The Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning Musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical is now playing at London's Aldwych Theatre.
Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
She 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.
But her greatest challenge was to find her own voice and finally step into the spotlight.
Beautiful is the untold story of Carole King's journey from schoolgirl 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 popular music history, and wrote the soundtrack to a generation.
By: Douglas McGrath
Songs by: Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Director: Marc Bruni
Producer: Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Cast list: Cassidy Janson (Carole King), Matthew Seadon-Young (Gerry Goffin), Ian McIntosh (Barry Mann), Stephanie McKeon (Cynthia Weil), Barbara Drennan (Genie Klein), Joseph Prouse (Donnie Kirshner), Derek Aidoo, Gavin Alex, Georgie Ashford, Koko Basigara, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe, Ashford Campbell, Natasha Cottriall, Michael Duke, Matthew Gonsalves, Portia Harry, Rosie Heath, Dominic Hodson, Emma Louise Jones, Jessica Joslin, Jammy Kasongo, Leigh Lothian, Vicki Manser, David O’Mahony, Earl R Perkins and Jaime Tait
Design: Derek McLane
Lighting: Peter Kaczorowski
Costume: Alejo Viettii
Choreography: Josh Prince
Sound: Brian Ronan
Other info: Orchestrations and Music Arrangements are by Steve Sidwell
Location: West End
Bus numbers: (Aldwych) RV1, X68, 1, 6, 11, 13, 23, 59, 68, 87, 91, 139, 168, 171, 172, 188, 243; (Strand) 4, 9, 15, 26, 76, 176, 341
Night bus numbers: (Aldwych) 6, 23, 139, 188, 243, N1, N11, N13, N26, N47, N68, N87, N89, N91, N155, N171, N551, N343; (Strand) 176, 341, N9, N15, N21, N44, N76
Car park: Drury Lane, Parker Street (5mins)
Directions from Charing Cross Station: (10mins) Head out onto the main road Strand. Cross street where possible and go right. When you reach the fork, veer left onto Aldwych.
Beautiful is the untold story of Carole King’s journey from schoolgirl 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 popular music history, and wrote the soundtrack to a generation.
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