BEACON TH Documentary Airing Next Week, with Celeb Memories !

MUSIC NEWS - With the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND recently wrapping up their historic 15 night stand at NYC's legendary (and recently renovated) Beacon Theatre, it's a good time to watch the all new MSG Originals documentary on the 80-year-old venue, airing April 9th at 10 pm on MSG network

This MSG Original program will explore the theatre’s colorful history from the it's opening as a vaudeville house in 1929, through the much anticipated grand re-opening in February of 2009. Through archival concert footage and photos, artist interviews, discussions with the promoters who made it all happen, and a behind-the-scenes look at the painstaking renovation, you'll get aa amazing glimpse of a concert hall that is so much bigger than the music alone. Join Whoopi Goldberg, Vanessa Carlton, Cheech and Chong, Rosie O’Donnell, Jon Bon Jovi and many more stars as they toast to the Beacon, now part of the MadisonSquare Garden family - with the Wamu Th and Radio City Music Hall, share their own personal memories, and remember the concerts that changed their lives.

Also, watch Jane Krakowski, Rosie O’Donnell, Wyclef Jean, and Conan O’Brien talk about their Beacon Theatre memories in the short clip below-

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