Enrapturing Audiences with the Music of Carole King

We learned this week that Beautiful: The Carol King Musical has recouped its 13 million capitalization in the past 10 months; plans are underway to open in London in February and Jessie Mueller, the Tony Award winning star of the show, is sticking around until March.  New York Times writer Robin Pobgrebin recently spoke with Mueller about learning to accept her new leading lady status and how she manages to keep the character fresh night after night.