I saw Beautiful the Carol King Musical today with Emily
It is playing at the Paramount Theater in Aurora.
The show was fantastic!
Years ago I bought Tapestry, the album she released in the late 70s. It won numerous awards and was a great album. Yes, album. Had to put it on a record player. Those days are long gone.
But I never forgot the piano on I feel the Earth Move or the haunting sound of Tapestry.
The play follows her progression from 16 year old songwriter to mega star. It deals with her teenage romance, pregnancy and eventual divorce from Gerry Goffin, who was her song writing partner. . It also follows the career of another songwriting pair, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.
The two sets of writers were competitors and friends. The constantly tried to outdo each other in producing songs that were number 1 hits. They produced a lot of 60s and 70s hits, but mainly in the 60s.
I don't think Emily had much familiarity with Carol King, but she did recognize a lot of the music.
The audience was mainly people my age, people who grew up on songs the 2 teams wrote.
Of course, I had my favorites....Up on the Roof, Chains, You've Lost that Loving Feeling and I Feel the Earth Move being some of them.
But what surprised me...no Tapestry!! That's one song I figured would be in it. I checked the playbill and it was not listed. I checked the various productions, and it wasn't in those either. Strange, eh?
The Paramount was one block north of the Gay Price parade route, so parking was a challenge. We ended up by the casino and had a 3 block walk, but it was worth it.
The Paramount has a smaller theater and it is staging Million Dollar Quartet starting in July. That is a great show and I want to see that. I think tickets for that are pretty well sold until fall. I'll have to work out a date with Emily and anyone else who wants to go see that amazing show.
Musical dreams tonight!
Peace and Love
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| Great looking building in downtown Aurora....love the onion on top |
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| Pretty simple set |
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