The Ogunquit Playhouse, sacred ground for summer stock theatre, opened its 2016 season last night for their annual ‘Hospitality Night’ with ‘Let It Be – a Celebration of the Music of the Beatles’.
From the innocence of the early days at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, followed by their American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show, through the swirling psychedelia of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and all the way to an ‘IMAGINE’-ary reunion gig set in the 80’s — this music-performance-heavy production with its five stars (the four Beatles and a mostly behind the scenes ‘one man orchestra’) truly captures the essence of what made these individuals, this band, and their songs so magical and enduring.
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The entire production is an epic time-travel of a legendary concert wherein the storyline is propelled through accurate renditions of timeless Beatles songs and the effective use of costume and set changes interspersed with newsreel-style video segments backed with era-specific soundtrack elements.
The engaging musical arrangements and wizardry of age transformation apparent in the band members as the years of their career fly by absolutely elevate what could otherwise have been a few hours of repetitious cover band droning into a dazzling and attention-grabbing triumph, a whorl of colors, sounds and tangible nostalgia well worth your price of entry.
You’ll Love: The mind altering and gleefully disorienting performance of Strawberry Fields Forever.
You’ll Also Love: The considerable talent of Neil Candelora as he nails the edge and vocal inflections while conjuring Paul McCartney on the Ogunquit stage.
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