The Last Play at Shea

The Last Play at Shea

Directed by	Paul Crowder
Produced by	Nigel Sinclair Steve Cohen Glen Zipper Todd Kamelhar Greg Whiteley
Written by	Mark Monroe
Narrated by	Alec Baldwin
Cinematography	Roderick A. Santiano
Production company	Diamond Docs Maritime Motion Pictures Music Mix Mobile Spitfire Pictures
Distributed by	Newmarket Films
Release dates	April 26, 2010 (2010-04-26) (Tribeca) October 21, 2010 (2010-10-21) (United States)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Last Play at Shea is a 2010 documentary film written by Mark Monroe, directed by Paul Crowder, produced by Steve Cohen and Nigel Sinclair, in conjunction with Billy Joel's Maritime Pictures and Spitfire Films.^[1] The film is centered on Billy Joel's 2008 concerts of the same name that occurred at Shea Stadium. The shows were staged on July 16 and 18, 2008, before a combined 110,000 fans, and were the last performances ever to play the historic stadium before it was demolished.^[1] The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2010. The film was released on DVD on February 8, 2011. The CD and DVD from the show were released on March 8, 2011 by Sony.^[2]

The film premiered on August 21, 2010 at Citi Field, Shea Stadium's successor, in front of around 20,000 moviegoers.^[3]^[4] Earlier that day, Joel watched it himself and there was an announcement from him that he liked it and said "I haven't puked from it," which was shown right before the film.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Synopsis

The 90-minute film uses historical footage and animation. It uses the concerts to tell a broader story of Shea Stadium's history and how that related to changes that occurred in American suburban life and how they affected Long Island and Billy Joel. The film reveals several previously unknown facts.

Musicians

Billy Joel - piano, harmonica, vocals
Tony Bennett - vocal - "New York State of Mind"
Garth Brooks - vocals - "Shameless"
Roger Daltrey - vocals - "My Generation"
John Mayer - "This Is the Time"
Paul McCartney - bass, vocal "I Saw Her Standing There"; piano, vocal "Let It Be",
John Mellencamp - "Pink Houses"
Steven Tyler - vocals - "Walk This Way"

Songs

1. "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
2. "My Life"
3. "Summer, Highland Falls"
4. "Everybody Loves You Now"
5. "Zanzibar"
6. "New York State of Mind" (with Tony Bennett)
7. "Allentown"
8. "The Ballad of Billy the Kid"
9. "She's Always a Woman"
10. "Goodnight Saigon"
11. "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"
12. "Shameless" (with Garth Brooks)
13. "This Is the Time" (with John Mayer)
14. "Keeping the Faith"
15. "Captain Jack"
16. "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"
17. "The River of Dreams"/"A Hard Day's Night"
18. "We Didn't Start the Fire"
19. "You May Be Right"
20. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
21. "Only the Good Die Young"
22. "I Saw Her Standing There" (with Paul McCartney)
23. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
24. "Piano Man"
25. "Let It Be" (with Paul McCartney)

References

1 2 "Last Play At Shea: World Premiere". Billyjoel.com. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
↑ "Live at Shea Stadium (2 CD /1 DVD): Billy Joel: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
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↑ Brand, Dana. "The Citi Field Premiere of Billy Joel's "Last Play at Shea"". Billyjoel.com. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
↑ Thousands at 'Shea' to screen Joel documentary. Newsday. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
↑ Gamboa, Glenn (July 27, 2010). "'Last Play at Shea' documentary tells stadium's story". Newsday. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
↑ Gamboa, Glenn (July 27, 2010). "Billy Joel documentary on Shea concert gets August date". Newsday. Retrieved July 31, 2010.

External links

Billy Joel

Studio albums	Cold Spring Harbor Piano Man Streetlife Serenade Turnstiles The Stranger 52nd Street Glass Houses The Nylon Curtain An Innocent Man The Bridge Storm Front River of Dreams Fantasies & Delusions

Live albums	Songs in the Attic KOHЦEPT 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert 12 Gardens Live Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1–3 Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection The Ultimate Collection The Essential Billy Joel Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel My Lives The Hits

Singles	"She's Got a Way" "Piano Man" "You're My Home" "Worse Comes to Worst" "Travelin' Prayer" "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" "The Entertainer" "Just the Way You Are" "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" "Only the Good Die Young" "She's Always a Woman" "Vienna" "The Stranger" "My Life" "Big Shot" "Honesty" "Until the Night" "All for Leyna" "You May Be Right" "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" "Don't Ask Me Why" "Sometimes a Fantasy" "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (Live) "She's Got a Way" (Live) "Pressure" "Allentown" "Goodnight Saigon" "Tell Her About It" "Uptown Girl" "An Innocent Man" "The Longest Time" "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" "This Night" "Keeping the Faith" "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" "The Night Is Still Young" "Modern Woman" "A Matter of Trust" "This Is the Time" "Baby Grand" "Back in the U.S.S.R." (Live) "We Didn't Start the Fire" "Leningrad" "I Go to Extremes" "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" "That's Not Her Style" "And So It Goes" "Shameless" "All Shook Up" "The River of Dreams" "All About Soul" "No Man's Land" "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" "To Make You Feel My Love" "Hey Girl" "All My Life" "Christmas in Fallujah"

Other songs	"Everybody Loves You Now" "Captain Jack" "Los Angelenos" "Root Beer Rag" "New York State of Mind" "Prelude/Angry Young Man" "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" "Zanzibar" "Laura" "Scandinavian Skies" "Big Man on Mulberry Street"

Tours	An Innocent Man Tour Face to Face 1994 Face to Face 1995 Face to Face 1998 Face to Face 2001 Face to Face 2003 Face to Face 2009 Face to Face 2010 Billy Joel in Concert

Film	The Last Play at Shea

See also	Discography Movin' Out Billy Joel Band The Hassles Attila Alexa Ray Joel Christie Brinkley Katie Lee "Movin' Out" (Glee episode) Oliver and Company

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