The Media Theatre has Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “Carousel” as the opener for its 2017-18 Broadway Series season. The beloved show plays through October 22.
The musical takes place between 1873 and 1888 in a small New England fishing village. The tale revolves around a love affair between Billy Bigelow, a travelling carnival man, and Julie Jordan, a local factory worker. Billy loses his life during an attempted robbery but is allowed to return to earth for a short time to seek out his daughter.
The 1945 musical reunited the creative team that had brought Oklahoma! to the stage two years earlier. The New York Daily Mirror wrote: "Carousel is beautiful, bountiful, beguiling...it is the product of taste, imagination and skill." In 1999, TIME Magazine voted Carousel "Best Musical of the Century!"
“Carousel” has a memorable score, featuring songs such as “If I Loved You” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone”.
The Media Theatre’s cast features Broadway’s Joseph Spieldenner in the role of Billy Bigelow. Spieldenner was recently seen in the revival of “Les Miserables”. Prior to his Broadway career, he was in The Media Theatre’s production of “Oklahoma!” as Curly.
The Media Theatre’s production is directed by its Artistic Director Jesse Cline, with music direction by Ben Kapilow. Dann Dunn choreographs. "Carousel" is on stage through October 22. GET TICKETS or call 610-891-0100.
Here are First Look Photos of the production, by photographer Greg Carroccio.
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| Joseph Spieldenner as Billy Bigelow, with Maxwell Porterfield as Julie Jordan |
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| Carl Nathaniel Smith as Jigger |
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| George Slotin as Mr. Snow |
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| Beada Briglia as Billy's daughter, Louise |
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| Elisa Matthews as Nettie Fowler |
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| Billy Bigelow (Joseph Spieldenner) and Julie Jordan (Maxwell Porterfield) |
Beada's sister Ava was on the road with School of Rock during this.
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