In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent 'up there.' Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love. It's easy to understand why, of all the shows they created, CAROUSEL was Rodgers & Hammerstein's personal favorite.
Music by Rodgers, Richard; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the Play LILIOM by Ferenc Molnar; As adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer; Original Dances by Agnes de Mille
Year | Category | |
---|---|---|
1994 | Best Revival of a Musical | Winner |
2018 | Best Revival of a Musical |
Videos
Cracking Zeus
Spooky Action Theater (9/19 - 10/13) | ||
Exception to the Rule
Studio Theatre (9/18 - 10/27) | ||
Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert
Hylton Performing Arts Center (10/6 - 10/6) | ||
The Pilgrim's Progress
World Stage Theater (8/29 - 10/6) | ||
The Cradle Will Rock
Goldman Theater DCJCC (10/5 - 10/13) | ||
How To Be A Korean Woman
Theater J (9/12 - 9/22) | ||
The 22+ Weddings of Hugo
GALA Hispanic Theatre (9/5 - 9/29) | ||
Comedy of Errors
STC's Klein Theatre (9/10 - 10/6) | ||
Broadway Center Stage: Legally Blonde
The Kennedy Center - Eisenhower Theater (6/6 - 6/15) | ||
Juan Megna Trio
Hylton Performing Arts Center (3/5 - 3/5) | ||
Cirque Mechanics: Pedal Punk
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (4/5 - 4/5) | ||
Capital City Symphony: Inspire: Family Concert
Atlas Performing Arts Center (11/3 - 11/3) | ||
Rigoletto
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater (12/7 - 12/15) | ||
VIEW SHOWS ADD A SHOW |
Recommended For You