Ben Jacoby is now "On Broadway!" The Phantom tour alum will make his Main Stem debut on March 3 in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. He is set to replace Jarrod Spector, who was Tony nominated for his performance as Barry Mann, in the hit tuner.
Featuring songs written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and a book by Douglas McGrath, Beautiful tells the story of King from her early days as a Brooklyn teenager (named Carol Klein) struggling to enter the record business to her years spent as a chart-topping music legend.
The current cast at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre also includes Chilina Kennedy as Carole King, Scott J. Campbell as Gerry Goffin, Anika Larsen as Cynthia Weil, Paul Anthony Stewart as Don Kirshner and Liz Larsen as Genie Klein.