Photo Coverage: BEAUTIFUL Cast Celebrates Pleasant Valley Sundae at Serendipity 3

By: Sep. 17, 2014
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Just yesterday, beloved songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, along with cast members from Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, gathered at Serendipity 3 to celebrate their 60th Anniversary with the unveiling of a new treat, the 'Pleasant Valley Sundae': a chart-topping concoction of three scoops of vanilla and chocolate ice cream, drizzled with "Some Kind of Wonderful" caramel, chocolate, and white chocolate sauces, balancing a solid dark chocolate Baby Grand Piano, holding yet another scoop of vanilla ice cream rising to stardom and completed with a dark chocolate piano lid, grasping a music legend cloud of whipped cream, leading down to a "Pleasant Valley Sunday" sprinkled with candy musical notes to surely make "The Earth Move" under your feet! BroadwayWorld was there for the special unveiling and you can check out photo coverage below!

Beautiful-The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter, opened on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on January 12, 2014 and went on to win two 2014 Tony Awards and become the one of the best-selling hits of the season. With a book by playwright and Academy® Award-nominated filmmaker Douglas McGrath, direction byMarc Bruni and choreography by Josh Prince, Beautiful features a stunning array of beloved songs written by Gerry Goffin/Carole King and Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil.

Long before she was Carole King, chart-topping music legend, she was Carol Klein, Brooklyn girl with passion and chutzpah. She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and, by the time she reached her twenties, had the husband of her dreams and a flourishing career writing hits for the biggest acts in rock 'n' roll. But it wasn't until her personal life began to crack that she finally managed to find her true voice. Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of King's remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation.

Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
The sundaes are unveiled

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Barry Mann, Ashley Blanchet, Jake Epstein, E. Clayton Cornelius, Josh Davis, Alan Wiggins and Cynthia Weil

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Stephen Bruce (founder of Serendipity), Barry Mann, Ashley Blanchet, Jake Epstein, E. Clayton Cornelius, Josh Davis, Alan Wiggins and Cynthia Weil

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
The Pleasant Valley Sundae

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Josh Davis and Ashley Blanchet

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Josh Davis and Ashley Blanchet

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
E. Clayton Cornelius, Josh Davis, Alan Wiggins, Ashley Blanchet and Jake Epstein



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