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.
The production of A Beautiful Noise, begins its six-week engagement June 21 at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre, the venue where Robyn Hurder originated the role of Nini in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, a role she reprised on Broadway and which scored her a Tony nomination. Additional casting for A Beautiful Noise in Boston is expected to be announced shortly. The upcoming highly anticipated musical is 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).
Details about an expected Broadway engagement have not been released.