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When writer Douglas McGrath sat down to create a Broadway musical celebrating the life and career of 1970s superstar Carole King, it was a given that her much-celebrated music would be the foundation.

TORONTO — Victoria-based author Steven Price has been named a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Price was nominated for Lampedusa (McClelland & Stewart), set in the Italian aristocracy of the late 1950s.

IN CONCERT What: Roseanne Cash When: Sunday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. Where: Farquhar Auditorium at the University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd. Tickets: $45-$79 from tickets.uvic.

At the beginning of the Sarah Ruhl comedy now playing at Theatre Inconnu, a young woman in a café is driven crazy by an incessantly ringing cellphone at a neighbouring table.

What: Red Green Where: McPherson Playhouse When: Monday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m. Tickets: $71.50 at the Royal Theatre box office (250-386-6121) or rmts.bc.

The Victoria Symphony will kick off its 2019-2020 pops concerts on Saturday and Sunday with a unique collaboration.

Victoria’s Electra Pole Art Productions will present a mixture of acrobatics and aerial dance during performances at the Metro Studio Theatre tonight and Saturday.

An acclaimed Broadway musical celebrating the life and career of 1970s superstar Carole King is headed to Victoria for a short run at the Royal Theatre next year. Tickets for Beautiful — The Carole King Musical, which will première Jan.

IN CONCERT What: The Tannahill Weavers Where: First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1205 Pandora Ave. When: Saturday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6:45) Tickets: $30 at Lyle’s Place (770 Yates St.), Nicholas Randall (2180 Oak Bay Ave.

What: Victoria Baroque Players: Grand Orchestral Suites When/where: Friday, 7:30 p.m., Church of St. John the Divine (1611 Quadra St.). Tickets: $30, seniors $25, students and children $5. Call 250-486-6121; online at rmts.bc.