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"BEATLEMANIA"
"BEATLEMANIA" has arrived! A multi-media and live musical celebration for the sixties, the show has been conceived and produced by David Krebs and Steve Leber, and designed and executed by Jules Fisher, Robert Rabinowitz, Bob Gill and Lynda Obst. In addition, a crew of over forty artists, designers, researchers, photographers, film editors, programmers and technicians worked to create the visual atmosphere, setting the tone for the excitement and color of that tumultuous decade.
A new concept in Broadway entertainment, "BEATLEMANIA" has been referred to as one of the "most ambitious theatrical audio-visual productions to date", by critics, theatre buffs and audio-visual experts alike. The production's 2 hour non-stop visual montage is produced by over 10,000 separate slides, which are programmed through 28 channel computer-type programmers. In turn the programmers feed into a 40 channel expander, which allows for cuts between images that dissolve at varying speeds. In addition, the show uses 15 of the highest intensity xenon slide machines for the front scrims and rear screens, 4 highest intensity incandescent projectors for the side "flipper" screens, two 16 mm motion picture film projectors and 9 "effect" projectors. Yet, all of the complex and elaborate machinery is controlled by 1 person who must carefully follow each song cueing the visual effects on specific lyric cues - of which there are nearly 4,000.
The collaged visual, spanning the era of JFK's last days as President, throughout the Chicago Democratic Convention, Flower-Power, Kent State and the raging war in Viet Nam, are the accompaniment for the live onstage performance of "BEATLEMANIA's" four-member cast. The quartet's recreation of the sound of thirty Beatles' classic includes tunes that the Beatles, themselves, never performed in public concert. It is the visual barrage and simultaneous performance combination that have made "BEATLEMANIA" truly innovative, merging together real and projected images and setting new standards for contemporary theatrical entertainment.
(taken from program)
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CAST INCLUDED:
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Anthony Abruzzo
Joe Bithorn
Rick Bloom
Glen Burtnick
Ralph Castelli
Randy Clark
Lenie Colacino
Louie Colucci
Marshall Crenshaw
Joey Curatolo
Jim Cushing
Jack Erinreich
Mark Farquar
Bobby Forte
Leslie Fradkin *
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Michael Palaikis
Joe Pecorino*
Jimmy Poe
Richi Ray
John Redgate (1 perf.)
Jim Riddle
Peter Santora
Al Sapienza
Tom Teeley
Bobby Taylor
Mitch Weissman*
Bob Williford
Robert Wirth
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Bennett Gale
Chris Gavin
Richie Gomez
Sy Goraieb
David Graham
P.M. Howard
Reed Kailing
Tony Kishman
Rob Laufer
Alan LeBeouf
David Leon
Don Linares
Phil Lomedico
Peter McGann
Justin McNeil*
Bob Miller
Jim Odom
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ACT ONE
Scene 1 CAMELOT: Pre-Beatles
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The early 1960's begin with an all-time optimism in America. Youthful and elegant, John F. Kennedy charms the public and press while his First Family welcomes the public into the White House. His assassination on November 22, 1963 shocks the country in a horrifying introduction to what was to become the most turbulent of decades.
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Songs: Let's Twist Again*
Roll Over Beethoven*
Bye Bye Love*
Hound Dog*
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SCENE II THE COMING
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Television viewers watch open-mouthed as a group of four Liverpudlians explode on national television. Shortly after their debut in February, 1964, the lighthearted, moptopped jesters begin to win recognition and attention never before given to rock and roll artists.
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Songs: Help!
If I Fell
Can't Buy Me Love
Day Tripper
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Songs: I Want to Hold Your Hand*
She Loves You*
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SCENE III MAKING IT
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The "Fab Four" establish themselves as style-setters, innovators, movie stars, recording artists and fashion-makers with a contagious sense of humor, newness and excitement.
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CONTINUE------------->
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