VIDEO: BEAUTIFUL Producer Mike Bosner's Funny Story About Pre-Broadway Audience Feedback

Before opening at Broadway's Stephen Sondheim Theatre, BEAUTIFUL: THE Carol King MUSICAL worked out its kinks at San Francisco's Curran.

As with any new musical trying out before hitting New York, Audience members come in knowing they're seeing a work in progress and some theatre fans get very excited at the possibility of running into someone connected with the show to offer an opinion.

That was the subject of a very funny, and very insightful story told by producer Mike Bosner at a presentation promoting BEAUTIFUL's return to San Francisco, as the national tour settles in at the Orpheum Theatre from August 8th through September 18th. (Visit shnsf.com)

BEAUTIFUL: THE Carole King MUSICAL features a book by Tony and Academy Award-nominee Douglas McGrath, direction by Marc Bruni and choreography by Josh Prince and a stunning array of beloved songs written by Gerry Goffin/Carole King and Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil. Award-winning productions of the musical are now playing in London's West End and on tour across the US.

The creative team of Beautiful also includes Derek McLane (Set Design), Alejo Vietti (Costume Design), Peter Kaczorowski (Lighting Design), Brian Ronan (Sound Design), Charles G. LaPointe (Wig and Hair Design), Steve Sidwell (Orchestrations and Music Arrangements), Jason Howland (Music Supervision) and John Miller (Music Coordination).

Long before she was Carole King, chart-topping music legend, she was Carol Klein, Brooklyn girl with passion and chutzpah. She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and, by the time she reached her twenties, had the husband of her dreams and a flourishing career writing hits for the biggest acts in rock 'n' roll. But it wasn't until her personal life began to crack that she finally managed to find her true voice. Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of King's remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation.