Carousel

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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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Label Occurrences
Carousel canonical 56
Carousel universe 1

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Statements (48)

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (57)

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

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
Rouben Mamoulian → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
Gordon MacRae → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
Shirley Jones (in some stage productions) → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
subject surface form: Shirley Jones
You’ll Never Walk Alone → partOf → Carousel ⓘ
subject surface form: You'll Never Walk Alone
You’ll Never Walk Alone → fromMusical → Carousel ⓘ
subject surface form: You'll Never Walk Alone
You’ll Never Walk Alone → performedByCharactersIn → Carousel ⓘ
subject surface form: You'll Never Walk Alone
If I Loved You → partOfWork → Carousel ⓘ
If I Loved You → fromMusical → Carousel ⓘ
The Carousel Waltz → partOf → Carousel ⓘ
Stay → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Rodgers
Loads of Love → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Rodgers
Audra McDonald → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
Tor Johnson → portrayedIn → Carousel ⓘ
Capurro → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfred Drake
Taye Diggs → theaterProduction → Carousel ⓘ
Carousel (film) → title → Carousel ⓘ
Alfie Boe → performedIn → Carousel ⓘ
Henry Ephron → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
Phoebe Ephron → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
Alfred Capurro → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfred Drake
Dania Krupska → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
Barbara Cook → notableWork → Carousel ⓘ
Liliom → hasAdaptation → Carousel ⓘ
Liliom → influenced → Carousel ⓘ
Ferenc Molnár → workAdaptedAs → Carousel ⓘ
Mister Snow → partOfWork → Carousel ⓘ
Billy Bigelow → appearsIn → Carousel ⓘ
Billy Bigelow → diesIn → Carousel ⓘ
Julie Jordan → appearsIn → Carousel ⓘ
Julie Jordan → fictionalUniverse → Carousel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carousel universe