Shows · Carousel (2018 Revival)
Carousel (2018 Revival)
Opened 2018
249 performances
Revival, Contemporary
In a Maine coastal village, swaggering carnival barker Billy Bigelow falls in love with shy millworker Julie Jordan. After a failed robbery attempt leaves Billy dead, he is granted one day to return from heaven to make amends with the teenage daughter he never knew, learning that love can transcend even death.
- Music
- Richard Rodgers
- Lyrics
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Book
- Oscar Hammerstein II
Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics). The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline. The story revolves around carousel barker Billy Bigelow, whose romance with millworker Julie Jordan comes at the price of both their jobs. He participates in a robbery to provide for Julie and their unborn child; after it goes tragically wrong, he is given a chance to make things right. A secondary plot line deals with millworker Carrie Pipperidge and her romance with ambitious fisherman Enoch Snow. The show includes the songs "If I Loved You", "June Is Bust…
Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.