Break-up of the Beatles Lennon was in a fragile state of mind after returning from the band's sojourn in India in early 1968 and was disillusioned and resentful that their Transcendental Meditation guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, had not fulfilled Lennon's expectations. Lennon became discontented over his personal identity and his artistic role within the Beatles and entered another period of drug use, which coincided with a deterioration in his marriage and family life. He began to develop an intense interest in the work of Yoko Ono, a Japanese-American conceptual artist whom he had first met at one of her exhibitions in 1966. The pair
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles both sides splitting the profits 50-50. "Rain" ran on Broadway for 300 shows (and 8 preview performances), first at the Neil Simon Theatre on October 26, 2010 – January 15, 2011, then at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on February 8, 2011 – July 31, 2011. In 2012, Parry/Annerin Productions put on "Let It Be", a Beatles "concert experience" that played in London's West End. In 2013, on the eve of "Let It Be" coming to Broadway, the Rain Corporation filed a copyright suit against Parry and his fellow "Let It Be" producers. "Rain" claimed that "Let It Be" was essentially