Beautiful – The Carole King Musical
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, is based on the early life and career of legendary singer/ songwriter Carole King. The show is currently booking to February 2016.
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is the untold story of her journey from school girl to superstar; from her relationship with husband and song-writing partner Gerry Goffin, their close friendship and playful rivalry with fellow song-writing duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, to her remarkable rise to stardom. Along the way, she became one of the most successful solo acts in music history, and wrote the soundtrack to a generation.
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With a cast of 26 and an orchestra of 12, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical features the Carole King classics including So Far Away, It Might As Well Rain Until September, Take Good Care of my Baby, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Up on the Roof, Locomotion, One Fine Day, You’ve Got a Friend, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman and I Feel the Earth Move, along with hits like You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling, On Broadway and Uptown from songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.
Multi award-winning Carole King fought her way into the record industry as a teenager and sold her first hit, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, when she was just seventeen. By the time she was twenty she was writing number ones for the biggest acts in rock ‘n’ roll, including The Drifters, The Shirelles, Aretha Franklin and The Monkees. In a first for a female singer/songwriter, King’s album Tapestry won all three of the 1971 key Grammy Awards—record, song and album of the year. The same year King also won the Grammy for Best Female Vocalist.
Official Website | Beautiful – The Carole King Musical
Cast
Carole King – Katie Brayben
Gerry Goffin – Alan Morrissey
Cynthia Weil – Lorna Want
Barry Mann – Ian McIntosh
Genie Klein – Glynis Barber
Don Kirshner – Gary Trainor
And Vivien Carter, Ed Currie, Oliver Lidert, Fela Lufadeju, Tanya Nicole-Edwards, Terel Nugent , Jay Perry, Tanisha Spring, Lucy St. Louis, Danielle Steers, Dylan Turner and Joanna Woodwood will play iconic musical performers and band members of the era. Ensemble members are Andy Coxon, Jason Denton, Michael Anthony Duke, Joel Harper-Jackson, Rosie Heath, Aisha Jawando, Hannah Jay-Allan and Leigh Lothian.
Creatives
Book by Douglas McGrath
Words and music by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Directed by Marc Bruni.
Choreography is by Josh Prince
Set designs by Derek McLane.
Costume designs by Alejo Viettii.
Lighting by Peter Kaczorowski.
Sound by Brian Ronan.
Dance arranger – Zane Mark
Music Director/Conductor – Joseph Joubert
Orchestrations and Music Arrangements are by Steve Sidwell.
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical will be produced in London by Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
Booking Information
Aldwych Theatre, Aldwych, London WC2B 4DF
Performances
10 February 2015, booking to Feb 2016
Monday – Saturday 7.30pm,
Thursday & Saturday matinees 2.30pm
Prices
Monday to Thursday performances £15 – £67.50
Friday and Saturday performances £15 – £69.50
No booking fees, all ticket prices include a £1.25 restoration levy
Box Office
0845 200 7981
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