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American music executive Tommy Mottola and his wife Thalia recently visited the cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Check them out backstage in the photo below!

The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter opened earlier this week at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. In the video below, go behind the scenes of opening night with the cast, creative team and guests!

Tony nominee Jessie Mueller of the new musical, BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, now playing at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway, recently stopped by Katie Couric's syndicated talk show, and opened up about what it was like channeling the groundbreaking singer/songwriter. Check out Mueller's interview below!

The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter opened earlier this week at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. Tony Award-nominee Jessie Mueller stars as 'Carole King'; she's joined by Jake Epstein as 'Gerry Goffin', Anika Larsen as 'Cynthia Weil', Jarrod Spector as 'Barry Mann', Jeb Brown as 'Don Kirshner',Liz Larsen as 'Genie Klein', and an ensemble that includes Ashley Blanchet, E. Clayton Cornelious,Joshua Davis, Alysha Deslorieux, Kevin Duda, James Harkness, Carly Hughes, Sara King, Rebecca LaChance, Douglas Lyons, Chris Peluso, Gabrielle Reid, Arbender Robinson, Rashidra Scott, Sara Sheperd, and Melvin Tunstall.

The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter opened on Sunday night at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was there for all of the opening festivities and you can check out photos of the ensemble cast below!

The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter opened last night at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there for the after party festivities, where got to chat with the whole company, including the lady of the night- Jessie Mueller. Check out what they had to say after the curtain went down below!

The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter opened last night at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was on hand on the red carpet, and while he was there he chatted with all of the evening's biggest guests, including Bernadette Peters, Phil Collins, Sara Bareilles, Billy Porter and more. Check out what they had to say about their love for Carole King below!

The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter opened last night at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the after party!

The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter opened last night at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the opening night curtain call!

The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter opened last night at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway.Many were in attendence to celebrate the music legand, including Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Phil Collins, Darlene Love, and more. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the ostar-studded theatre arrivals!

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The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter opens TONIGHT at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. Below - meet the cast!

Chronicling the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter Carole King, BEAUTIFUL is currently in previews at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street), following a critically acclaimed, sold-out World Premiere in San Francisco. An official opening night is set for Sunday, January 12, 2014. BroadwayWorld brings you a sneak peek of the cast in action below!

With BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL's official Broadway bow imminent, a new look at the production, with updated costumes and more, has just been released. Chronicling the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter, BEAUTIFUL is currently in previews at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street), following a critically acclaimed, sold-out World Premiere in San Francisco. An official opening night is set for Sunday, January 12, 2014. Check out the just-released photos, below!

The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter is currently in previews on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street), following a critically acclaimed, sold-out World Premiere in San Francisco. An official opening night set for Sunday, January 12, 2014. Scroll down to learn more about the cast!

For the past week, BroadwayWorld has been counting down the final days of 2013 with video tributes to our 13 favorite musical moments of this year. Now that the ball has dropped and 2014 has officially arrived, we shift gears and look ahead to what is to come in 2014. Below, we count-up to the 14 theatrical events of 2014 that we are most excited for!

Yesterday's shots include the final SIP from the re-imagined production of SIDE SHOW, which closes at La Jolla Playhouse today before heading to the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. for a limited engagement in the spring. Plus, check out photos from Broadway's CINDERELLA and BEAUTIFUL, the national tours of WHITE CHRISTMAS and EVITA, and a slew of regional productions!

LaChance spoke exclusively to BWW about her making her Broadway debut, meeting Carole King and jumping into the lead role with just an hour's notice!

The highly anticipated new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter is currently in previews on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street), following a critically acclaimed, sold-out World Premiere in San Francisco. An official opening night set for Sunday, January 12, 2014. The cast met the press earlier this week and BroadwayWorld was there to capture their onstage performance preview. Scroll down for photos!

The highly anticipated new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter is currently in previews on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street), following a critically acclaimed, sold-out World Premiere in San Francisco. An official opening night set for Sunday, January 12, 2014. The cast met the press earlier this week and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with the whole gang. Check out what they had to say and watch a special onstage performance preview below!