{"id":49901,"date":"2019-07-04T00:53:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T06:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=49901"},"modified":"2019-07-04T00:53:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T06:53:28","slug":"neil-diamonds-life-story-is-coming-to-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/neil-diamonds-life-story-is-coming-to-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Diamond\u2019s life story is coming to Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 The life story of iconic singer-songwriter Neil Diamond will be told on Broadway in a musical.<\/p>\n<p>The untitled project is still in its development stages, Deadline Hollywood reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always loved Broadway,\u201d Diamond said in a statement. \u201cThe inspiration for many of my early songs came from shows like \u2018West Side Story,\u2019 \u2018My Fair Lady\u2019 and \u2018Fiddler on the Roof,\u2019 so it seems only fitting to bring my songs to The Great White Way. I\u2019m honored and excited to be working with this great team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diamond announced in January that he would give up touring after being diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>Diamond has had 10 No. 1 singles: \u201cCracklin\u2019 Rosie,\u201d \u201cSong Sung Blue,\u201d \u201cLongfellow Serenade,\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve Been This Way Before,\u201d \u201cIf You Know What I Mean,\u201d \u201cDesiree,\u201d \u201cYou Don\u2019t Bring Me Flowers,\u201d \u201cAmerica,\u201d \u201cYesterday\u2019s Songs\u201d and \u201cHeartlight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He starred in the 1980 remake of \u201cThe Jazz Singer,\u201d which garnered him three Top 10 singles: \u201cLove on the Rocks,\u201d \u201cHello Again\u201d and \u201cAmerica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. He received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 and was honored at the Kennedy Center in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>He launched his career as a songwriter in the 1960s in the Brill Building songwriting factory, penning hits for groups like The Monkees. Diamond&nbsp;soon launched a solo career, and his rich baritone coupled with his lively onstage presence earned him the sobriquet \u201cthe Jewish Elvis.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Neil%20Diamond%E2%80%99s%20life%20story%20is%20coming%20to%20Broadway\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7122],"tags":[8792,8790,8795,10085,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49902,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49901\/revisions\/49902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}