Carousel

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Broadway musical stage musical

Carousel is a landmark 1945 American musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, renowned for its poignant story, innovative integration of song and narrative, and enduring songs like "If I Loved You" and "You'll Never Walk Alone."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical ⓘ stage musical ⓘ
actCount	2 ⓘ
adaptation	Carousel (film) ⓘ surface form: Carousel (1956 film)
awardRecognition	1994 Broadway revival won multiple Tony Awards ⓘ
basedOn	Liliom ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor	Ferenc Molnár ⓘ
bookWriter	Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReputation	one of the greatest American musicals ⓘ
filmAdaptationStudio	20th Century Fox ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear	1956 ⓘ
followsWorkByCreators	Oklahoma! (stage production) ⓘ surface form: Oklahoma!
genre	musical theatre ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ
influenced	later integrated book musicals ⓘ
innovation	integration of songs and narrative ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
mainCharacter	Billy Bigelow ⓘ Carrie Pipperidge ⓘ Enoch Snow ⓘ Julie Jordan ⓘ Nettie Fowler ⓘ
notableSong	A Real Nice Clambake ⓘ If I Loved You ⓘ June Is Bustin' Out All Over ⓘ Mister Snow ⓘ Soliloquy (from "Carousel") ⓘ surface form: Soliloquy You’ll Never Walk Alone ⓘ surface form: You'll Never Walk Alone
orchestrationFeature	extended symphonic ballet ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningYear	1945 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength	over 800 performances ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre	Majestic Theatre ⓘ
originalProducer	Theatre Guild ⓘ
partOf	Rodgers and Hammerstein canon ⓘ
premiereDate	1945-04-19 ⓘ
premiereLocation	Majestic Theatre (Broadway) ⓘ surface form: Majestic Theatre, New York City
publisherOfVocalScore	Williamson Music ⓘ
revival	1992 London revival ⓘ 1994 Broadway revival ⓘ 2018 Broadway revival ⓘ
setting	Maine ⓘ
settingPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
theme	domestic violence ⓘ life after death ⓘ love and redemption ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Carousel Waltz → basedOnWork → Carousel ⓘ

If I Loved You → fromMusical → Carousel ⓘ

You’ll Never Walk Alone → fromMusical → Carousel ⓘ

subject surface form: You'll Never Walk Alone

Theme from "If I Loved You" (revised) → hasSourceMusical → Carousel ⓘ

Theme from "If I Loved You" (revised) → musical → Carousel ⓘ

Gordon MacRae → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ

Oscar Hammerstein II → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ

Stay → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Rodgers

Loads of Love → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Rodgers

Rodgers and Hammerstein → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ

Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ

Rouben Mamoulian → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ

Shirley Jones (in some stage productions) → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ

subject surface form: Shirley Jones

The Carousel Waltz → openingNumberOf → Carousel ⓘ

Theme from "If I Loved You" (revised) → originalWork → Carousel ⓘ

The Carousel Waltz → partOf → Carousel ⓘ

Theme from "If I Loved You" (revised) → partOf → Carousel ⓘ

You’ll Never Walk Alone → partOf → Carousel ⓘ

subject surface form: You'll Never Walk Alone

If I Loved You → partOfWork → Carousel ⓘ

Soliloquy (from "Carousel") → partOfWork → Carousel ⓘ

You’ll Never Walk Alone → performedByCharactersIn → Carousel ⓘ

subject surface form: You'll Never Walk Alone