Tony winner Mueller played her final performance March 6.
"After seeing her excel over the years as the preeminent leading lady of Canada's Stratford Festival, I'm thrilled to welcome Chilina back to Broadway,鈥� director said in a statement. 鈥淪he's a unique talent, and I can't wait for the audiences at the Sondheim to experience the warmth, vulnerability, and humility Chilina will bring to the role."
(Heathers) also joins the cast March 7, making her Broadway debut in the role of . Wynn fills in for Tony nominee , who departed the show temporarily for maternity leave.
With a book by Tony and Academy Award nominee , direction by Marc Bruni and choreography by , Beautiful features an array of beloved songs written by / and /Cynthia Weil. The current Broadway cast of Beautiful includes Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller as Carole King, as Gerry Goffin, Tony Award nominees Anika Larsen and as Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, as Don Kirshner, Tony Award nominee as Genie Klein, and an ensemble that includes Gisela Adisa, , E. Clayton Cornelious, Joshua Davis, , , , , , , , , , , , , and Alan Wiggins.
"Long before she was Carole King, chart-topping music legend, she was Carol Klein, Brooklyn girl with passion and chutzpah," according to press notes. "She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and, by the time she reached her twenties, had the husband of her dreams and a flourishing career writing hits for the biggest acts in rock 鈥榥鈥� roll. But it wasn鈥檛 until her personal life began to crack that she finally managed to find her true voice. Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of King鈥檚 remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation."
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