It’s been a thrilling few months since we opened Beautiful. We’ve broken box office records, been sold out the past two weeks, and of course the past month has held many surprise visitors including none other than CAROLE KING herself!

Check out this video footage shot by an audience member of Carole joining us to sing “You’ve Got a Friend” for  $30,000 donation to BCEFA.

It was such an honor to have Carole at the show, and she is as lovely and kind as she is talented. We remain so proud to be able to tell her story every night.

I also had the joy of representing Beautiful at the International Pow Wow Conference in Chicago at the start of the month. Here are some photos from the performance, what a ball!

Even more exciting, our Original Broadway Cast Recording has officially been released! This is my first OBC recording and I can’t even believe how incredible it sounds. We really have something special on our hands here. Download on iTunes here!

Here’s hoping things continue to be as fabulous as they’ve been! I can’t imagine anything better than this dream life I’m living!

Well, last night was the star-studded opening for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. After 32 San Francisco performances and 60 previews, we are now officially open on Broadway!

This entire experience has been a dream. It is unbelievable that I get to go to the theatre every day and perform with the cast that has become my family. It’s amazing to watch audiences singing and dancing along during curtain call, and the response to the show has been truly fantastic. I can’t wait to see what comes next for us, and I hope that last night was the first of many, many Broadway openings for me!!

Here’s a sneak peek of last night’s festivities:

Hello from backstage at the lovely Stephen Sondheim Theatre, where we open previews for Beautiful this Thursday, November 21. My Broadway debut!

We had an amazing sold-out run in San Francisco, and have been working hard every step of the way to bring the story to life in the best way possible. I even had the insane, incredible opportunity to step into Carole’s shoes on our last show at the Curran, which was probably one of the greatest experiences of my whole life. I had never had a moment of rehearsal for the role and only had an hour’s notice, so it was a whirlwind to say the least. I’m excited to think the next time I go on I will (hopefully!) have a bit of preparation first.

I’m so grateful to be a part of this unbelievably talented and full-hearted group of performers and to have the joy of working with every member of our creative team and crew. It is without question a dream come true life blessing to wake up every day and come to work.

Tickets are available for purchase at www.beautifulthemusical.com and we just announced a $40 day-of general rush for the show, so I hope all of you will be able to make it out to see the show!

Lots of love,

Rebecca

I have been waiting on pins and needles all summer to share this amazing news with you all:

It’s happening! I will be making my Broadway debut in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical when we open at the Sondheim Theatre January 12, 2014 after previews beginning November 21st and an out of town tryout in San Francisco from September 24-October 20th.

I am still in complete disbelief, even as I walk into rehearsals each morning, that I’m finally living the dream I’ve had for as long as I can remember. And I’m celebrating, because I worked damn hard for this! 🙂

Here is our official cast posting on Playbill and you can learn more about the show at its official website.

And to back track a little, it was an AMAZING six weeks at Williamstown. I am swimming in gratitude for the opportunity I had to be in the Eden of all summer theater jobs. We had a fantastic run of Johnny Baseball, the show was very well received, and I spent so much time playing ukulele by a creek! Check out these great production photos and the video featuring our creative team and some footage from the show!

Can’t wait to share all the exciting stuff that will be coming my way from here out.

Thanks for all your support!

Love,

Rebecca

At least that’s the mantra I keep repeating!

But really, the year has been great so far, and I’m trying to keep up my positivity in this cold and blustery season. First things first: HOORAY for my team, the Baltimore Ravens, on their AMAZING Superbowl win! As my mom says, “It was their destiny!” In a very inspirational post-bowl email, she also encouraged me to turn all the energy I’d been sending to the team all season inward and use it to make MY destiny a reality! How astute, mama!

I’ve been really pushing myself with EPAs and chorus calls, and little opportunities are popping up here and there, which is exciting. I know the investments I’m putting in now are helping me to book work later, and that alone is a good motivator to get to work every day!
This week I had the great pleasure of playing Annabell in a on-your-feet staged reading of Fix Me, Jesus, a new play by Helen Sneed, at the Abingdon Theater Company. It was a real delight to share such an exciting and funny play with our audience and the process was also a thrill; I was brought in at the last minute to fill in for the lead actress and had only 12 hours of rehearsal to get myself prepared!

One of my resolutions this year was to give myself more performance opportunities, even if I’m not always cast in a show. A perfect solution is the wonderful Cast Party at Birdland hosted by Jim Caruso, which I sang at a few weeks ago (and which I’ve promised myself to attend monthly!). I did “Unnatural Attraction” from Central Avenue Breakdown and the incredible Kevin Ray was even so kind as to join me on the piano. I love keeping Central Avenue around in my life, and I’ll take any opportunity to sing that music. We’ll actually be doing a private reading of new material for the production this week, and I can’t wait to see all my friends and get those words and characters back in the world.

So, that’s all the scoop for now, but I’m hoping there will be much more to say in the weeks to come!!

GO RAVENS!

Rebecca