Carousel
Majestic Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: April 19, 1945
Closing Night: May 24, 1947
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Brash carousel barker Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan, a quiet girl who works in the mill, fall in love, marry, and have a stormy relationship that leads to tragedy and an attempt at mending old wounds from beyond the grave, in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical adaptation of Ferenc Molnar’s play, Liliom.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
The Carousel Waltz…………………………………Orchestra
You’re a Queer One, Julie Jordan………….Julie Jordan,
Carrie Pipperidge
(When I Marry) Mister Snow……….Carrie Pipperidge
If I Loved You…………………..Billy Bigelow, Julie Jordan
June Is Bustin’ Out All Over…..Nettie Fowler, Chorus
(When I Marry) Mister Snow (Reprise)…Enoch Snow,
Carrie Pipperidge,
Female Chorus
When the Children Are Asleep…………….Enoch Snow,
Carrie Pipperidge
Blow High, Blow Low……Jigger Craigin, Billy Bigelow,
Male Chorus
Soliloquy…………………………………………….Billy Bigelow
ACT TWO
This Was a Real Nice Clambake…………Nettie Fowler,
Carrie Pippenridge,
Julie Jordan,
Enoch Snow,
Chorus
Geraniums in the Winder/Stonecutters Cut It on
Stone…………………………………………………..Enoch Snow
What’s the Use of Wond’rin’?…………………Julie Jordan
You’ll Never Walk Alone……………………..Nettie Fowler
Ballet……………………………………………………..Orchestra
If I Loved You (Reprise)……………………….Billy Bigelow
Finale: You’ll Never Walk Alone (Reprise)….Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
David Ahdar Dancer
Connie Baxter Arminy Livermore
Singer
Peter Birch Boatswain
Robert Byrn 1st Policeman
Singer
Anne Calvert Singer
Martha Carver Singer
Jean Casto Mrs. Mullin
Diane Chadwick Dancer
Neil Chirico Singer
Jan Clayton Julie Jordan
Josephine Collins Singer
Russell Collins Starkeeper
Dr. Seldon
Minister
Kathleen Comegys Louise’s Friend
Margaret Cuddy Dancer
Jean Darling Carrie Pipperidge
Margaretta De Valera Dancer
Andrea Downing Dancer
Tom Duffey Singer
Larry Evers 2nd Policeman
Dancer
Lew Foldes Juggler
Franklyn Fox David Bascombe
Louis Freed Singer
Lester Freedman Principal
Singer
Richard H. Gordon Jonathan Chase
Singer
John Harrold Singer
Lynn Joelson Dancer
Christine Johnson Nettie Fowler
Sonia Joroff Dancer
Joan Keenan Jennie
Singer
Pearl Lang June Girl
Dancer
Lee Lauterbur Dancer
Charles Leighton Singer
Kenneth LeRoy Dancer
Bambi Linn Louise
Ralph Linn Enoch Snow, Jr.
Dancer
William Lundi Dancer
Annabelle Lyon Hannah Bentley
Frank Marasco Dancer
Eric Mattson Enoch Snow
Tom McDuffie 2nd Heavenly Friend
Marilyn Merkt Penny Sinclair
Singer
Beatrice Miller Singer
Ruth Miller Dancer
Ginna Moise Virginia Frazer
Singer
Robert Pagent Carnival Boy
John Raitt Billy Bigelow
Ernest Richman Dancer
Blake Ritter Captain
Singer
Elena Salamatova Dancer
Jimsey Somers Jessie
Mimi Strongin Bessie
Marjory Svetlik Dancer
Suzanne Tafel Susan Peters
Singer
Gordon Taylor Singer
Ralph Tucker Louise’s Friend
Jay Velie 1st Heavenly Friend
Brother Joshua
Murvyn Vye Jigger Craigin
Verlyn Webb Singer
Polly Welch Dancer
Fern Whitney Dancer
Glory Wills Singer
Iva Withers Singer
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