After five years and over 2000 performances Beautiful: The Carole King Musical has announced that it will be taking its final bow at the Sondheim Theater on October 27.

Opening on January 12, 2014, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical garnered seven Tony Award nominations, winning one for original star Jessie Mueller. Upon closing Beautiful will have played 60 previews and 2,418 regular performances, surpassing the original production of Annie and the 1998 revival of Cabaret in becoming the 27th longest-running musical in Broadway history. 

Pop-star Vanessa Carlton (A Thousand Miles, Ordinary Day) is currently starring in the titular role of song-writing icon Carole King for a limited engagement through to September 1. Beautiful also features Evan Todd as Gerry Goffin, Jessica Keenan Wynn as Cynthia Weil, Ben Jacoby as Barry Mann, Paul Anthony Stewart as Don Kirshner and Michele Pawk as Genie Klein. 

Directed Mark Bruni with a book by Douglas McGrath and choreography by Josh Prince Beautiful features some of King's biggest hits, including; "You've Got A Friend", "One Fine Day", "Up On The Roof", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and "Natural Woman". 

What is Beautiful: The Carole King Musical about?

Before she became an icon, Carole King was just another songwriter, traveling to New York in the hopes of selling her songs to a big music publisher. Her prodigious talent was easy to spot though, and soon she's penning numbers for the likes of The Shirelles and The Righteous Brothers, alongside her co-writer and husband Gerry Goffin. The course of love never did run smooth though, and soon cracks emerge in Carole and Gerry's relationship. As her marriage begins to crumble, Carole must stay strong to herself to achieve her dreams, and become the legend that we know today.

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is now playing at the Sondheim Theater through to October 27.