Abby Mueller Will Return to Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Former Beautiful: The Carole King Musical star Abby Mueller will step back into the title role of the hit tuner beginning on August 7. Mueller will replace current star Melissa Benoist, who will play her final performance as planned on August 4.

In addition to her prior run in Broadway's Beautiful, Mueller was seen in an engagement on the show's national tour. Her other credits include Kinky Boots, A Minister’s Wife and 1776.

Mueller joins a principal cast that also includes Kara Lindsay as Cynthia Weil, Evan Todd as Gerry Goffin, Ben Jacoby as Barry Mann, Paul Anthony Stewart as Don Kirshner and Nancy Opel as Genie Klein. Beautiful features a book by Douglas McGrath, direction by Marc Bruni and choreography by Josh Prince.