Carnival!
Shows · Carnival!
Carnival is a musical, originally produced by David Merrick on Broadway in 1961, with the book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The musical is based on the 1953 film Lili, which again was based on the short story and treatment titled "The Seven Souls of Clement O'Reilly" by Paul Gallico.
- Opened
- 1961
- Performances
- 719
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Golden Age
Productions5 on Broadway
| 1919 | 44th Street Theatre Original. December 24, 1919 · Godfrey Tearle · predates this show | 13 performances |
| 1924 | Cort Theatre Revival. December 29, 1924 · Frank Reicher · predates this show | 32 performances |
| 1928 | Frolic Theatre Revival. May 7, 1928 · Marjory D. Zinn · predates this show | 1 performances |
| 1929 | Forrest Theatre Revival. April 24, 1929 · predates this show | 24 performances |
| 1961 | Imperial Theatre Revival. April 13, 1961 · Gower Champion | 719 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 4 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 4 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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19 passages naming Carnival!, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
In 1961, she enjoyed her longest-running success in the hit Broadway musical Carnival! , which ran for 719 performances and, like The Golden Apple , won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical (of 1960–1961). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p556
Then Merrick retained his lease on the theater with the next attraction, a transfer of the London success, Oliver! (1/6/63; 774 performances). Lionel Bart’s musical contained several big hit songs, including “As Long as He Needs Me,” “Consider Yourself,” and “Where Is Love?” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p279
He created music and lyrics for New Girl in Town (1957), Take Me Along (1959), and Carnival! (1961) book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p258
In 1961, she enjoyed her longest-running success in the hit Broadway musical Carnival!, which ran for 719 performances and, like The Golden Apple, won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical (of 1960–1961). book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p560
Tony nominations: Best Direction of a Musical, Carnival!, 1962; Best Direction of a Musical, I Do! I Do!, 1967. book:the-golden-age-of-american-musical-theatre-1943-1965-naden-corinne-j-rowman-litt#p193
Carnival! 719 performances Opened April 13, 1961 Closed January 5, 1963 book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p459
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