As the Second World War rages, parachute maker Carmen Jones wages her own quarrel involving an airman and a boxer. Using the score from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, this adaptation by Oscar Hammerstein II resets the story with an all African-American cast, and is the first major New York revival more...
Original Cast
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Anika Noni Rose |
| 2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Soara-Joye Ross |
| 2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Anika Noni Rose |
Carmen Jones FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Send Them Along (and Win That War) Can't Let You Go Lift 'Em Up and Put 'Em Down Honey Gal o' Mine Good Luck, Mr. Flyin' Man Dat's Love I Tol' Your Maw She Was Crazy to Be Frettin' You Talk Just Like My Maw Murder! Murder! Ya Ain't a Policeman Carmen Jones Is Goin' to Jail Dere's a Cafe on de Corner Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum Stan' Up and Fight Whizzin' Away Along de Track Thinkin' About You Dis Flower If You Would Only Come Away Joe, It's Time for You to Go De Cards Don't Lie Dat Ol' Boy Poncho de Panther from Brazil Ballet Divertisement My Joe Your Maw's Goin' to Be Worried Get Your Program for de Big Fight Dat's Our Man But All I Want to Do Is Love You
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