Still a really horrible title. I like Tapestry a lot. And your mind totally goes to King when you think of it.
And Tapestry is still already the title of the Carole King revue licensed by MTI.
Tapestry
I hope they find a way to fictionalize her life so that it's theatrically interesting - she was rich and famous before she was 20, and (according to biographies), never had much of a struggle or a particularly hard time with life or success.
Good bio-musicals (and they're rare) show that you usually need to invent a good story only thinly related to the facts; real lives are rarely entertaining enough.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
Lea Michele will play Carole.
I think the movie "Grace of My Heart" did a fairly decent job of trying to map out Carole King's life. Of course, there's so much there, they could only hit the highlights.
I'm afraid this might become a jukebox musical rather than an honest look at a very interesting artist.
I picture something similar to, but slightly less glitzy than, Motown.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
Mister Matt, that title is actually not active in MTI's catalog or licensed any longer. I could not tell you if the original producers/creators took it somewhere else or simply stopped licensing it, but I do know with full certainty that it's not licensed by MTI anymore.
Swing Joined: 4/25/09
Patti played Cynthia Weil in the reading, not Carole King. Vanessa Ray played Carole King.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
Thanks for clearing that up, Amneris. Vanessa Ray is a MUCH better fit.
Seems like MTI still have it to me, Headband.
If not, then what's this?
Neither Vanessa Ray nor Patti Murin will be involved in the forthcoming production.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
I love the title. "Beautiful" is the one song which best encapsulates Carole's very positive outlook on life. I hope Lea Michelle plays Carole. She definitely would be good for the box office.
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