Lorna Want, Ian McIntosh, Cassidy Janson, Alan Morrissey, Diane Keen and Gary Trainor celebrate the first birthday of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical
A further 200,000 tickets have been released for Beautiful – The Carole King Musical with booking at the Aldwych Theatre extended to 22 July 2017.
The Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning show opened in the West End in February 2015 when Carole King surprised the audience by joining the cast at the curtain call to sing ‘You’ve Got A Friend’. In February this year the show celebrated its first birthday at the Aldwych Theatre as well as the 45th anniversary of King’s album Tapestry. Last month the cast of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical joined Carole King on stage at her Hyde Park concert, playing to more than 65,000 people.
The current West End cast is led by Cassidy Janson in the title role alongside Alan Morrissey who plays King’s husband and song-writing partner Gerry Goffin with Lorna Want as songwriter Cynthia Weil, a role for which she won the 2015 Olivier for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical, Ian McIntosh as songwriter Barry Mann, Gary Trainor as music publisher and producer Don Kirshner and Diane Keen as Genie Klein, King’s mother.
The cast also includes Gavin Alex, Hannah Jay-Allan, Vivien Carter, Dom Hartley-Harris, Leo Ihenacho, Jammy Kasongo, Matt Nalton, David O’Mahony, Earl R. Perkins, Jay Perry, Sharon Rose, Tanisha L. Spring, Danielle Steers and Joanna Woodward playing iconic musical performers and band members of the era. Ensemble members are Chanice Alexander-Burnett, Koko Basigara, Ashford Campbell, Matthew Colthart, Rosie Heath and Leigh Lothian.
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is based on the early life and career of legendary singer/ songwriter Carole King and book by Douglas McGrath with words and music by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and is directed by Marc Bruni. Choreography is by Josh Prince with 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.
The musical continues at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Broadway and a US tour of the show began in September 2015 in Rhode Island. An Australian production will open in Sydney in 2017.
Tickets for Beautiful – The Carole King Musical are available HERE.
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