Really Rosie: Major Work of 20th Century American Popular Culture "Many people don’t even know that before there was a Carole King musical (Beautiful), Carole King actually wrote a musical! If we’re talking about timeliness in our moment, [Rosie and Bubbly Black Girl] are about two indomitable strong willed young women making their way, and making their way as artists. That’s as political an act as we could program. But yes, before there was Beautiful she wrote a musical with Maurice Sendak, her