From Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road, RAIN® A Tribute to The Beatles Makes its Debut at The Bushnell
On Sunday June 7, 2009 for one show only! Tickets on sale now.
Hartford, CT – (May 4, 2009) – The award-winning Beatles concert, RAIN® – A Tribute to The Beatles, makes its debut at The Bushnell on Sunday, June 7, 2009. In a show the Denver Post calls “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles,” RAIN® boasts a repertoire of nearly 200 Beatlemaniac favorites, ranging from such beloved songs as “Yesterday” and “Hey Jude” to classic hits including “Revolution” and “Come Together.” Tickets for RAIN® – A Tribute to The Beatles are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting The Bushnell Box Office at 166 Capitol Avenue in Hartford or by calling (860) 987-5900. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.bushnell.org. Tickets are $25.00-$45.00. RAIN® - A Tribute to The Beatles is part of the Bank of America Showcase Series.
RAIN® covers the Fab Four from their very first Ed Sullivan Show appearance through the Abbey Road album, through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. RAIN® is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience...a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s light up video screens and live cameras zoom in for close-ups.
For the four longtime band members – Joey Curatolo (Paul McCartney), Joe Bithorn (George Harrison), Ralph Castelli (Ringo Starr) and Steve Landes (John Lennon), with a little help from their friend Mark Lewis (keyboards, percussion) – the music is first and foremost. For more than two decades, RAIN® has distinguished itself by focusing on details, always being faithful to The Beatles with the ultimate goal of delivering a perfect note-for-note performance. All the music is performed live, with no pre-recorded tapes or sequences.
“On their feet, with arms raised high above their heads, all in the audience were swaying and singing along in blissed-out, nostalgia-powered unison!” (Chicago Sun-Times)
“The enraptured audience relives the soundtrack of its life!” (Chicago Tribune)
"RAIN® nails the full glory of those heavenly vocal harmonies and thrilled an all-ages crowd with note-perfect renditions of songs from the mightiest canon in all of popular music history." (Buffalo News)
“RAIN® creates musical nirvana…makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up! A thrilling bit of time-warping nostalgia...Boomer Heaven!” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
“Uncanny! RAIN® are a quartet of fine musicians in their own right…as The Beatles, they triumph!” (The Boston Herald)
“An adoring Valentine to The Beatles!” (The Washington Post)
“RAIN® is a spectacular extravaganza…did the audience love it? Yeah, yeah, yeah!” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
“Parents (and grandparents) and kids were on their feet bopping like crazy!” (The Courier Post)
Like The Beatles, the onstage members of RAIN® are not only supreme musicians, but electrifying performers in their own right. www.raintribute.com
About The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
The Bushnell is Connecticut’s premier performing arts center, hosting more than 350 events yearly, including major Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, local arts and community events. The Bushnell is home to two theaters- the historic 2,800-seat Mortensen Hall, and the 907-seat Belding Theater, a state-of-the-art performance hall that opened in 2001. The Bushnell’s nationally-recognized arts-in-education program, PARTNERS (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools), now in its 16th year, is a cross-community educational effort serving 15 schools in 6 districts throughout the Greater Hartford area. The Bushnell opened in January 1930 and is a non-profit organization. For more information, call The Bushnell at (860) 987-6000, The Bushnell Box Office at (860) 987-5900 or visit our website at www.bushnell.org.
RAIN® MARKETING/PRESS REPRESENTATIVE: MERLE FRIMARK
merle@merlefrimarkpr.com 212-819-1133
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With support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.