Beatles' 'Love' at 10: Paul, Ringo and Friends Celebrate Revamped Show
The show unfurled on a specially designed stage at the Mirage Hotel and Casino and maintained much of the sophisticated staging of the acclaimed original 2006 production, but with several meaningful adjustments in performance, design and effects. The music has also been remixed and re-edited by musical director Giles Martin, son of the late Beatles producer George Martin. Father and son collaborated on the music for the original Love.
Despite excited reviews for that first production, for Dominic Champagne, the show's writer and director, it only represented to him about "40 percent of the potential," he said. "I remember Paul and Ringo feeling that 'We were quite a good band, don't you think?' They felt like that 10 years ago on the opening night. We wanted to reach that level. Now I have a feeling this is the best achievement I can probably do. Now I have a certain level of satisfaction."
When McCartney and Starr arrived at the show Thursday, they spent only a brief time on the red carpet. Starr responded to a lightning storm of camera flashes by joking with the photographers: "Everybody send me copies!"
Fans inside the Beatles gift shop scored a great vantage point, pressing against the windows as the surviving Beatles walked past. Also on the carpet was director Ron Howard, whose new documentary on the band's touring years, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, is out this fall.
By: Steve Appleford
Source: Rolling Stone
