After what The Times described as "a troubled try-out in San Francisco, a cancelled run in Boston and a radical rewrite",[3] it had 42 previews and 49 performances on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre from 14 August to 24 September 2005.

[8] The Broadway premiere was produced by Allan McKeown, Edgar Lansbury (who conceived the show and brought in Scardino[1]), Clear Channel Entertainment and Jeffrey Sine.

The opening night cast of Lennon included Will Chase (who as narrator was the "lead" John Lennon), Chuck Cooper, Julie Danao-Salkin, Mandy Gonzalez, Marcy Harriell, Chad Kimball, Terrence Mann, Julia Murney, Michael Potts, Rona Figueroa, Mark Richard Ford, Nicole Lewis and Darin Murphy.

The show opened to negative reviews, with Ben Brantley of The New York Times stating:[9] In the immortal words of Yoko Ono, "Aieeeee!"

Now and Then is a song that was originally a demo recorded sometime around 1977, and it would be considered a possible third single to The Beatles Anthology project in 1995 along with Free as a Bird and Real Love before being put on hold due to technical difficulties.