephen Jeffreys
- Based on the Universal Pictures Film Written by
- Ian Softley
- Michael Thomas
- Stephen Ward
- Directed by
- David Leveaux
- From Iain Softley’s Production for Glasgow Citizens Theatre
- Design
- From an Original Concept by
- Christopher Oram
- Andrew D. Edwards
- Lighting Design
- Howard Harrison
- David Holmes
- Sound Design
- Richard Brooker
- Associate Sound Designer
- Poti Martin
- Projection Design
- Timothy Bird
- Nina Dunn
- For Knifedge
- Musical Supervision and Original Incidental Music Composed by
- Paul Stacey
- With
- Nick Blood
- Leanne Best
- Andrew Knott
- Oliver Bennett
- Daniel Healy
- Dan Westwick
- And
- Edward Clarke
- Josie Dunn
- Sam Ford
- Mark Hammersley
- Perry Ojeda
- Charlotte Palmer
- Phil Pritchard
- Dominic Rouse
- Louise Shuttleworth
- Adam Sopp
- Charles Swift
- James Wallace
- Miranda Wilford