[NEohioPAL] Review of touring "Beautiful" at Playhouse Square

[Bob Abelman via NEohioPAL]

Touring jukebox musical ‘Beautiful’ is aptly named



Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal

Member, International Association of Theatre Critics



As biographical jukebox musicals go, the 2014 Tony Award-winning "Beautiful” is some kind of wonderful for a whole lot of reasons.



Currently on tour and on stage at Playhouse Square, "Beautiful” is about the life, times and tunes of Carole King (Abby Mueller), who Billboard magazine named the most successful and influential female songwriter of the last half-century.  



She’s written or co-written over 400 songs that have been recorded by over 1000 artists, including the Drifters (“Up on the Roof”), the Shirelles (“Will You Love Me Tomorrow”), and Aretha Franklin “((You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”).  



Most middle-aged theatergoers in attendance would agree with Billboard’s designation, for Carole King classics have surely contributed to the soundtrack of their lives.  



It’s been said that the sign of a good musical is when patrons are humming the songs on the way out.  “Beautiful” patrons are singing the songs on the way in.



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