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Will be interesting to see how this goes actually.

http://westsidetoday.com/2016/10/30/the-rise-and-fall-of-beach-boys-dennis-wilson-on-stage/

Gosh I'd love to see this. To be at the Dec 4th show would just be amazing and emotional (Dennis and I share the same birthday, sort of makes me feel a bit of a connection, because I'm silly like that). Anyone who goes, please please please post a review here :)

Edit - no Dec 4th show. That's a shame. But the 3rd would still be emotional I'm sure.

http://www.promenadeplayhouse.com

Thanks for the link, PF. I'm going to wait for some reviews, but assuming that they are even passable I'm going to try to get back down to Santa Monica to see this--should be very interesting.

That would be great to see. Thanks for posting!

http://www.laweekly.com/arts/a-new-drama-about-beach-boy-dennis-wilson-is-no-day-at-the-beach-7590439

Have you seen it yet, Ed? Are you planning to? I'm curious, but skeptical after the review!

Curiously, the only musical performance during the evening is Casamento’s convincing acoustic rendition of the twisted Manson ballad “Cease to Exist.” Evidently O’Meara was unable to get rights clearance to either the Beach Boys songbook or the Dennis Wilson solo album Pacific Ocean Blue, which figures so prominently in the second act.

I wish them all the best, but IMO kind of tough to imagine the whole story really working as effectively without the music.

What I'm wondering about is if the production got a clearance from Manson for Cease To Exist.

Another review of the production, more favorable than LA Weekly's

http://thelosangelesbeat.com/2016/11/dennis-wilson-forevermore-a-beach-boys-fable-at-the-promenade-playhouse/

I gotta admit that the idea of Al being portrayed by an actor who goes by the first name of Bear is kind of intriguing. Has anybody here seen the play yet?

Photo from the production

(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/14939404_907629492669820_3117003755244671692_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9)

Re the LA Weekly review, is the "Diana" character a stand-in for either Carole or for Shawn?

Since Shawn died years ago I'm sure if she were depicted in the play it would be using her own name, but I don't know if Carole is depicted under the name Diane or not.

I see David, Murry, blonde with fat tummy must be Mike, the next to him Dennis? It could be Al or Brian with guitar beside the chap with jeans.

Cool to see the SMiLE Beach Boys logo on the drum set!

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/Scott-Wilson-Son-of-Beach-Boy-Dennis-Wilson-to-Host-Book-Signing-at-Promenade-Playhouse-20161116
"Natalia Lazarus and The Promenade Playhouse are thrilled to announce, Scott Wilson (Son of Dennis Wilson), will be signing copies of his new book, "Son Of A Beach Boy - My Dad, Dennis Wilson" - Scott will be present this weekend only at The Promenade Playhouse. Friday and Saturday only (Nov. 18th & 19th).

Stop in, catch the show "Dennis Wilson Forevermore: A Beach Boy's Fable" - Then meet Dennis Wilson's son, pick up a copy of his new book and have him sign it. The Promenade Playhouse, located at 1404 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA. 90401. Tickets for the show are on sale at: www.promenadeplayhouse.com"

Interview with the playwright Eric O’Meara

https://thesinglemansblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/beachboyfable/ & http://cpcnewstoday.com/archives/18300

Highlights:
"Brought to the Santa Monica Promenade Playhouse under the direction of Natalia Lazarus, it portrays Dennis’s life as the intense,
beautiful, and short-lived burst of light of a falling star in the night sky.
O’Meara, fascinated with the sights and sounds of 60’s era California beach culture, quotes band member Carl Wilson on why the Beach Boys’
music is so iconic to that generation: “Our music is an expression of joy, and a celebration of life, on a very basic level that everyone could
connect to”. The life of Dennis Wilson was a perfect inspiration to capture the era, according to O’Meara: “[Dennis] was a living expression of California during the 1960s —the surfing, cars, girls, the romance, and the rebellion; that wild, uncontrolled, let-it-fly, manifestation of freedom”."

"More fascinated than daunted by the plenitude of dramatic material that made up Dennis’s life, O’Meara says his writing challenges came once
the play was in pre-production. One week before rehearsals, one of Dennis’s ex-wives, an integral character to O’Meara’s script, contacted him
to say that she did not wish to be represented in the play. This news necessitated a massive rewrite...Unexpected rewards often come from
taking on a challenge. O’Meara read Scott Wilson’s book, Son of a Beach Boy while writing the play and connected with Scott’s own story
relating the crazy, good times he had with his dad, Dennis Wilson. They became friends and O’Meara says,
“I now consider Scott Wilson my friend and brother—a truly sensitive, genuine, kindhearted, human being.”
...The play has also been attended by Carl Wilson, Dennis’s son by his wife Barbara Charren, as well as
Bobby Figueroa, a keyboardist and percussionist for the Beach Boys."

Cast interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phDdFRnNJn0