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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Theater Review: ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ is a Lifetime of Song-Filled Brilliance
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CHICAGO – Carole King, from modest roots and beginnings, went on to become the most successful female songwriter of the last forty years of the 20th Century. So this “natural woman” was perfect for a musical overview of her life and great songs, in “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.”
Interview: Douglas McGrath of ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 1, 2015 - 6:28pmCHICAGO – While a musical stage play is known for its songs rather than dialogue or story, all has to be created. And the playwright for the opening-in-Chicago “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” is veteran actor, director and scribe Douglas McGrath. ‘Beautiful’ opens December 1st, 2015, at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago.