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Good day, Northwest Ohio and
Southeast Michigan is full of
talent And one place to see and
hear that talent is an Adrian
MI at the Croswell Opera House.
And the Skaggs and Stephen Kisse
in the Croswell's latest produc.
It's called Beautiful,
the Carole King musical. Good
morning, folks.
Thanks for being here.
Good morning. Absolutely.
So you're Carole King.
Yes. Wow. Right. So tell
us a little bit about the show. What's it all
about? Yeah, it's basically takes the.
Audience through the story of
Carole King's life from 16 to 2,
from when she started selling hr
music to when she performed at
Carnegie Hall singing all of tapestry,
the most iconic album.
So it takes her through the hig,
the lows, how she had to grow up super
fast and a lot of her greatest music.
That's still big today.
I can only imagine the music in the show.
Yeah. It's like a concert.
Yeah. Yeah. How fun is that?
Great. Who do you play? I
played Jerry Goffin. So Carol's first
husband and her first writing partner.
And you know, what is it like to bring
this music to life on the stage?
The one thing about this show l,
I didn't realize how big of an impact
Carole King had on the music industry.
I saw it a few years ago
when it toured in Toledo.
And that was the one thing that stuck
with me was just like, wait, sh?
Wrote this song and her toes and everything
like locomotion. Who would have thought
the song that you are going to
sing this morning was made popur
by another group, right? Yeah,
The Drifters ended up
buying and performing it. So
why do you think it is so import
though to be able to tell her s?
You know, in stage form?
I would say she is just such an iconic
female singer-songwriter and she had to,
like I said, grow up super fast.
So seeing how?
Brave and encouraged she was along the way,
especially with Jerry.
She had to go through rocky relationships,
but her songs just made
it all worth it. It seems
beautiful.
How long have you all been
been practicing, been
rehearsing for the show early
May? It's when we started and we
kind of started like once a week
and then the past few weeks it'.
Pretty consistent every day.
Is it a pretty big cast or is it
rather intimate? Actually a small cast?
And this I've been in quite a fw
shows and this is one of the mot
talented casts all around that e
been a part of, so. Small but mighty.
Yes. Everyone's playing a
bunch of roles. Yes, Yes. So.
And when we talk about the Cros,
this is a really just a beautiful theater.
And this is your first show
with the Croswell, right?
So what is this experience
been like for you so far?
It's been crazy.
It's one thing to start at this
beautiful, historic theater,
but then to be Carol,
it's it's overwhelming.
Well, when do you open? Tomorrow, tomorrow.
So you'll begin processing, rig?
You've done a number of shows up and what
do you love so much about this theater?
Just the family that we create.
And again, Emma, this being her
first show at the Croswell,
but she is now a part of the Croswell
family, and I'm so happy that I
got to meet her. Well,
it's wonderful. And you all are going
to give us a little sample
this morning of the show,
but tell us again when people co
see it and how they can get tic.
Yeah. Ticket.
It's crossbow.org, right?
So we open tomorrow.
We run July 7th through 16th,
this Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
And then next week it's
Thursday through Sunday.
Very good. And what are you
singing this morning? We're
singing some kind of wonderful,
which they wrote together.
We're good. Take it away.
All you have to do is touch my
hand to show me you understand?
And something happens to me
that some kind of wonderful
Anytime my little world is blue,
I just have to look at you
and everything seems to be.
Some kind of wonderful
I know I can't express
this feeling of tenderness.
There's so much I want to say,
but the right words just don't come my way.
I just know when I'm in your embrace.
This world is a happy place
and something happens to me
that some kind of wonderful.
Beautiful. So wonderful.
Just beautiful. Folks,
thank you so much for being here today.
Again. You can get your ticketsw
to see a beautiful The Carole Kg
musical at the Croswell opens tomorrow.
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