Beautiful conjures Carole King magic that sparked pop music classics

Beautiful — The Carole King Musical
When: Nov. 13-18.
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Tickets and info: starting from $30.50 at BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca, ticketmaster.ca, and 1-855-985-5000.By the time she was 18, Carole King was already writing hits for artists like the Shirelles. So was this kid from Brooklyn preternaturally gifted, a hard worker, or both?
“I’m hardly taking anything away from her work ethic, which is very strong,” says Douglas McGrath.
“But at the