Tickets go on sale Friday for the Nashville debut of Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway hit about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter Carole King, that makes its Music City debut with a one-week engagement at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall May 23-28.
Tickets go on sale
this Friday, March 3, at
10 a.m. at
www.TPAC.org, by phone at (615) 782-4040 and at the TPAC Box Office, 505 Deaderick St., in downtown Nashville. For groups of 10 or more, call (615) 782-4060.
With a book by Tony and Academy Award-nominee Douglas McGrath, direction by Marc Bruni and choreography by Josh Prince, 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.
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.
Along the way, King made more than beautiful music, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation.
Beautiful features a stunning array of beloved songs written by
Gerry Goffin/
Carole King and
Barry Mann/
Cynthia Weil, including "I Feel the Earth Move," "One Fine Day," "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "You've Got A Friend" and the title song.
"
Carole King might be a native New Yorker, but her story of struggle and triumph is as universal as they come - and her music is loved the world over," said producer
Paul Blake. "We know that audiences throughout the country will embrace this show just as Broadway and London audiences have."
"I fell in love with this glorious musical when I saw it on Broadway," says Kathleen O'Brien, TPAC president and chief executive officer. "It reintroduces you to the iconic and beautiful music of
Carole King, and you learn more about her life and how her experiences shaped her songs. After seeing it, there is no doubt why King is one of the most successful, prolific and beloved songwriters and performers of our lifetime."
Beautiful opened on Broadway at the
Stephen Sondheim Theatre in January 2014, where it has since broken all box office records and recently became the highest-grossing production in the theatre's history.
Beautiful opened in London at the
Aldwych Theatre in February 2015 and launched its First National Tour in September 2015.
The creative team 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).
Beautiful is produced on Broadway by
Paul Blake, Sony/ATV Music Publishing,
Jeffrey A. Sine,
Richard A. Smith,
Mike Bosner, Harriet N. Leve/
Elaine Krauss,
Terry Schnuck,
Orin Wolf,
Patty Baker/Good Productions,
Roger Faxon,
Larry Magid,
Kit Seidel,
Lawrence S. Toppall, Fakston Productions/Mary Solomon,
William Court Cohen,
John Gore,
BarLor Productions,
Matthew C. Blank,
Tim Hogue,
Joel Hyatt,
Marianne Mills, Michael J. Moritz, Jr., StylesFour Productions, Brunish/Trinchero, and
Jeremiah J. Harris.
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical (
Ghostlight Records) won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and is available on CD, digitally and on vinyl.
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