Stars of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel describe what makes the music so special. Like the musical itself, the Carousel Waltz marks a breakthrough in musical theater, rejecting the conventional ...

Geoffrey Palmer, a very good, very English actor of stage and films, told me this story about the first time he saw the revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Carousel” in London: “We had ...

In Nicholas Hytner’s revisionist revival of “Carousel” in the early 1990s, the traveling carnival became an explosion of music, color and thrilling sexual risk. Within the opening “Carousel Waltz,” we ...

The classic musical Carousel is set to ope at The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton. This iconic Rodgers and Hammerstein production features a treasure trove of timeless songs including “If I Loved You,” ...

As the opening "Carousel Waltz" is about to set sail, the women of the chorus lift their skirts just a bit, a hint of something lively and joyous about to come. But it's a bait-and-switch. Instead ...

Moreover, it was musically innovative as well. As Richard Rogers points out in liner notes he wrote for the '55 recording, they felt that the material could not be developed conventionally. Instead of ...

The cast of "Carousel" in Boston Lyric Opera's 80th anniversary production at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios) Eighty years ago, “Carousel,” Richard Rodgers and Oscar ...

Of the incomparable catalogue of Rodgers and Hammerstein “Golden Age” musicals — from Oklahoma! to State Fair, South Pacific to The Sound of Music — the powerhouse writing team loved Carousel most.

Like opera, musicals are typically about big emotions. The characters don’t always have to be larger than life, but they definitely have all the feels. Unlike with straight plays, there really isn’t ...

The wonderment of seeing a beloved movie or live performance as a very young person often evaporates in the rush of time. Sometimes, though, it lingers on. If you revisit the same work decades later, ...