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Time Magazine, 1999:
BEST MUSICAL OF THE 20th CENTURY!
Music by
Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on
Ferenc Molnar's play 'Liliom' As adapted by
Benjamin F. Glazer
October 29,30,5,6,12,13,19 & 20
8:00 PM Evening Performance
October 30,31,6,7,13,14,20 & 21
2:00 PM Matinee Performance
River of Grass ArtsPark, Susan B. Katz Memorial Auditorium
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 and, time being
what it is "up there,"
fifteen years have passed and he now encounters the teenage daughter he never
knew. She is a lonely, friendless child, 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.
Time Magazine, 1999:BEST MUSICAL OF THE CENTURY!
8 LA DramaLogue Awards, 1996
5 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, 1994
4 Olivier Awards including Best Musical Revival, 1993
8 Donaldson Awards including Best Musical, Book, Lyrics and Score, 1945
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, 1945
Cast of Characters
|
Carrie Pipperidge |
CARYN JEREZ |
|
Julie Jordan |
RACHEL YOUNG |
|
Mrs. Mullin |
MICHELE PERKINS |
|
Billy Bigelow |
JAMES CICHEWICZ |
|
Mr. David Bascombe |
CHICK CICIO |
|
Nettie Fowler |
TERA YOUNG |
|
Enoch Snow |
NORMAN YOUNG |
|
Jigger Craigin |
BOB MANZA KRIS FINNEGAN |
|
Policeman |
JAY MAXWELL |
|
Heavenly Friend |
DAWN LUNA |
|
Star Keeper |
MURRAY GABY |
|
Louise Young Louise Youngest Louise |
CASSIE MARTINEZ CAITLIN HEMMER VICTORIA CICHEWICZ |
|
Carnival Boy |
JASON BLITMAN |
|
Enoch Snow, Jr. |
DAVID HERNANDEZ |
|
Ensemble |
KELENA
HENRY-ARMSTRONG |
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