Something For Beatles Fans

BRIDGEPORT — Manhattan Center Studios in association with Downtown Cabaret Theatre will present a return engagement of She Loves You!, a musical tribute to the Beatles with four look-alike and sound-exactly-like-the Beatles actors, in tailored vintage head-to-toe costuming representing every phase from their era, August 15 to September 21.

The show, which was at the Bridgewater theater in March, served two disparate audiences in different ways.

“For those of us who were actually there to remember the sixties, the show brings back a feast of memories — not just of the Fab Four, but also of the times that were, as Dylan told us, ‘a changing,’” Newtown Bee theater reviewer Julie Stern wrote.

“For later generations, it is more of a ‘magical mystery tour’ that simulates the experience of being present at a series of actual concerts, beginning with the group’s 1964 debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, and ending five years later,” she continued.

Divided into two acts — 1964 to 1966 and 1967 to 1969 — the show runs over two hours and entails the live performance of thirty songs by four very talented musicians. The songs include many with that strong distinctive beat that the boys from Liverpool brought over to America — “Please, Please Me,”  “All My Lovin,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand”  — as well as some of the most powerful ballads — “Hey Jude,” “Let it Be,” “In My Life” — and above all, the greatest of the Lennon-McCartney collaborations, “Yesterday.” Even the Yellow Submarine is present in the form of a film clip of the cartoon.

In addition to the music, the production transports audiences back in time with classic television footage, clips from newsreels, retro commercials, and bits from variety shows.

Tickets are $45.

Opening night curtain will be at 7:30 pm. Performances will then continue on Thursdays, August 21 and 28, at 7:30; each Friday and Saturday at 5:30 and 8:30; and Sundays at 2:30 and 5:30 pm.

Downtown Cabaret Theatre at 263 Golden Hill Street in Bridgeport, can be reached for tickets and additional information at 203-576-1636.