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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.
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.
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).
In Chapter 6 of Dahl's Matilda, the young girl hatches a plan to get back at her father for calling her a "liar" and a "cheat."Matilda knows that her father takes pride in his thick and dark locks ...
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!"
The musical is based on the 2003 film Calendar Girls.The film itself was produced on a budget of $10 million, earning over $96 million in global box office receipts. [1] A stage play adaptation was launched in 2008 at the Chichester Festival Theatre, [2] before embarking on a national tour and transferring to the West End's Noël Coward Theatre in 2009.
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 ...
The musical features a mix of adapted television characters and original creations. Helen Stewart, Nikki Wade, Shell Dockley, Denny Blood, Crystal Gordon, Noreen Biggs, the two Julies, and Yvonne Atkins all appear in the television series. Dominic McAllister's name was changed to Justin Mattison for the musical, however the character is exactly ...