Jessie Mueller, Anika Larsen & Jarrod Spector to Stay Beautiful; Paul Anthony Stewart Will Join Cast

Tony winner Jessie Mueller, as well as Tony nominees Anika Larsen and Jarrod Spector, have extended their contracts in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway. Mueller, who takes on the title role of the singer/songwriter, will play her final performance on March 6, 2015. Larsen and Spector, who play Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, will remain in the show at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre until September 2015. Additionally, beginning September 23, Paul Anthony Stewart will step into the role of Don Kirshner, taking over for Jeb Brown.

Stewart last appeared on Broadway in The People in the Picture. His additional Great White Way credits include Fiddler on the Roof and Cyrano – The Musical. He also starred in the long-running soap opera Guiding Light.

Featuring songs written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and a book by Douglas McGrath, Beautiful tells the story of King from her early days as a Brooklyn teenager (named Carol Klein) struggling to enter the record business to her years spent as a chart-topping music legend. Additional cast members include Jake Epstein as Gerry Goffin (Scott J. Campbell will take over on September 23) and Liz Larsen as Genie Klein.