Book by 
Douglas McGrath

Words and Music by 
Gerry Goffin & Carole King     Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

Music by arrangement with 
SONY/ATV Publishing

Orchestrations, vocal and incidental music arrangements by 
Steve Sidwell

Additional music arrangements by 
Jason Howland

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
All authorized materials are also supplied by MTI
www.mtishows.com

Hi Friends!  It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to The Riverside Center for the Performing Arts, and it is with great honor to have you here for our 26^th Season with a lineup of blockbuster shows.  Theater Operations is now a 501(C)(3), nonprofit organization.  This allows us to join the ranks of all the professional regional theater companies in the country.  It also allows us to fortify our theater by being able to accept grants, sponsorships, and donations at all levels.  Riverside Strong allows us to look to the future with confidence while building additional streams of revenue.

The performing arts are an essential component of the health and well-being of a community.  Riverside takes that responsibility very seriously and relishes the role that we play in our region and community.  We have become a safe space for people to leave their cares behind for a few hours and be transported to another time and place while participating in quality entertainment.  “It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.”  We need you, and we are glad you are here.  You are just as much a part of the production as the performers and musicians on the stage.  That is why we choose these shows for you!

This Season is all about nostalgia with Jersey Boys, The Wizard of Oz, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, a brilliant whodunit, and a musical gem with music by Marvin Hamlisch and book by Neil Simon, They’re Playing Our Song.  As I always say, “We all get to do what we love to do here at Riverside because all of you love coming here to support us.”  Thanks for the vote of confidence.  Thanks for your generosity.  Thank you for supporting the live arts!

Patrick A’Hearn

CEO and Producing Artistic Director
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts

On March 1, 2022 I was granted access to the telling of one of the most gifted female artists of all time, Carole Joan Klein 'aka' Carole King. Throughout my journey of this production,  I have come to realize that Carole’s unspoken talent is her ability to connect with people through each song she writes. After being given the opportunity to perform as Coalhouse in ‘Ragtime’, it is a privilege to now sit on the other side of the table to construct our version of Carole King’s 'Beautiful' at the Riverside Center for the Performing Arts.

I would like to thank God for giving me such a talented team and cast that allows me to execute my vision of her story with nostalgia, grace, precision and most of all love. Lastly, I leave you with this quote, “You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart." Carole King’s ‘Beautiful’.

I would like to dedicate this to my grandmother, the late Mrs. Merdis Moore.

Jacquez Linder-Long

CAROLE KING
Ashlee Waldbauer

GENIE
Kathy Halenda

BETTY / MARILYN
Sasha Rosenbaum

 NEIL SEDAKA / LOU ADLER
Zachary Spafford

LUCILLE 
Kadejah Onē

DON KIRSHNER
Andy Braden

GERRY GOFFIN
Brian Nabors

THE DRIFTERS
TJ Pursley, Don Seward, Carl Williams, Anthony Williams

 CYNTHIA WEIL
Sarah Mae Andersen

BARRY MANN
Matt Beary

THE SHIRELLES
Kadejah Onē, Aniyah Lee, Tyandria Jaaber, Khanner Milan

JANELLE WOODS
Khanner Milan

LITTLE EVA
Tyandria Jaaber

THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
Kevin Cleary, Zachary Spafford

NICK
Kevin Cleary

"UPTOWN" SINGER / SHIRLEY
Aniyah Lee

ENSEMBLE
Stephanie Wood, Nyarai Burrell, Jeffrey Cobb Jr., Oscar Madson IV

UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.         

For CAROLE KING and CYNTHIA WEIL: Sasha Rosenbaum, for GERRY GOFFIN: Kevin Cleary, Oscar Madson IV, for BARRY MANN: Zachary Spafford

SWINGS
Nyarai Burrell, Jeffery Cobb Jr., Oscar Madson IV

Act I

Overture
Orchestra

So Far Away
Carole King

Oh Carol
Neil Sedaka

1650 Broadway Medley
Ensemble

It Might As Well Rain Until September
Carole King

Be-Bop-A-Lula
Ensemble

Some Kind of Wonderful
Carole King, Gerry Goffin and The Drifters

Happy Days Are Here Again
Cynthia Weil

Take Good Care of My Baby
Gerry Goffin and Carole King

Who Put the Bomp
Barry Mann

Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Carole King

He's Sure the Boy I Love
Cynthia Weil

Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles

Up on the Roof
Gerry Goffin and The Drifters

On Broadway
The Drifters

The Locomotion
Little Eva and Ensemble

You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
Barry Mann and The Righteous Brothers

One Fine Day
Janelle, Backup Singers and Carole King

Act II

Chains
Carole King and Ensemble

Walking in the Rain
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

Pleasant Valley Sunday
Marilyn Wald, Gerry Goffin and Ensemble

We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Barry Mann

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Reprise)
Carole King

Uptown
"Uptown" Singer and Ensemble

It's Too Late
Carole King

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Carole King and Ensemble

Beautiful
Carole King and Company

I Feel the Earth Move
Carole King and Company

Exit Music
Orchestra