Cynthia Weil News

Award-winning musical based on the remarkable true story of Carole King's rise to stardom. Don't miss 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' at Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts from January 19-28, 2024.

Read about what you missed at 54 Below: It's about the shows that missed getting to Broadway. But wait --- that doesn't mean they were missing worthy songs.

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical comes to New Stage Theatre next year! With a book by Douglas McGrath, words and music by Gerry Goffin & Carole King Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, the show runs May 28 – June 9, 2024.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) announces the 2024 nominees for induction at its Induction & Awards Gala in New York City. Voting members have until December 27, 2023, to submit their ballots. Check out the complete list of nominees on songhall.org.

McCoy Rigby Entertainment is currently presenting a superb, highly-entertaining Southern California Regional Premiere production of BEAUTIFUL at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, which continues performances through December 3, 2023. To put it simply, this production is quite well done. Oh, if only all jukebox musicals were this good.

First off, Dear Readers, I need to put it out there that “Beautiful: The Carole King Story” is one of the few bio-musicals that gets it right. Sure, it’s got killer music from an icon but the book from Douglas McGrath is, in a word, beautiful. But beyond my affinity for this show, I also need to put it out there that the current production from Village Theatre is also a thing of beauty in the efforts from both the cast and crew, and amounts to one of my favorite things, theatrical alchemy. All the parts come together to form magic.

The current production at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire is Beautiful, the Carole King Musical. This is more than a jukebox musical. It tells the amazing story of one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th Century and how her story evolved. It begins with Carole’s June 1971 concert at Carnegie Hall.

Check out production photos for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts here!

BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway mega-hit, which has thrilled audience+s with the inspiring true story of one woman’s remarkable journey from teenage songwriter to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, closes out Marriott Theatre’s 2023 Season. Go inside the opening night festivities!

What did our critic think of BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING STORY at The Studio Theatre?

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT are celebrating the opening of BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL by looking for “The Next Carole King,” and calling out to all local female singer/songwriters to submit a 30–60 second video of themselves singing any Carole King song.

Full casting has been announced for 'BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL' at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Find out who will be bringing Carole King's story to life on stage.

Village Theatre has announced the cast and creative team of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, the inspiring real-life story of chart-topping musical legend Carole King's remarkable rise to stardom. 

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT announce full casting for the second show of its 2023-2024 “Soundtrack of Your Life” season, the Southern California regional theatre premiere of the Tony Award-winning, BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL.

Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of Carole King when she was starting out as a teenage songwriter at 1650 Broadway in the 1960s. Back then, she was writing songs in collaboration with her husband at the time, Gerry Goffin, for so many different musical acts such as Bobby Vee, The Drifters, The Shirelles, Little Eva, The Chiffons, The Beatles, and The Monkees. That was all before she went on to become one of the most successful singer-songwriters in music history.

La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts' second show of its 2023-2024 “Soundtrack of Your Life” season will be the Southern California regional theatre premiere of the Tony Award-winning, BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL.

Discover the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway sensation, 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical', as it arrives at Marriott Theatre this November. Get all the details about the preview and opening dates, and make sure not to miss this moving biographical musical.

Drury Lane Theatre has just announced their highly anticipated 2024-2025 season, featuring beloved musicals like Guys and Dolls, The Little Mermaid, and more. Don't miss out on this exciting lineup of live performances!

Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré is excited to kick off the theatre’s exhilarating 107th season with five diverse shows ranging from beloved classics, edgy plays, Shakespearean wit and an inspiring journey to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Rock icon Melissa Ethridge celebrates opening night of her new one-woman show Melissa Ethridge: My Window tonight! Read the reviews!