Carousel
Transcript: “Carousel.” Playbill, Playbill Inc., www.playbill.com/production/carousel-majestic-theatre-vault-0000013229 “Carousel.” Playbill, Playbill Inc., www.playbill.com/production/carousel-2017-2018. Revival: 2018 Original: 1945 The Plot Carousel act I The Plot The original cast included: John Raitt as Billy Bigelow Jan Clayton as Julie Jordan and Jean Darling (Carrie), Eric Mattson (Enoch), Christine Johnson (Nettie), Murvyn Vye (Jigger), Bambi Linn (Louise), Russell Collins (Starkeeper), and many more. The revival cast includes: Joshua Henry as Bill Bigelow Jessie Meuller as Julie Jordan and Lindsay Mendez (Carrie), Alexander Gemignani (Enoch), Renee Fleming (Nettie), Amar Rasmar (Jigger), Brittany Pollack (Louise), John Douglas Thompson (Starkeeper), Ryan Steele (shining ensemble member), and many more. The 2018 Revival Production Carousel takes place in Maine in 1873. The show starts at a carousel when a young girl, Julie Jordan, meets a baker, Billy Bigelow. The two fall in love, risking both of their jobs. Billy, frustrated with his search for a new job ends up hitting Julie. He then flees off with his friend, Jigger, and Jigger convinces him to be his accomplice for a robbery. It takes him some convincing, but eventually Billy agrees once Julie tells him that shes pregnant and he realizes that they are in need of the money. score and book by Rogers and Hammerstein Carousel the Musical Carousel originally opened in New York City on April 19th,1945, and ran until May 24th, 1947. The score and book were written by Rogers and Hammerstein, and was their second show written together. The show has had 4 revivals, in 1954, 1957, 1993, and 2018, with a few West End productions. The 2018 revival is set to open on April 12th. Billy and Jigger try to leave to commit their act of robbery when Julie stops him and feels the knife in his pocket. She begs him to give it to her, but he refuses. The robbery back fires, though, and while having a gun aimed at his head, Billy stabs himself. Julie finds him in the last moments of his life, telling him she loves him. Billy's spirit is then seen talking to the Starkeeper, and he tells him that Billy had committed too many bad acts to let him into heaven, but he has a chance to redeem himself. He is given a chance to visit his daughter, Louise, who is now 15, and commit a good act. Louise is in a lot of distress due to her fathers old reputation, and he tries to console her by giving her a star he stole for her, but she refuses, and he slaps her hand. Louise tells her mother about this, and how the slap felt like a kiss. Julie reminisces, remembering feeling the same way. Billy revisits Louise at her graduation, and helps her realize that she is not an outcast. He is then redeemed and goes to heaven. The Original Production The History Sources: act II