Kathryn Boswell, Sara Sheperd, Eddie Olmo II & Fran Prisco
Walnut Street Theatre is presenting Beautiful,
The Carol King Musical on its mainstage through May 5, 2024. Beautiful,
indeed, describes much of Carol King’s life as she meets , then marries Gerry
Goffin portrayed by Matthew Amira. Together their songwriting collaboration results
in hit songs for many popular groups, among them : The Drifters, The Shirelles
and The Righteous Brothers. The staging is superb. As Carol, portrayed
by Sara Sheperd, submits a song she and her husband have written, one of the singing
groups appears onstage and begins a song and dance routine . This happens
multiple times throughout the course of the musical and it is marvelous. The
lighting design is dazzling, and its frequent changes alter each set in a
magnificent way With support of friends,
music writing team Cynthia Weil (Kathryn
Boswell) and Barry Mann (Eddie Olmo II ) and producer Don Kirshner ( Fran Prisco
), Carol survives divorce and begins her solo songwriting career. Beautiful,
The Carol King Musical is magnificent in every aspect. The singing and
dancing are excellent ; unfortunately, it constantly prompted someone in my row
to sing along. It is tempting- I sang along in my head to several of the songs myself.
For more information or tickets, visit www.WalnutStreetTheatre.org.
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