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‘Beautiful’ tour still lives up to its title</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ">In
the opening moments of the national touring production of “Beautiful” –
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">the 2014 Tony Award-winning<SPAN
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show about </SPAN>the life, times and tunes of the artist Billboard magazine
named the most</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><FONT
color=#252525> successful and influential female songwriter of the last
half-century – </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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color=#333333>Sarah Bockel, as </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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color=#252525>Carole </FONT></SPAN><FONT color=#333333><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ">King,
is sitting </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">at a grand
piano.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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face=Georgia><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT color=#333333>She is
performing “So Far Away” with the singer’s impeccable clarity and signature
sense of yearning.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Connor Palace
Theatre</SPAN><SPAN
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color=#333333> is standing in for Carnegie Hall in 1971 and the Cleveland
audience serving as surrogates for those lucky enough to have witnessed King’s
first major concert.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Midway through
her performance, Bockel’s face lights up and her eyes seem to ask “how in the
world did I get here?”</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Georgia><FONT color=#333333>The show, a top-notch jukebox musial, tells us
how.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Georgia><FONT color=#333333><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ">We
are offered i</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">nsight
into King’s Brooklyn-based upbringing courtesy of her consummate Jewish mother,
Genie (Suzanne Grodner), her</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "> early
songwriting career in the 1960s with collaborator/husband Gerry Goffin (Andrew
Brewer), and the parallel careers of her friends and fellow hit-makers Cynthia
Weil and Barry Mann (Sarah Goeke and Jacob Heimer).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The show moves on to King recording her
first solo album, “Tapestry,” and ends as it began with her performing at
Carnegie Hall. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face=Georgia><FONT color=#333333>Bockel’s
journey was no less arduous or interesting.<SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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more of this article, go to </SPAN></I><SPAN
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color=#0563c1>www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>