Carnival!
New York City Center
Encores!
Opening Night: February 7, 2002
Closing Night: February 10, 2002
Music: Bob Merrill
Lyrics: Bob Merrill
Book: Michael Stewart
A naïve, orphaned girl is taken in as an apprentice to a traveling French circus and develops an astonishing ability to relate to the puppets designed and performed by an embittered, crippled man who loves her, in Bob Merrill and Michael Stewart’s musical adaptation of the 1953 film Lilli.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Direct from Vienna…………The Incomparable Rosalie,
Greta Schlegel, Carnival People
A Very Nice Man……………………………………………….Lili
Fairyland…………………………………………………..Puppets
I’ve Got to Find a Reason…………………..Paul Berthalet
Mira………………………………………………………………….Lili
Sword, Rose and Cape…………Marco the Magnificent,
Roustabouts
Humming……………………….The Incomparable Rosalie,
Mr. Schlegel
Yes, My Heart……………………………….Lili, Roustabouts
Everybody Likes You…………………………Paul Berthalet
Magic, Magic………………………Marco the Magnificent,
The Incomparable Rosalie, Lili
Tanz Mit Mir……………………………..The Bluebird Girls
Carnival Ballet……Lili, Carnival People, Townspeople
Mira (Reprise)…………………………………………………..Lili
Theme from “Carnival”………………………..Lili, Puppets
ACT TWO
Yum Ticky…………………………………………..Lili, Puppets
The Rich……………………………………………..Lili, Puppets
Theme from “Carnival” (Reprise)…………..Lili,Puppets
Beautiful Candy…………………….Lili, Puppets, Vendors
Her Face…………………………………………..Paul Berthalet
Grand Imperial Cirque de Paris…………………..Jacquot,
Carnival People
I Hate Him…………………………………………………………Lili
Her Face (Reprise)…………………………….Paul Berthalet
Grand Imperial Cirque de Paris
(Reprise)…………………………………………Carnival People
Always Always You………………Marco the Magnificent,
The Incomparable Rosalie
She’s My Love…………………………………..Paul Berthalet
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
David Costabile Jacquot
David Margulies B. F. Schiegel
Debbie Gravitte The Incomparable Rosalie
Douglas Sills Marco the Magnificent
Anne Hathaway Lili
Philip LeStrange Grobert
Brian Stokes Mitchell Paul Berthalet
Peter Jacobson Dr. Glass
Lloyd Culbreath Roustabout
Angelo Fraboni Roustabout
Peter Gregus Roustabout
Julio Monge Roustabout
Sara Gettelfinger Bluebird Girl
Liz McCartney Bluebird Girl
Cynthia Sophiea Bluebird Girl
Rebecca Spencer Bluebird Girl
Timothy Robert Blevins Carnival People
Enrique Brown Carnival People
Jessica Leigh Brown Carnival People
Sara Gettelfinger Carnival People
Blake Hammond Carnival People
Emily Hsu Carnival People
Kevin Ligon Carnival People
Liz McCartney Carnival People
Carol Lee Meadows Carnival People
Tina Ou Carnival People
Andrew Pacho Carnival People
William Ryall Carnival People
Cynthia Sophiea Carnival People
Rebecca Spencer Carnival People
Stephanie D’Abruzzo Puppeteer
John Tartaglia Puppeteer