Music legend Neil Diamond, who introduced in 2018 that he was recognized with Parkinson’s Illness, says he is simply coming to phrases with the prognosis in a revealing, emotional interview with Anthony Mason for CBS SUNDAY MORNING.

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Within the wide-ranging interview, Diamond talks with Mason about his profession, the present Broadway present based mostly on his life, “A Stunning Noise,” stepping again from touring and adjusting to his new life with Parkinson’s. The 82-year-old Diamond additionally tells Mason he was in denial for the primary yr or two after being recognized, and he wasn’t prepared to simply accept what the physician advised him.

“I am nonetheless doing it. And I do not prefer it. However the … that is me; that is what I’ve to simply accept. And I'(M) Prepared to do it,” Diamond says. “And, OK, so that is the hand that God gave me, and I’ve to make the most effective of it, and so I’m. I’m.”

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A brand new block of tickets are on sale now for A Stunning Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical on Broadway. Tickets at the moment are out there by way of Sunday, January 7, 2024 on-line, by calling 800 447 7400, or on the Broadhurst Theater (235 West forty fourth Avenue) field workplace.

The forged of A Stunning Noise is led by Tony Award® nominee Will Swenson as Neil Diamond – Then, Mark Jacoby as Neil Diamond – Now, Robyn Hurder as Marcia, and Linda Powell as Physician. They’re joined by Jessie Fisher as Jaye Posner; Michael McCormick as Paul Colby, Tommy O’Rourke; Tom Alan Robbins as Bert Berns, Kieve Diamond; and Bri Sudia as Ellie Greenwich, Rose Diamond.

The ensemble, swings, and standbys embrace Neal Benari (standby Neil Diamond – Now), Ninako Donville (swing), Paige Faure (ensemble), Nick Fradiani (Alternate Neil Diamond – Then), Kalonjee Gallimore (ensemble), Samantha Gershman (swing ), Becky Gulsvig (standby for Ellie Greenwich, Jaye Posner, Marcia, and Rose Diamond), Alex Hairston (ensemble), Makai Hernandez (swing), Jess LeProtto (ensemble), Tatiana Lofton (ensemble), Aaron James McKenzie (ensemble) , Mary Web page Nance (ensemble), Robert Pendilla (swing), Max Sangerman (ensemble), MiMi Scardulla (ensemble) and Deandre Sevon (ensemble).

Will Swenson at the moment performs a schedule of seven performances per week with Nick Fradiani enjoying Neil Diamond – Then through the Wednesday night performances.

Together with a rating of Diamond’s most beloved songs, A Stunning Noise encompasses a e-book by four-time Academy Award®-nominee Anthony McCarten (I Wanna Dance with Anyone, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Principle of Every little thing), course by Tony Award® winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening, Hedwig and the Indignant Inch, American Fool), and choreography by Olivier Award® winner and four-time Tony Award nominee Steven Hoggett (Harry Potter and the Cursed Youngster, As soon as, Black Watch).

The design crew for A Stunning Noise options Tony Award winner David Rockwell (scenic design), Tony Award nominee Emilio Sosa (costume design), four-time Tony Award winner Kevin Adams (lighting design), Tony Award winner Jessica Paz (sound design) , and Luc Verschueren (hair and wig design). The manufacturing has music supervision and preparations by Sonny Paladino, incidental music and dance music preparations by Brian Usifer, vocal design by AnnMarie Milazzo, and orchestrations by Bob Gaudio, Sonny Paladino, and Brian Usifer. The crew additionally contains Bonnie Panson (manufacturing stage supervisor), Jamie Harrison (phantasm guide), Kathy Fabian (properties designer), Jim Carnahan, CSA (casting), and Ryan Conway of Architect Theatrical (common supervisor).

Along with his first break into songwriting within the Nineteen Sixties and his meteoric rise within the Nineteen Seventies, and loads of crushing disappointments and heart-stopping triumphs alongside the best way, Neil Diamond has maintained an virtually unthinkable stage of superstardom for 5 straight many years. How did a poor Jewish child from Brooklyn grow to be probably the most universally adored showmen of all time? There’s just one strategy to inform it: a musical set to his era-defining smash hits that entered the world.

All through his phenomenal and wide-ranging profession, Neil Diamond has carried out at sold-out stadiums and arenas world wide, dominating the charts for greater than 5 many years, promoting over 130 million albums worldwide and attaining file gross sales.

A Grammy Award-winning artist, Diamond is a member of the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame and the Songwriters Corridor of Fame. He has been offered with the Johnny Mercer Award, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, three of the very best honors bestowed on songwriters and artists. He has additionally been the recipient of the NARAS Music Cares Particular person of The 12 months Award and the distinguished Kennedy Middle Award for his contributions to American tradition.

His music has earned him a multi-generational fan base and he’s a believer within the therapeutic energy of music. By his charitable basis, he has supported many causes near his coronary heart.

A Stunning Noise is produced by Ken Davenport, Bob Gaudio, Sandi Moran, Hunter Arnold, Scott Abrams, Marco Santarelli, Jonathan and Rae Corr, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Ron Kastner, Rob Kolson, Valli Household Group, Caiola Productions, Paul Dainty AM, Gaudio Household Group, Joseph J. Grano Jr., Starlight Theatre, Roy Putrino, James L. Nederlander, Tricia Blake, Mark E. Jacobs, Common Music Group Theatrical, Deborah Inexperienced, Patty Baker, Sheri and Les Biller, H. Richard Hopper , Sharon Karmazin, NETworks Displays, Adam Riemer, Matthew Salloway, BB Investments LLC, Common Theatrical Group, Witz Finish Productions, Theater Producers of Shade, and Ryan Conway.

The Authentic Broadway Solid Recording of A Stunning Noise, produced by Bob Gaudio and launched by UMe, is obtainable now as a CD and to stream on all main platforms. To order the album or stream it, please go to www.abeautifulnoise.lnk.to/originalcastalbumpr