Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 3/15/13 at 11:09pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-BEAUTIFUL-THE-CAROLE-KING-MUSICAL-Announces-2014-Broadway-Plans-20130315

I would love for this to be worthwhile. She's one of my favorite songwriters. But who could play her?

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 3/15/13 at 11:24pm

I love the idea, but hate the title. That's never going to work.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 3/16/13 at 1:22am

TAPESTRY would make more sense for a title.

Updated On: 3/16/13 at 01:22 AM

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 3/16/13 at 1:43am

I agree with Tapestry--all those beautiful melodies stitched together-how wonderful.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 3/16/13 at 1:44am

There's already a revue of her work titled Tapestry that's been kicking around for a good number of years, so I would assume that's why they avoided using that as the title for this piece.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 3/16/13 at 11:39am

How about "A Natural Women" which is one of her other record album titles.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 3/16/13 at 4:33pm

I can see it now "Locomotion" set in a subway car as she rides from Brooklyn to Manhattan and "Up on the Roof" on the roof of the Greenwich Village brownstone she lived in when she first moved to Manhattan. And I mean that in a good way.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 3/16/13 at 6:23pm

Looking forward to this!

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 4/16/13 at 10:15pm

Heard from a friend involved that Patti Murin is starring in the reading of this that's happening this week.

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Updated On: 4/16/13 at 10:15 PM

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/20/13 at 11:23pm

any new word on this piece?

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/20/13 at 11:35pm

Beautiful: The Carol King Musical has it's tryout in San Francisco this September with a planned Broadway run starting in December.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 1:27am

Still a really horrible title. I like Tapestry a lot. And your mind totally goes to King when you think of it.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 3:38am

Both Sides Now would also work

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 4:57am

please not Patti Murin, please please please.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 6:32am

Both Sides Now is by Joni Mitchell, not Carole King.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 8:24am

I like Patti Murin...but I said it before and I'll say it again...Lauren Molina! (she kind of looks like King, too)

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 8:51am

Did anyone else catch the recent PBS presentation of King receiving the Gershwin Prize at the White House? It was a great show. King performed, as did Billy Joel, James Taylor, Gloria Estefan, and others.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 9:47am

I think there is a lot of potential here. It just depends on the execution...and who plays Ms. King. Patti is not a good choice - Lauren Molina, as dreaming mentioned, is more inspired. But I'd keep exploring other options.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 9:48am

Perhaps Cassie Levy?

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 9:50am

Please not Caissie Levy! Keep her away from this!
Laura Benanti could be good too.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 9:51am

Laura does not have the right voice type for this. Caissie is closer in terms of looks. I have no idea who it could be. But I guess we'll see.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 9:55am

Caissie Levy's voice is awful. I think Laura could do it. She has sung pop music in concert I believe.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 10:00am

She looks nothing like Carole, though.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 10:01am

Well it's called makeup and costumes. At least she can sing. I would rather gouge my ears out than listen to Caissie Levy shriek her way through Carole King's music.

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Carole King musical heading to Broadway...

Posted: 6/21/13 at 10:08am

I don't personally believe Caissie is the right choice, either. I think you got much closer to it with the Lauren Molina suggestion. Either way, though, Hell No! to Patti Murin