Neil Diamond Musical ‘A Beautiful Noise’ Adds Tony Nominees To Pre-Broadway Cast

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EXCLUSIVE: The upcoming pre-Broadway world premiere engagement of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical in Boston has cast Tony Award nominees Mark Jacoby and Robyn Hurder, and Linda Powell to its cast, producers said today.Jacoby will play the musical icon as he is now, while the previously announced Will Swenson will portray Diamond as a young man.

Jacoby’s casting is the first indication that A Beautiful Noise will include two actors portraying the singer-songwriter.“Neil Diamond has had a myriad of career highs which are a joy to celebrate, but sometimes as artists we look back and only see the mistakes, the roads not taken, the failures, and the aftermath success can leave behind,” said director Michael Mayer in a statement. “Anthony McCarten’s book for A Beautiful Noise beautifully weaves these two perspectives together: the highs and the lows, looking forward and looking back, the artist as a young man full of drive and ambition and the mature artist looking back at an imperfect life.”The production begins its six-week engagement June 21 at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre, the venue where Hurder originated the role of Nini in Moulin Rouge!

The Musical, a role she reprised on Broadway and scored a Tony nomination.Additional casting for A Beautiful Noise in Boston will be announced shortly.Built around a score of the “Sweet Caroline” songwriter’s many hits, A Beautiful Noise features a book by McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody, Darkest Hour, The Theory of Everything), direction by Mayer (Funny Girl, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Spring Awakening), and choreography by Steven Hoggett (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once, Black Watch).Also today, producers Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio announced that the design team