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The producers sought to cast unknowns. 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 a dancing boy was that he be alive. [36] Rodgers and Hammerstein reassembled much of the creative team that had made Oklahoma! a success, including director Rouben Mamoulian and choreographer Agnes de Mille. Miles White was the costume designer while Jo Mielziner (who had not worked on Oklahoma!) was the scenic and lighting designer. Even though Oklahoma! orchestrator Russell Bennett had informed Rodgers that he was unavailable to work on Carousel due to a radio contract, Rodgers insisted he do the work in his spare time. He orchestrated "The Carousel Waltz" and "(When I Marry) Mister Snow" before finally being replaced by Don Walker. [37] A new member of the creative team was Trude Rittmann, who arranged the dance music. Rittmann initially felt that Rodgers mistrusted her because she was a woman, and found him difficult to work with, but the two worked together on Rodgers' shows until the 1970s. [33] Oscar Hammerstein II Few things are so ideal to restore your inner balance after a hard day than Rosamund Pilcher's books. This optimism, the gentle romance, the relaxing descriptions of nature and in general all this world of her are the ideal elements that one can look for in these conditions and their positive effect on me is something stable. Of course, there is nothing different from her other books, which of course can be described as negative but, on the other hand, this absence of surprise works just as relaxing as the reader knows what he will encounter. So here we have a story in beautiful Cornwall, with a young woman looking for her way, a man who has lost it and a neglected girl, all under the roof of a wise middle-aged woman and faced with the consequences of the actions of selfish and immature people. In this bubble of love and understanding, everything can be done, the tears can dry, true love can bloom, solid solutions can be found and, of course, the reader can find refuge for a few hours. However, in the case of this book, the hours are really few and that is something negative but I have the feeling that all these nice things are given in an ideally condensed way that actually enhances the book and makes it more enjoyable. That's why I could not avoid the rating you see. Fordin, Hugh. Getting to Know Him: A Biography of Oscar Hammerstein II. Jefferson, N.C.: Da Capo Press, 1995 reprint of 1986 edition. ISBN 978-0-306-80668-1. Rodgers considered Carousel his favorite of all his musicals and wrote, "it affects me deeply every time I see it performed". [52] In 1999, Time magazine, in its "Best of the Century" list, named Carousel the Best Musical of the 20th century, writing that Rodgers and Hammerstein "set the standards for the 20th century musical, and this show features their most beautiful score and the most skillful and affecting example of their musical storytelling". [119] Hammerstein's grandson, Oscar Andrew Hammerstein, in his book about his family, suggested that the wartime situation made Carousel's ending especially poignant to its original viewers, "Every American grieved the loss of a brother, son, father, or friend... the audience empathized with [Billy's] all-too-human efforts to offer advice, to seek forgiveness, to complete an unfinished life, and to bid a proper good-bye from beyond the grave." [120] Author and composer Ethan Mordden agreed with that perspective: Jan Clayton°, Iva Withers, Barbara Cook, Constance Towers, Joanna Riding, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Alexandra Silber, Katherine Jenkins, Jessie Mueller

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Enoch (Eric Mattson) arrives unexpectedly (reprise of "(When I Marry) Mister Snow"). Iva Withers is Julie (standing), and Margot Moser is Carrie (bent over) (1947). If set to true, autoplays the carousel after the user manually cycles the first item. If set to "carousel", autoplays the carousel on load. Nichols, Lewis. "The play in review". The New York Times, April 20, 1945, p. 24. Retrieved on December 21, 2010. Fee for article.