“A Beautiful Noise” is now playing at the Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa. Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, A Beautiful Noise is the true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chart-busting, show-stopping American rock icon. With 120 million albums sold, a catalogue of classics like “America,” “Forever in Blue Jeans,” and “Sweet Caroline,” an induction into the Songwriters and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and sold-out concerts around the world that made him bigger than Elvis, Neil Diamond’s story was made to shine on Broadway-and head out on the road across America.

Nick Fradiani will portray Neil Diamond. After winning “American Idol,” Fradiani released his debut album Hurricane in 2016, featuring the hit single “Beautiful Life.” Past My Past, his second solo album, was released in 2022. He made his national tour debut in A Bronx Tale and his Broadway debut in A Beautiful Noise, taking over the Theater in New York City, starring Fradiani, through his end run in June 2025.

“A Beautiful Noise” launched its First National Tour at the Providence Performing Center (PPAC) in Providence, RI in September 2024. The tour will then go on to play more than 25 cities in its first year.

Like “Jersey Boys” and “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” before it, “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical is an inspiring, exhilarating, energy-filled musical memoir, that tells the untold true story of how America’s greatest hitmaker became a star, set to the songs that defined his career.

The show is recommended for all ages.