Derek McLane – San Diego Story

Cameron Crowe famously hung out at the loading dock of the Sports Arena until he broke into the world of rock ‘n’ roll. Now the details, onstage at the Old Globe.

One of the greatest songwriters this country has ever produced is part phantom. Seen and unseen, Carole King started writing hits for several acts when she was 17 — and the good and bad to her story is mounted for all to see in Broadway San Diego’s excellent “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.”

A full buffet of dances styles, stories and settings spills over the Old Globe Stage for ‘In Your Arms,’ a musical memory play graced by the presence of none other than Donna McKechnie, who won musical immortality in ‘A Chorus Line.’ The original.