On June 9, 1959, a young Carole King made her way to RCA’s Studio B in New York City to record the songs “Short-Mort” and “Queen of the Beach.” She was 17 at the time. She co-wrote those ...

See photos from the production! Before she was the Carole King we know today, she was a young songwriter from Brooklyn trying to make a name for herself. Beautiful tells the inspiring true story ...

Her success continued over in the UK, where she landed another 61 hits, which all charted on the official singles chart, making Carole the most successful female songwriter in the country ...

Get a first look at photos and video here! Beautiful: The Carole King Musical features a book by Douglas McGrath, words and music by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Over the years, the Broadway show about singer-songwriter Carole King ... the legendary King without much musical theater experience but lots from being a young woman songwriter ...

At one point in “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” the 16-year-old version ... the round stage suddenly fills with young people all in the everyday thrall of making and selling music.

There are all other songwriters, and then there is Carole King. Nobody’s ever had an epic ... she set the standards that all young singer-songwriters still aspire to reach.

about how he turned those hit songs into a compelling narrative that stayed true to Carole King’s life. “Ultimately, it's about a young girl striving to find her voice in love and in her work ...

The story follows one Carol Joan Klein, an awkward yet gifted young woman looking to break into show business, as she grows into Carole King, the successful songwriter and ultimately even more ...