Broadway San Jose presents RAIN, a Tribute to Beatles. Photo credit: Joan Marcus.
Broadway San Jose presents RAIN, a Tribute to Beatles. Photo credit: Joan Marcus.

The acclaimed Beatles concert RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles makes its Bay Area debut for eight performances only Tuesday, October 26 thru Sunday, October 31. 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.”

RAIN opens at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts for one week only October 26-31.

Broadway San Jose presents RAIN, a Tribute to Beatles. Photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann.
Broadway San Jose presents RAIN, a Tribute to Beatles. Photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann.

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 1960s television commercials lighting up video screens as live cameras zoom in over the audience for close-ups.

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.

RAIN – A Tribute to the BeatlesWHAT:  RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles, makes its Bay Area debut as part of Broadway San Jose’s 2010-2011 Season.  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.” RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience: a fusion of historical footage and hilarious 1960s television commercials lighting up video screens as live cameras zoom in over the audience for close-ups.

 

WHEN: October 26-31, 2010

SHOWS: 7:30 pm Tuesday – Thursday

8 pm Friday
2 pm and 8 pm Saturday
1 pm and 6 pm Sunday

 

WHERE: San Jose Center for the Performing Arts

255 Almaden Blvd, San Jose.

Fun fact: Bay Area audiences will have the unique opportunity to experience this multi-media Beatles tribute just as Broadway audiences are getting their first look (a production opens at the Neil Simon Theatre the week previous).

Monica Turner
Contributor to Stark Insider for tech, the arts and All Things West Coast for over 10 years.