Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Aldwych / National Tour

I wonder what will happy with the new cast. The music of Carole King seems to be the 'star attraction' and simple theatre casting in the four leads hasn't done the show any harm. I don't know who is leaving, but supposing the leads do go as Lorna, Ian and Alan have been with the show for nearly 18 months, I wouldn't object to Vivien Carter taking over as Cynthia and Joanna Woodward as Carole. They've been with the show long enough to know the parts and I've heard great things about both of them.

I think she auditioned for the tour. Yep, would like to see her play it over here, but I remember in an interview she said she'd like to stay in New York, albeit before her coming to do Wicked again was announced. And whilst it would be a nice thought for her to take over, could Cassidy realistically stay till Februray and total about 14 months in the role.

Saw the show tonight. Sold out completely. For a Thursday this is good. Cassidy is just wonderful as Carol - what a talent! Glad that Lorna Want is still in it - She is a star.

That said I was surprised Alan Morrison as Jerry is still in it. I thought he was the weakest link acting wise when I saw it when it first opened and gosh he has put on weight! I was shocked... Considering he is the one who has to take his shirt off, you can almost feel he knows it. Sorry guys, it's not personal but the truth. He looked chunky in that tight leather jacket.

I preferred some of the new cast esemble than the originals actually. A slick and very polished and rehearsed show, I would love to know what there rehearsal calls are! Very tight. The current Drifters are much better but it's still a balance between camp, cheesy, authentic isn't it?

Beauitful doesn't have the best book but it's a wonderful night at the theatre and my third time. Cassidy is simply beguiling as the new Carol! Go and see the new cast if you can.

Just booked to see this at the beginning of February; on quite a tight budget so took the monkey's advice and got Stalls Z1 (the very bottom price band). Better take a cushion with me so my poor back isn't put through the grinder - hopefully it'll be worth it since I've been wanting to see this show for a long while now since I love Carole King's music.

Well even if it were to close, it has had a very healthy run in London! A fantastic run in fact, to manage two years (assuming it runs past February 2017) in London is brilliant in this day and age!

The Broadway Production is already on the cusp of three years after over 1000 performances and that is still one of the biggest shows over there!

Offers don't mean a show is doing badly, most shows chug along even with discounted tickets like Jersey Boys for example

Decided spur of the moment to see the show on Monday for the second time! Really enjoyed it the last time and managed to bag a fourth row centre Dress Circle seat for the very cheap price of £20.00 when it is usually priced at £69.50 so happy bunny here.

I am such an idiot -_-

Didn't think when booking the ticket and ended up booking to see the show when I've got an important audition in Cardiff that same day with no way of rescheduling. Ticket is set to collect at box office so there's no way I can try and pass it on to someone else.

I don't really care about the money (£15 isn't much at the end of the day), just hate having a ticket/seat going to waste.

I'm actually really excited for tomorrow night!

Haven't seen it since October and really enjoyed it then, so am looking forward to returning!

Don't they ask for the debit card used to book the ticket? When I collected my ticket at Guys and Dolls, I wasn't asked for ID either but was asked for the card used to book the ticket. I read online somewhere that you can write a letter or note agreeing for another person to collect the ticket on your behalf, but not sure if that applies to all theatres or just ones under certain ownership (Delfont Mackintosh, Really Useful etc).