On August 29, members of the cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical performed live on America鈥檚 Got Talent. The musical, now in its fifth year at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, currently stars Abby Mueller as the title singer-songwriter.
Mueller took over the leading role August 7, having played Carole previously on Broadway in 2017 as well as on the national tour. (Her sister Jessie Mueller won a Tony Award for originating the role.) Mueller and ensemblists from the Broadway and touring productions performed a medley of 鈥淥n Broadway,鈥� 鈥�(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,鈥� and 鈥淚 Feel the Earth Move鈥� live on the Season 13 episode of the reality talent competition.
Beautiful features a book by Douglas McGrath with music and lyrics by Gerry Goffin, King, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil鈥攁ll depicted onstage in the musical.
