Beautiful - The Carole King Musical to close in August 2017
The West End production of Beautiful - The Carole King Musical will complete its run later this year on 5th August, following a two and a half year run at the Aldwych Theatre. Having opened on Broadway in January 2014, the show swiftly transferred to the West End, opening on 24th February 2015 and going on to receive 8 Olivier Award nominations, including Best New Musical. The show won two awards for its female performances, Best Actress in a Musical for Katie Brayben and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for Lorna Want.
The UK tour of the show will kick off on 9th September 2017 at the Bradford Alhambra before continuing to venues in Plymouth, Southampton, Norwich, Southend, Nottingham, Belfast, Cardiff, Birmingham, Newcastle, Hull, Edinburgh, Manchester, Dublin, Aberdeen, Sheffield, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Woking, Sunderland, Bristol, Leeds, Stoke on Trent, Liverpool and Oxford.
Carole King herself has visited the production twice in its successful run, once earlier this year and previously on the show's official opening night, where she appeared alongside fellow composers Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann - the story of their friendship and music-making is told as part of Beautiful - The Carole King Musical.
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 from songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil like You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling, On Broadway and Uptown.
The West End cast comprises Cassidy Janson in the title role, Matthew Seadon-Young as King's husband and song-writing partner Gerry Goffin, Stephanie McKeon as song-writer Cynthia Weil, Ian McIntosh as song-writer Barry Mann, Joseph Prouse as music publisher and producer Donnie Kirshner and Barbara Drennan as King's mother Genie Klein.
They are joined by Gavin Alex, Georgie Ashford, Koko Basigara, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe, Ashford Campbell, Treyc Cohen, Natasha Cottriall, Michael Duke, Matthew Gonsalves, Jammy Kasongo, Leigh Lothian and Earl R. Perkins who play iconic musical performers and band members of the era and swings Derek Aidoo, Rosie Heath, Dominic Hodson, Emma Louise Jones, Jessica Joslin, Vicki Manser, David O'Mahony and Jaime Tait.
Book is by Douglas McGrath with words and music by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. The production is directed by Marc Bruni with choreography is by Josh Prince, set designs by Derek McLane, costume designs by Alejo Vietti, lighting by Peter Kaczorowski and sound by Brian Ronan. Orchestrations and Music Arrangements are by Steve Sidwell.
Make sure you book your Beautiful tickets before 5th August.
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