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In 2014, McGrath wrote the book for the Broadway musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. [7] The musical received critical acclaim and McGrath earned a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical nomination as well Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations. [8]
Nov 4, 2022 · Douglas McGrath, the director and writer whose work spanned film, stage and television and earned him a Tony nomination for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and an Oscar nomination for...
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a jukebox musical with a book by Douglas McGrath that tells the story of the early life and career of Carole King, using songs that she wrote, often together with Gerry Goffin, and other contemporary songs by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector and others.
Feb 1, 2023 · With a stirring book by the late Oscar and Tony-nominated Douglas McGrath and the music and lyrics of icons Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Beautiful is the inspiring tale about a girl who became King. Before she was Carole King, she was Carole Klein, a spunky young song-writer from Brooklyn with a unique voice that ...
Broadway WorldBeautiful: The Carole King Musical in Salt Lake City at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre 2025
Complete Information About Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in Salt Lake City at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. A seven-time Tony-nominee and global sensation! Before she became the iconic ...
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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET and BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL Join Summer Season at The Cape Playhouse
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Nov 7, 2022 · Published 9:59 AM PDT, November 7, 2022. NEW YORK (AP) — Stage, TV and film writer-director Douglas McGrath, who earned a Tony nomination for “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” and an Oscar nod for the “Bullets Over Broadway” screenplay he co-wrote with Woody Allen, died Thursday. He was 64.
Nov 4, 2022 · Then came Broadway: Mr. McGrath wrote the book for “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” which opened in January 2014 and ran for more than five years. His book was nominated for a Tony Award.
Carole King was opposed to the idea of a musical about herself until she read the book by Douglas McGrath.
