HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN…indeed. Original Newsies leading lady and WICKED The Musical favorite Kara Lindsay is set to join the Broadway cast of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical next week at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. From September 12th, 2017 for a limited run till New Year’s Eve (December 31st, 2017), Lindsay will be taking on the role of acclaimed singer/songwritter “Cynthia Weil”. The role is temporary currently played by understudy Sara King who was taking over from Jessica Keenan Wynn who departed last month to go film the upcoming musical sequel to MAMMA MIA!.
In addition, Chilina Kennedy (who took a summer hiatus from the Broadway cast to join the touring cast for the Toronto engagement) is set to return to Broadway cast in the lead role of Grammy winning singer / songwritter “Carole King” on the very same day as Lindsay. The show’s current leading lady Abby Mueller (original touring “Carole” and sister of the show’s original Tony winning “Carole” Jessie Mueller) will play her final performance this Sunday, September 10th, 2017.
Who is excited to FEEL THE EARTH MOVE with a SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL cast change of NATURAL WOMEN?
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is starting to become a worldwide smash hit. This week makes history for the Award winning smash hit show as the first Non-English speaking production is set to open this Thursday night in Tokyo, Japan with the entire script and all of Carole King’s music translated in Japanese.
For the Tokyo production, 2 Japanese actresses will alternate the role of the acclaimed Grammy singer/songwriter. They are Nana Mizuki Official ( ?? ?? ) and Ayaka Hirahara. Get a sneak peak of the 2 actresses in a music video together both playing “Carole King” in the iconic Carnegie Hall dress performing the show’s title song and I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE.
The official website for the upcoming Japanese edition of BEAUTIFUL- The Carole King Musical has posted a three-minute trailer featuring its double main cast, 37-year-old popular anime voice actress/singer Nana Mizuki and 32-year-old singer-songwriter Ayaka Hirahara as legendary American singer Caro…
BREAKING NEWS: The Award winning smash hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is making it’s way to Australia this Fall. In addition, they have announced that acclaimed Award winning Musical Theatre star Esther Hannaford (recently seen as “Ann Darrow” in the World premiere musical adaptation of King Kong that’s overdue to come to Broadway) will be making Australia FEEL THE EARTH MOVE as their “Carole King”.
The Australian production of BEAUTIFUL will playing the Lyric Theatre in Sydney starting September 2017.
As groundbreaking music icon Carole King celebrates her 75th birthday, the Broadway sensation based on her remarkable rise to stardom is thrilled to announce its leading lady.
To get ourselves hyped for Abby Mueller for being Broadway’s next “Carole King” in Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, have a first look and listen of her performing the title song on the first National Tour. See Abby for a limited 6 month run starting March 7th at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. How exciting is it to see Abby being in the same room where it all began for her sister Jessie Mueller who won the Tony Award for her performance?
SISTER ACT OF NATURAL WOMEN! Starting March 7th, 2017, Abby Mueller is set to join the Broadway production of the Award winning smash hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical as the new “Carole King” for a limited 6 month run at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
Current leading lady Chilina Kennedy will play her final performance on March 5th, 2017 before taking a leaf of absence from the NY production. She will be going on to play the role in her hometown of Canada with the show’s upcoming Toronto production set to run at the Ed Mirvish Theatre for a strictly limited engagement from June 27th, 2017 till August 20th, 2017. Kennedy is expecting to return to the Broadway production at a later date TBA.
For Abby Mueller, she is no stranger to the world of BEAUTIFUL after previously originating the role on the First National Tour. Most of all, Abby’s sister is Jessie Mueller who originated the role of the Grammy winning singer/songwriter on Broadway earning her a Tony Award in 2014 for Best Leading Actress in A Musical.
Who is excited to see Abby take on the role her sister started on Broadway?
Producers Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced today that Abby Mueller will play the title role in the Broadway company of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, beginning March 7, 2017. Mueller, who originated the role in the first national tour of Beautiful, will be taking over for Bro…
