Carousel
Majestic Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: September 11, 1957
Closing Night: September 29, 1957
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
Jimmy Albright Dancer
Bruce Baggett Principal
Townsperson
Don Becker Townsperson
Patricia Birsh Dancer
Jane Burke Townsperson
Verna Cain Dancer
Charles J. Carrow Dancer
Shirley Chester Townsperson
Faith Compo Townsperson
Barbara Cook Julie Jordan
Cherry Davis Townsperson
Robert Eckles David Bascombe
Jack Eddleman Townsperson
Elizabeth Edwards Townsperson
Joan Eheman Hannah Bentley
Dorothy Etheridge Dancer
Gerald Fries Dancer
Larry Fuller Enoch Snow, Jr.
Dancer
James Gannon 2nd Policeman
Townsperson
Mickey Gunnerson Dancer
Sally Gura Dancer
Ruby Herndon Dancer
Catherine Horn Dancer
Reby Howells Dancer
William Inglis Dancer
Rosemary Jourdan Dancer
Howard Keel Billy Bigelow
Samuel N. Kirkham Captain
Townsperson
Bambi Linn Louise
David London Townsperson
Leo Lucker Heavenly Friend
Donald Martin Dancer
Lindsay McGregor Townsperson
Vincent McMahon Townsperson
Kay Medford Mrs. Mullin
Eloise Milton Dancer
Kiki Minor Dancer
James Mitchell Jigger Craigin
Elisa Monte Girl with Bear
Victor Moore Starkeeper
Bob Newkum Townsperson
Russell Nype Enoch Snow
Glenn Olson Dancer
Ted Otis Townsperson
Robert Pagent Boatswain
Carnival Boy
Beth Parks Townsperson
Marie Powers Nettie Fowler
Basha Regis Townsperson
Robert D. Reim Townsperson
Jeanne Shea Townsperson
Joy Lynne Sica Townsperson
Robert St. Clair Dancer
Pat Stanley Carrie Pipperidge
Evelyn Taylor June Girl
Dancer
Gerald M. Teijelo Jr. Dancer
Evans Thornton 1st Policeman
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