Theatre Trivia Tweet: Let It Be

Theatre Trivia Tweet: Let It Be

The new Beatles tribute show, Let It Be, comes to Broadway this summer. What was the inspiration for Paul McCartney to write “Let It Be,” which was the final composition released by The Beatles?

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McCartney was trying to deal with mounting tensions in the group when the band was recording the White Album. At that time, he thought of his mother, who was named Mary and who was lost to cancer when he was 14, and a dream he had about her during the tense time in which she said to him, ” It will be all right; just let it be.”