百老匯推出Carole King音樂劇

 

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Carole King的音樂劇Beautiful元月12日週日晚在紐約百老匯首映，媒体評論都是正面的。

 

紐約每日新聞報說：這些歌都很動聽，可惜的是一齣音樂劇不應只有音樂，這本書也很重要，這齣戲連結Carole King這位才華洋溢的小女子如何在圈內努力奮發的故事。

 

芝加哥論壇報說：Beautiful這一齣戲的推出正是時候，似乎告訴藝人，人生苦短要善加珍惜。

 

紐約時報說：…如果Beautiful沒能抓緊因為The Four Seasons合唱團音樂劇'Jersey Boys'走紅而帶來的機會，那也只是變成Carole King日後歌唱生涯的花絮而已。當扮演Carole King的Jessie Mueller在卡內基廳佈景中，坐在鋼琴前演唱這劇的主題曲當壓軸時，她傳達的是你無法自點唱機感受到的那種感覺…。

 

娛樂週刊寫道：你也許沒法感受腳下地在振動（I Feel The Earth Move為Carole King名曲），但這一齣新的百老匯音樂劇顯示女性帶來的專業與愉悅。

 

然而美聯社說：從沒看過音樂劇的Carole King現在進百老匯了，她雖然走出早年的經驗但發現不容易承受，任何人如果叫Carole King可能都會有這種感覺，也許理由不同而已…。

 

Carole King 1942年出生於紐約布魯刻林區，1971年曾獲四座Grammy獎，是搖滾樂史上最成功的女性作曲人之一。

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5TxpJVKKQ8

 

It's Too Late

Carole King

 

Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time

There's something wrong here, there can be no denying

One of us is changing, or maybe we've stopped trying

 

And it's too late, baby, now it's too late

Though we really did try to make it

Something inside has died and I can't hide

And I just can't fake it

 

It used to be so easy living here with you

You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do

Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool

 

And it's too late, baby, now it's too late

Though we really did try to make it

Something inside has died and I can't hide

And I just can't fake it

 

There'll be good times again for me and you

But we just can't stay together, don't you feel it too

Still I'm glad for what we had, and how I once loved you

 

But it's too late, baby, it's too late

Though we really did try to make it

Something inside has died and I can't hide

And I just can't fake it