<Tr> <Th> Productions </Th> <Td> 2013 San Francisco 2014 Broadway 2015 West End 2015 U.S. Tour 2017 U.K. Tour 2017 Australian Tour 2017 Tokyo </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> The original production of Beautiful received its world premiere at the Curran Theatre, San Francisco, in October 2013, with direction by Marc Bruni and choreography by Josh Prince, and starring Jessie Mueller and Jake Epstein as Carole King and Gerry Goffin . It made its Broadway debut at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in January 2014 . A West End production starring Katie Brayben as Carole began in February 2015 . A U.S. tour launched in September 2015 . </P> <P> Beautiful: The Carole King Musical had a pre-Broadway try - out in San Francisco, California, at the Curran Theatre from September 24, 2013 through October 20, with an official opening October 8 . The production was staged by Marc Bruni, with choreography by Josh Prince and musical direction by Jason Howland . Jessie Mueller played Carole King . The musical sold out its entire run at the Curran Theatre . </P>

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