Carousel
Majestic Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: February 22, 1949
Closing Night: March 5, 1949
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
Anthony Aleo Enoch Snow, Jr.
Ross Chetwynd David Bascombe
Mario De Laval Jigger Craigin
Ruth Devorin Susan Peters
Stephen Douglass Billy Bigelow
Warren Harr Captain
Christine Johnson Nettie Fowler
Diane Keith Louise
Kenneth Knapp 1st Policeman
Principal
Louise Larabee Mrs. Mullin
Kenneth MacKenzie Boatswain
Carnival Boy
Eric Mattson Enoch Snow
Margot Moser Carrie Pipperidge
Richmond Page 2nd Policeman
Mavis Ray June Girl
Jean Rogers Virginia Frazer
Evelyn Ross Penny Sinclair
Audrey Sabetti Jennie
Bobra Suiter Arminy Livermore
Calvin Thomas Starkeeper
Jay Velie Heavenly Friend
Iva Withers Julie Jordan
Dusty Worrall Hannah Bentley
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