Melissa Benoist Opens Up About Her Role as Carole King in 'Beautiful' Musical!

Melissa Benoist is talking about her exciting theater role!

The 29-year-old Supergirl actress made an appearance on Build Series to talk about playing Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Tuesday (June 19) in New York City.

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“I can play, I can sight-read, but obviously Carole‘s a musical genius and she’s a composer. It was a learning curve for sure,” Melissa said.

“Luckily, I’m playing a real person and there’s plenty of video of her, interviews, music, obviously. I kind of was doing my own research outside of the rehearsal process and feel like I had my own interpretation.”

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