Image Title

:  [Window card for Carousel]

Additional Name(s)

: Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 -- Composer

Published Date

: 1945

Specific Material Type

: prints

Notes

: Majestic Theatre, 44th Street West of Broadway. Note 2.) Original production presented by the Theatre Guild, with John Raitt, Jan Clayton, Christine Johnson, Eric Mattson, Jean Casto. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Production supervised by Lawrence Langner and Theresa Helburn. Dances by Agnes de Mille. Note 3.) Richard Rodgers project

Production Notes

: Opened April 19, 1945 at the Majestic Theater and ran 890 performances, closing on May 24, 1947. The original cast featured John Raitt as Billy Bigelow, Jan Clayton as Julie, Jean Darling as Carrie and Eric Mattson as Mr. Snow. Based on the Hungarian play Liliom by Ferenc Molnar, Rodgers and Hammerstein reset the musical in New England.

Source

: Window cards. / Carousel

Location

: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Billy Rose Theatre Division

Catalog Call Number

: MWEZ+++ n.c. 21,793

Digital ID

: 1709023

Record ID

: 1885411

Digital Item Published

: 9-16-2009; updated 3-25-2011