"I loved his music then and still love his music, said Westenberg, 72. I listen to (the music) nearly every day and I don't get tired of it, Westenberg added. There's a reason he was the most popular performing and recording artist in the world for so many years. He was a seminal part of my life, and I have massive associations with his music, and affection for it."
"Producers Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio collaborated with Diamond, who's 84 and living with Parkinson's, to tell the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chart-busting, show-stopping American rock icon, publicity says. It's a story told in memoir form set to Diamond's wonderful songs Westenberg's Diamond sits through a therapy session the entire show and it's similar to Jersey Boys, about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, about the great singer/songwriter King."
Robert Westenberg, 72, plays Neil Now in A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, a touring production playing Portland's Keller Auditorium Jan. 6–11. Westenberg portrays an older Neil sitting through therapy while younger Neil Then, played by former American Idol champion Nick Fradiani, performs most of the singing. Westenberg has long been a fan and listens to Diamond's music nearly every day. Producers Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio collaborated with Neil Diamond, who is 84 and living with Parkinson's, to shape a memoir-style stage show that uses Diamond's songs to trace his rise from a Brooklyn kid to a global rock icon.
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