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Though many had played in previous Hammerstein or Rodgers works, only one, Jean Casto (cast as carousel owner Mrs. Mullin, and a veteran of Pal Joey), had ever played on Broadway before. [27] It proved harder to cast the ensemble than the leads, due to the war—Rodgers told his casting director, John Fearnley , that the sole qualification for ...
The original production of Carousel was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and opened at Broadway's Majestic Theatre on April 19, 1945, running for 890 performances and closing on May 24, 1947. The cast included John Raitt , Jan Clayton , Jean Darling , Christine Johnson and Bambi Linn .
John Emmet Raitt (/ r eɪ t /; [1] January 29, 1917 [2] – February 20, 2005) [3] was an American actor and singer best known for his performances in musical theatre.His most notable roles were Billy Bigelow in the original Broadway cast of Carousel and Curly in the original Chicago production of Oklahoma!.
She appeared in the role of Julie Jordan in the original 1945 Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Carousel. Clayton can be heard on the original cast recordings of both Carousel (1945) and the 1946 Broadway revival of Kern's 1927 musical play Show Boat. [1]
Before beginning Carousel rehearsals, Mueller made her feature-film debut in Steven Spielberg's historical drama The Post. Mueller portrayed real life advice columnist Judith Martin (a.k.a. Miss Manners) alongside a cast including Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, and Carrie Coon. The film was released in select theaters on December 22 ...
Ken Page, Voice of Oogie Boogie and Original Cast Member of Broadway’s ‘Cats,’ Dies at 70. Andrés Buenahora. October 2, 2024 at 6:32 PM.
Billy Bigelow, a rough-talking, macho, handsome carousel barker, and Julie Jordan, a young, innocent mill worker, live in the small town of Boothbay Harbor, Maine.They fall in love, but are fired from their jobs; Billy because he paid too much attention to Julie and incurred the wrath of the jealous carousel owner Mrs. Mullin, and Julie because she had violated the curfew imposed by wealthy ...
Burke married Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. in 1914. They had a daughter in 1916 and remained married until Ziegfeld’s death in 1932. Burke died in 1970 at age 85 and was buried ...