Beautiful Workshop

Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/10/14 at 12:19pm

This article mentions that someone else played Carole King in the workshops of Beautiful. Does anyone know who the actress was?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/theater/theaterspecial/jessie-mueller-as-herself-after-a-starry-night.html?src=dayp&_r=1

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/10/14 at 12:24pm

Vanessa Ray.

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?page=2&thread=1057650

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/10/14 at 7:42pm

Patti Murin played Cynthia Weil

Updated On: 6/10/14 at 07:42 PM

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/10/14 at 8:13pm

Love Vanessa Ray and Patti Murin- would love to see them take over the roles at some point, given that the show seems like it will run for a while...

Vanessa Ray is currently on Blue Bloods as pretty much a series regular so either she would have to do it for the time they are on hiatus or leave the show. I'd be sad to see her leave but it would be interesting to see her tackle this role

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/10/14 at 11:15pm

I'd like to see Lauren Molina tackle the role.

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/10/14 at 11:17pm

Wait, Vanessa Ray? As in Cece Drake from Pretty Little Liars? That's what showed up on my google.
Wow!!! Never knew she could sing!

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/10/14 at 11:40pm

Seeing Whitney Bashor in THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY made me think she'd be a sublime replacement for Mueller whenever she leaves the show.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/10/14 at 11:44pm

I have heard that Debbie Shapiro Gravitte was involved as Caole at some point, though I don't know how reliable my source is.

#10

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/11/14 at 12:52am

somethingbypuccini, I believe Debbie Gravitte was involved at one point playing Genie Klein, Carole's mother.

It's my understanding that Vanessa Ray was Carole for the entire process developing the show but was unavailable for the actual production due to television commitments.

Updated On: 6/11/14 at 12:52 AM

#11

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/11/14 at 1:22pm

Ahh, that would make sense. I always thought she was a strange choice for the role.

#12

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/11/14 at 9:23pm

I think they'll go the route of getting a contemporary pop/rock star to take over for Jessie.

#13

Beautiful Workshop

Posted: 6/11/14 at 9:27pm

"I think they'll go the route of getting a contemporary pop/rock star to take over for Jessie."

Hilary Duff?

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

← Back to Message Board

View all Videos

Tickets From $59

Tickets From $71

Tickets From $95