Beautiful is the story of hit-writing songstress Carole King – the ordinary girl behind the iconic songs. At Sunday night’s prestigious Olivier awards the musical, which was nominated for 8 awards, smashed it out of the park with two important wins. Katie Brayben went away with BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL and Lorna Want, her right hand woman who plays Cynthia Weil (a fellow writer and great friend of Carole’s) was awarded BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL.
You can catch the award winning musical in the West End’s Aldwych Theatre. For now here is the lovely Katie discussing the importance of the nomination to her and the cast…
