{"id":149538,"date":"2022-12-06T07:48:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T07:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/neil-diamond-surprises-broadway-with-performance-of-sweet-caroline-deadline\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T07:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T07:48:57","slug":"neil-diamond-surprises-broadway-with-performance-of-sweet-caroline-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/neil-diamond-surprises-broadway-with-performance-of-sweet-caroline-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Diamond Surprises Broadway With Performance Of ‘Sweet Caroline’ \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tPop superstar and songwriter Neil Diamond, who retired from touring in 2018 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, surprised the opening night audience of A Beautiful Noise<\/em> Sunday with a post-show performance of his signature hit \u201cSweet Caroline.\u201d (Watch it below.)<\/p>\n

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\tDiamond was greeted with a standing ovation upon entering the Broadhurst Theater just before the start of the musical, which chronicles his life and features his music. But the big surprise came after the curtain call, when he rose from his box seat and, with mic in hand, launched into the song’s immediately recognizable lyrics \u201cWhere it began\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tWatch video of the performance below.<\/p>\n

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\tDiamond was accompanied to the show with wife Katie and, according to the musical’s spokesperson, more than 40 members of his family including children and grandchildren. The surprise performance of \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d was Diamond’s first performance in his hometown of New York since 2017.<\/p>\n

\n\tA Beautiful Noise <\/em>stars Will Swenson (as the singer during his performing years) and Mark Jacoby as the post-retirement Diamond.<\/p>\n

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