The marquee at the Beacon Theatre on Wednesday for the premiere of a new HBO documentary, “Billy Joel: And So It Goes.” (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

By Emily Yahr

NEW YORK — A documentary about the life and career of Billy Joel, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival at the legendary Beacon Theatre — it’s hard to get more New York than that.

Yet what was long planned as a night of career celebration took on unexpected poignance after Joel, 76, revealed two weeks ago that he has been diagnosed with a brain disorder — and canceled all of his concerts scheduled over the next 13 months.

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