| The Cast of Beatlemania | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | New England, United States |
| Occupation: | Beatles Tribute Band |
| Years Active: | 1980 - present |
| Website: | Moptops.com |
| Current Members: | Carlo Cantamessa Lenie Colacino John Delgado Larry Hochman Monroe Quinn |
| Past Members: | Mitch Weissman, Leslie Fradkin, Joe Pecorino, Louis Colucci, Jimmy Pou, Tom Teeley, Bob Miller, Alan LeBoeuf, Marty Feier, P.M. Howard, Jim Filgate and Mark Templeton. |
The Cast of Beatlemania is a U.S. Beatles' tribute band formed in 1980. The Cast is one of longest running Beatles' tribute band in the world. The group features founder Lenie Colacino, a former cast member of the 1977 Broadway hit musical Beatlemania. The group has performed in all contiguous U.S. states, and over twenty foreign countries, including Canada, England, Mexico, Central and South America, Brazil and Japan.
The Cast recreates the sights and sounds of The Beatles from an era of the 1960s when the world was engulfed in the throes of Beatlemania. Three different costumes coincide with the changing music and times during their existence.
The Cast was individually selected from hundreds of musicians who auditioned from all over the U.S. for the Broadway show, Beatlemania.
The Cast originally started when the members of the ending Broadway show were let go as the show came to a conclusion in late 1979. Those four members (Lenie Colacino, Richie Gomez, Mike Palaikis and Bob Forte) started The Cast and the same group name has been in existence since the early 1980s.
This current incarnation of the show is the most popular version since inception, having retained the same members for the longest period of time.
The current members are:
Carlo Cantamessa (as John Lennon) — rhythm guitar, bass guitar, piano, lead vocal
The manager of the band.Lenie Colacino (as Paul McCartney) — bass guitar, piano, lead vocal
Founder of The Cast and the first left-handed member of the original Broadway production of Beatlemania
Voices of the “Beetles” on the Nickelodeon's Wonder PetsMonroe Quinn (as George Harrison) — lead guitar, lead vocal
Previously has performed with Billy Preston, Micky Dolenz of The Monkees, Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, Neil Innes, Joey Molland of Badfinger, and Denny Laine from Wings and The Moody Blues.John Delgado (as Ringo Starr) — drums, percussion, lead vocal
Larry Hochman — keyboards, musical director, arranger