1965 Lincoln Center Revival. CAROUSEL. Carousel (1956) Choreographer: Rod Alexander, credit to Agnes de Mille “The ballet from Carousel is obviously stunning, but I love the clambake. 1945 Original Broadway. Productions. Songs. A film version was produced by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1956 with Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones. Frank Sinatra had originally been cast as Billy and walked because the film was being filmed using two different films requiring everything to be done twice. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys Black History Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events 1956 Motion Picture. The story revolves around carousel barker Billy Bigelow, whose romance with millworker Julie Jordan comes at the price of both their jobs. ... 15 Ballet - The 20th Century-Fox Orchestra 16 If I Loved You (Reprise) - Gordon MacRae Carousel was not d'Amboise's only foray into Hollywood musicals—he played Ephraim in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and danced a steamy duet in The Best Things in Life Are Free.But even though he gave memorable performances on film, his home was on the ballet stage. 1945 Original Broadway. ... Music. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Carousel [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae on AllMusic - 1956 - Rodgers and Hammerstein were ... and the 2001 edition is padded out with music from two lengthy ballet sections to bring the running time over 70 minutes. The music is in my opinion the best ever written by R&H, with "The Carousel Waltz" and songs like "If I Loved You," "Soliloquy," "A Real Nice Clambake," "Mr. Directed by Henry King. Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics). With Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick. I hope for a Blu Ray version in the near future, but meanwhile this is a very nice DVD transfer. 1992 London Revival. The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline. Skip to main content. MAIN. 2018 Broadway Revival. Major ballet choreographers work in Broadway musicals so seldom that it's fascinating to watch two of them tackle Rodgers and Hammerstein's groundbreaking "Carousel"--one … Recordings. Very nice remastering of this 1956 Rodgers & Hammerstein classic musical. 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