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 […]
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Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – West End Run extended
The producers of the multi award-winning Beautiful – The Carole King Musical have announced the show will be extending booking in the West End until 18 February 2017. The announcement came the morning after a star-studded gathering at the Aldwych Theatre celebrating the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award winning show’s first birthday in London’s West […]
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – Aldwych Theatre
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical continues at the Aldwych Theatre, London, currently booking until 13 June. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ There are jukebox musicals, and then there are jukebox musicals. Some, like Mamma Mia!, wrap up songs from a common source with a story that, while it may not hold up on its […]
Carole King joins Beautiful cast for opening night
There were some special guests at the opening night of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at London’s Aldwych Theatre and they included legendary singer/songwriter Carole King herself, as well as songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Beautiful – The Carole King Musical has a book by Douglas McGrath with words and music by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and is directed by Marc Bruni. Katie Brayben plays the title role […]
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – first look at production images
Here’s a first look at production images from Beautiful – The Carole King Musical. Katie Brayben plays the title role of Carole King, with Alan Morrissey as King’s husband and songwriting partner Gerry Goffin, Lorna Want as songwriter Cynthia Weil, Ian McIntosh as songwriter Barry Mann, Glynis Barber as Genie Klein, King’s mother, and Gary Trainor as music publisher and producer Don Kirshner. The show is currently in […]
First look at Katie Brayben as Carole King in Beautiful
Here’s a first look at Katie Brayben playing the title role of Carole King in Beautiful – The Carole King Musical. Alan Morrissey is King’s husband and songwriting partner Gerry Goffin, with Lorna Want as Cynthia Weil, Ian McIntosh as Barry Mann, Glynis Barber as Genie Klein, King’s mother, and Gary Trainor as music publisher and producer Don Kirshner. London previews begin at the Aldwych Theatre on […]
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – full casting revealed
Joining Katie Brayben playing the title role in the West End production of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is Ian McIntosh as songwriter Barry Mann. As previously announced the leading cast members also include Alan Morrissey as King’s husband and songwriting partner Gerry Goffin, Lorna Want as songwriter Cynthia Weil, Glynis Barber as Genie […]
Katie Brayben and Alan Morrissey cast in Beautiful – The Carole King Musical
Katie Brayben will play the title role in the West End production of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical opening at the Aldwych Theatre in February next year. Alan Morrissey will play King’s husband and song-writing partner Gerry Goffin, with Lorna Want as songwriter Cynthia Weil, Glynis Barber as Genie Klein, King’s mother, and Gary Trainor as music publisher and producer Don Kirshner. London previews begin on […]
I Can’t Sing! – London Palladium
I Can’t Sing! continues at the London Palladium. Unless you have been living in a bubble for the last ten years then you can’t fail to have noticed the strangle-hold that Simon Cowell has over the entertainment industry. Depending on how you rate him, he has either killed or cured Saturday night television with the reinvention […]
I Can’t Sing – the X Factor musical – a sneak peek
Any opening of a West End musical is a much-anticipated event, but the buzz around Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s new X Factor musical I Can’t Sing! at the London Palladium has reached a new level, not least because of reported technical problems during previews. However, while the audience attending an evening performance on 17 […]
