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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Carousel canonical 56
Carousel universe 1

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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
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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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