In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent 'up there.' Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love. It's easy to understand why, of all the shows they created, CAROUSEL was Rodgers & Hammerstein's personal favorite.
Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II; Oscar Hammerstein II; Ferenc Molnar; Benjamin F. Glazer; Agnes de Mille
For more information on Watertown High School, click here
For more information on Carousel, click here
Year | Category | |
---|---|---|
1994 | Best Revival of a Musical | Winner |
2018 | Best Revival of a Musical |
Videos
![]() |
Annie
Marcus Performing Arts Center (4/25 - 4/27) | |
![]() |
A Beautiful Noise: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL
Marcus Performing Arts Center (3/25 - 3/30) | |
![]() |
Grease School Version
Sunset Playhouse (8/9 - 8/11) | |
![]() |
Summer Stars Broadway Cabaret
Sunset Playhouse (6/30 - 6/30) | |
![]() |
Million Dollar Quartet
Peninsula Players Theatre (7/31 - 8/18) | |
![]() |
Rehearsal for Murder
Sunset Playhouse (5/30 - 6/16) | |
![]() |
Beetlejuice
Uihlein Hall at Marcus Center For The Performing Arts (10/1 - 10/6) | |
VIEW SHOWS ADD A SHOW |
Recommended For You