Beatles tribute show comes to Carnegie Hall on Saturday night (© 2008 Steven Gardner)
Saturday, January 15, Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Ave. at 57th St., $17.50-$80, 212-247-7800, 8:00
Saturday, January 15, 6:00, and Sunday, January 16, 12 noon, Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave. at North 11th St., $10
www.carnegiehall.org
www.1964thetribute.com
www.brooklynbowl.com
Back in May 1977, the Beatles took over Broadway. Well, not exactly. Actually, BEATLEMANIA opened at the Winter Garden, declaring itself to be “not the Beatles but an incredible simulation.” Beatlemania is back on the rise with the recent release of the Fab Four’s catalog on iTunes, and although a Beatles reunion is an impossibility, perhaps the closest you can come these days is “1964” . . . the Tribute. For nearly thirty years, “1964” has been re-creating every aspect of a Beatles concert, from the look and the sound to the feeling and the energy. The mop-topped quartet will be shaking it up, baby, at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night, but remember that this is 1964, so don’t go expecting to hear songs from SGT. PEPPER, ABBEY ROAD, the White Album, etc. For a very different kind of Beatles experience, Roger Greenawalt will be leading a host of musicians, including Nellie McKay, Danny Ross, the Ramblers, Thinking in Pictures, Nat & Alex Wolff, Julian Velard, Deni Bonet, Terry Radigan, and unannounced special guests, through the complete Beatles catalog on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at Brooklyn Bowl — with all songs played on ukulele. If you have a uke and want to participate, just show up an hour before showtime and you get in free as part of the uke mob.