Moonlight Amphitheatre in Vista, CA
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to try to become a respected pop singer, I have a great suggestion: Go see Moonlight Stage Productions’ current show “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.” It plays through August 31.
This show opened on Broadway in 2014, where it won two Tonys, three Drama Desk awards and a Grammy. It highlights some of the biggest hits of the 1960s and 1970s, and this production is a joy (if a bit exhausting of pace), as you watch the young songwriter make her way in the pop music world.
Melissa Musial plays Brooklyn-born Carole King (born Carol Klein), a songwriter by nature, whom we first see playing the piano at home and singing to herself.
The play covers her meeting with Gerry Goffin (Brandon Keith Rogers), a young lyricist in need of a songwriter, and the rest is music – and romantic – history.
The show is great fun to watch, because in her search for a musical career, Carole got involved with many other musicians and folks in the industry, and we’ll meet many of them as well.
Ms. Musial is a fine musician with a charming personality, and the show gives her an excellent supporting cast. The Shirelles are here, and the Drifters, and the Righteous Brothers, and they’ll all perform for us. What more could you ask?
Unfortunately, on the way, Carole’s personal life begins to fall apart, and we’ll see how she deals with that as well.
Bravo to the company – and especially to Music Director Elan McMahan, who keeps her excellent orchestra and all those unruly miscellaneous musicians singing and playing for our pleasure.
If you haven’t seen this show, you really should. It is like no other.
The details
“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” plays through August 31, 2024 at Moonlight Amphitheatre in Brengle Terrace Park, 1250 Vale Terrace Drive in Vista, California.
Shows at 8 p.m. on Aug. 16-18, Aug. 21-25 and Aug. 28-31.
Tickets available by phone at (760) 724-2110 or email at vistix@cityofvista.com
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