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Katie Brayben (Carole King) with Alan Morrissey at the Aldwych Theatre, London in 2015. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a jukebox musical with a book by Douglas McGrath that tells the story of the early life and career of Carole King, using songs that she wrote, often together with Gerry Goffin, and other contemporary songs by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector and others.
In both the musical and the film adapted from it, Ulla's role is greatly expanded. She is a stereotypical Swedish woman: tall and beautiful with lovely blonde hair. Ulla introduces herself as a Swedish actress looking for a part in Max and Leo's production of Springtime for Hitler, performing a song she wrote called "When You Got It, Flaunt It ...
Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.. The plot centers on a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the Ziegfeld Follies).
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is a musical by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell. [1] It has five acts, each of which is a short musical parodying (and paying homage to) the style of an American or British musical theater composer or composer/lyricist team, all dealing with roughly the same classic melodrama plot: "I can't pay the rent!"
Since the musical became a popular choice for high school productions due to its Tony awards and multiple roles for boys and girls, [10] controversy has arisen about the racial stereotyping of Asian people. The subplot of the show in which Mrs. Meers, a white woman, disguises herself as a Chinese woman and runs a white slavery ring with ...
The musical was praised by David Fricke of Rolling Stone as "the first rock musical that truly rocks". [101] The show also attracted many fans in the music world. [102] The show's authenticity, and its use of characters outside the usual hetero-normative constraints of theatre, was also remarked upon. [103] [102]
A new version of the musical was performed in a concert in October 2011 by the Texas State University musical theatre department, conducted by Lippa. [8] The musical received its premiere in London at Southbank Centre on May 28, 2018. The one-night-only production was the first to have a child ensemble playing its array of schoolgirls.
Various Characters 2014 Anika Larsen: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical: Cynthia Weil: Lauren Worsham: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder: Phoebe D'Ysquith : Stephanie J. Block: Little Miss Sunshine: Sheryl Hoover Adriane Lenox: After Midnight: Various Characters Sydney Lucas: Fun Home: Small Alison Bechdel: Laura Osnes: The Threepenny ...