LIB London Ltd. A scene from the West End production of “Let It Be.â€For a group that split up more than four decades ago and never reunited, the Beatles are certainly finding plenty of opportunities to appear on Broadway. “Let It Be,†a popular British concert show based around the band’s music, will make its mop-topped way from the West End to Broadway this summer, press representatives for the production said on Wednesday.
“Let It Be,†which was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four, had its debut at London’s Prince of Wales Theater last fall, then transferred to the Savoy Theater, where it continues to play an open-ended run.
The Broadway production, press representatives said in a news release, will include live performances of songs like “Twist and Shout,†“She Loves You,†“Drive My Car,†“Yesterday,†“Hey Jude,†“Come Together†and “Let It Be,†and uses “state-of-the-art projection technology and 3-D sound to put audiences at the heart of the Beatles’ meteoric rise from their humble beginnings in Liverpool’s Cavern Club, through the heights of Beatlemania.†(If you choose to retreat afterwards to an ashram in India, that’s up to you.)
“Let It Be†will begin its Broadway previews at the St. James Theater on July 16, with its opening night scheduled for July 24. Its limited run is planned to conclude on Dec. 29. It follows such Beatles-themed shows as “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway,†which ran from fall 2010 to summer 2011. And if you’re old enough to own an original vinyl copy of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,†you may still recall “Beatlemania†â€" which was not the Beatles, but an incredible simulation â€" that ran from 1977 to 1979.
