Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Broadway Creative Team

Carole King is the inspiration behind the Tony-winning musical "Beautiful." Since writing her first number one hit “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” at the tender age of 17, Carole King has arguably become the most celebrated and iconic singer/songwriter of all time. Carole wrote “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” for The Shirelles with then-husband Gerry Goffin. The dozens of chart hits Goffin & King wrote during this period have become part of music legend, including “Take Good Care Of My Baby” (Bobby Vee, 1961), “The Loco-Motion” (Little Eva, 1962), “Up On The Roof” (The Drifters, 1962), “Chains” (The Cookies, 1962; The Beatles, ... read more Douglas Geoffrey McGrath was an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He received various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Tony Award, and Primetime Emmy Award. McGrath started his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1981. Mike Stoller is one-half of the legendary songwriting team of Leiber & Stoller. Together with Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller has been writing songs for almost sixty years. Not content to be confined to one musical style, they have created enduring classics in a variety of genres including Rhythm & Blues, Pop, Country, Jazz, Cabaret, and - perhaps most notably - Rock & Roll. If Elvis Presley was the king of Rock & Roll, then Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were certainly two of the most important powers behind that throne. It's impossible to think of Elvis without thinking of "Hound ... read more Weil was born in New York City on October 18, 1940. She grew up on the Upper West Side and the Upper East Side of Manhattan in a Conservative Jewish family. Her father was Morris Weil, a furniture store owner and the son of Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants, and her mother was Dorothy Mendez, who grew up in a Sephardic Jewish family in Brooklyn. Weil trained as an actress and dancer, studying theater at Sarah Lawrence College, but soon demonstrated a songwriting ability that led to her collaboration with Barry Mann, whom she married in August 1961. The couple had one daughter, ... read more Mike Bosner is the lead producer of the musical Shucked, which received nine Tony nominations, including Best Musical. It will soon be seen in London and on a National Tour; there is also a film version in the works. Before Shucked, Mr. Bosner was a producer on the Broadway revival of Sunset Blvd., Beautiful (both on Broadway and tour), and the musical version of Roman Holiday, which premiered in San Francisco in 2017. He also served as associate producer of the St. Louis MUNY for five seasons. In 2023, Crain's New York named him one of its 40 Under 40. ... read more Marc Bruni directed the Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award winning Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway, in the West End, US and UK Tours, and in Australia where he won the 2018 Helpmann Award and Green Room Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Bruni’s other directing credits include Hey, Look Me Over!, Paint Your Wagon, Pipe Dream and Fanny for City Center Encores!, Roman Holiday (Golden Gate), The Explorers Club (Manhattan Theater Club), The Sound of Music (Chicago Lyric Opera), The Music Manand How to Succeed in Business... (Kennedy Center Broadway Center Stage), Old Jews Telling Jokes (Westside ... read more Additional credits include: Spark Access theatre NYC, 2012 Scenic Designer Disney's Aladdin Seattle, 2011 Assistant Scenic Designer Irving Berlin's White Christmas Papermill Playhouse, 2011 Assistant Scenic Designer John Gore is a producer/director who owns and is CEO of Key Brand Entertainment / Broadway Across America - the largest dedicated theater company in the US. He has won 4 Tony Award's, one Olivier Award and an Emmy Award nomination for Believe - The Eddie Izzard Story. His company presents first-class touring Broadway musicals, plays and other live events throughout a network of 42 North American cities, and currently has 12 shows on Broadway. He directed the only stage adaptations of Batman and Star Trek and produced Thunderbirds F.A.B and Wallace & Gromit on stage in the West End. ... read more Jeremiah J. Harris: Founder and Chairman/CEO of Production Resource Group. Partner in Grove Entertainment. Howland was born June 16, 1971, in Concord, Massachusetts, and grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts. As a teenager, he attended Berkshire Ensemble for the Theatre Arts (a camp for aspiring musical-theatre composers and librettists). While at Williams College, he was called to be an intern on the 1992 Vivian Matalon workshop of Jekyll & Hyde and worked his way up, becoming friendly with both composer Frank Wildhorn and arranger James Raitt, and eventually became the music director and conductor of the 1997 Broadway production. In 2002, Howland wrote a play with Larry Pellegrini called Blessing in Disguise which premiered Off-Broadway. His assorted ... read more More than 35 plays and musicals including Anything Goes; Venus in Fur; Nice Work if You Can Get It; Young Frankenstein; Curtains; Grey Gardens; The Pajama Game; The Producers; Contact; Kiss Me, Kate. Many productions Off-Broadway and for resident and regional theatres in the U.S. Opera: The Met, NYCO, LAMCO, San Francisco, Houston Grand, Seattle. Abroad: Royal Opera, Scottish Opera, La Fenice, Maggio Festival Florence, L'Arena di Verona, Teatrolirico di Cagliari, Teatro Sao Carlos Lisbon. He is the recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Drama-Logue and Hewes design awards. Broadway: Memphis, 33 Variations, Guys and Dolls, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple, Martin Short: Fame . . .,Good Vibrations, The Apple Tree, A Raisin in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Lieutenant of Inishmoor, Radio Golf, Sight Unseen, Cymbeline, Henry IV, The Rivals, Xanadu, and Superior Donuts. Jersey Boys U.S. tour, Chicago, Las Vegas Toronto, London, and Melbourne. The Color Purple national tour, Xanadu national tour, and In The Heights national tour. Many Off-Broadway and regional credits. Derek McLane received a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award Honour for his work on Moulin Rouge! The Musical. He has designed over 350 productions for Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally and for TV. His over 40 credits include Burn This, The Parisian Woman, Anything Goes, The Price, Fully Committed, Beautiful, Ragtime, I Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations (Tony Award). He has designed the Academy Awards for six years (Emmy Award) and has designed four live musicals for NBC, including “Hairspray” (Emmy Award). Recent Broadway: Lennon, Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Beauty & the Beast, Hairspray, Movin’ Out, Sweet Charity, Good Vibrations, Dracula, Caroline or Change, Little Shop…, Thoroughly Modern Millie, 42nd St, Urinetown, Nine, La Boheme, Big River, Boys From Syracuse, Look of Love, Urban Cowboy, Never Gonna Dance, Thou Shalt Not, By Jeeves, Follies, Oklahoma!, Jekyll and Hyde, Rocky Horror Show, Seussical, The Music Man, Fosse, Swing!, Parade, Footloose, Kat and the Kings, Civil War, Triumph of Love. Studio Musician (bass): Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, Eric Clapton, BB King, Sinatra, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. In short- Broadway Music Director/Pianist/Arranger/ Broadway Album Producer Current MD/pianist for Norbert Leo Butz's solo shows Co - Producer of "Memory and Mayhem:Live at 54 Below" CD, released on Broadway Records Currently producing 2 other album's to be announced late next week Keyboardist for "From Broadway With Love" Sandyhook benefit concert. Producer on the the upcoming album release of "From Broadway With Love" Sandyhook benefit concert. Over 40 Broadway designs including The Prom, Tootsie, Mean Girls, Margaritaville, Springsteen on Broadway, War Paint, The Last Ship, Beautiful, If/Then, Anything Goes, American Idiot, Next to Normal, Spring Awakening, Grey Gardens. On the West End: Spring Awakening, Book of Mormon and Beautiful. Off Broadway designs include Bowie’s Lazarus, Giant, Rent, Everyday Rapture, Saved, 10 Million Miles, and Bug. He is the recipient of Obie, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Olivier and Tony awards. A five-time Tony Award recipient, Terry's credits include: Bandstand; Amelie; Sunset Boulevard; Fun Home (Tony); You Can't Take It With You; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Matilda; Clybourne Park (Tony); The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (Tony); Bonnie & Clyde; High; Race; Superior Donuts; Burn The Floor; Hair (Tony); Blithe Spirit; The Homecoming; Spring Awakening (Tony); Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me; The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial; ‘night, Mother; Enchanted April; Nevermore; Falling; Silence! The Musical; Wanda's World; Ministry of Progress. Broadway/ National Tours: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, (u/s Carole, swing, Dance Captain, OBC); Cry-Baby: The Musical (ensemble); Legally Blonde: The Musical, (Kate/ Chutney, u/s Vivienne and Enid). Other favorite credits: Funny Girl (Fanny Brice), Drury Lane Theatre; Oliver! (Nancy), Human Race Theatre; Little Women (Jo March), John W. Engeman Theatre and CCM. Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Recent Choreography credits include Fiddler on the Roof with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2nd National Tour, and developing two brand new shows for the MSC Europa. She has choreographed corporate events in and around NYC and has served as the audition choreographer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Upcoming shows include Sunday in the Park With George at Pasadena Playhouse, Sweeney Todd at the Signature Theater, and Into the Woods at the Guthrie Theater. She has been working as an Associate Choreographer on Broadway and around the world for 10+ years. Her credits include Charlie and the ... read more Designer known for Romeo and Juliet, Job, The Outsiders, Gutenberg!, Here Lies Love, Mrs. Doubtfire, Springsteen on Broadway, Tootsie, Mean Girls, War Paint, Tuck Everlasting, The Last Ship, If/Then, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Annie, Bring it On, Nice Work if You Can Get It, and The Book of Mormon. Orin Wolf is a Broadway and tour producer whose credits include The Band’s Visit (Tony Award), Fiddler on the Roof (Tony nomination), Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (Tony nomination), Orphans (Tony nomination), Once (Tony Award), That Championship Season and A View From the Bridge (Tony nomination). Off-Broadway, London and touring: The Band’s Visit, Once, Not By Bread Alone, Groundswell, Judy Gold’s 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, Robert Wuhl’s Assume the Position and History of the Word. He was the inaugural recipient of the T-Fellowship for Creative Producing at Columbia University and is now the Director.