Word: carousels
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...here that the author has fallen down. he has tried to write a tragic drama, with the same maudlin result that characterized the over-publicized "Carousel." The returned hero struggles to communicate with his family, to let them know that he still exists despite his untimely decease. At the end of the play, mental or spiritual telepathy seems to have resulted in some sort of liaison between the soldier and his wife, who sides with the audience in not knowing what is going...
...Carousel. Charming, touching musical play made from Molnar's Liliom by Okla homa's Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (TIME, April...
...Memphis Bound" is the best musical this reviewer has seen in 1945. Without the bathos of "Carousel" or the glamour of "Seven Lively Arts," the play smashes its way into the hearts of its audience with unassuming gaiety and exceptional talent...
...Mielziner's sets and Miles White's costumes splash Carousel with color, and Agnes de Mille's dances-particularly a fine lively hornpipe-give it a pulse...
Beyond being Hammerstein's biggest plum, Oklahoma! may have started his greatest partnership. He and Composer Rodgers have a second smash in Carousel; as Broadway producers, they are cleaning up on John van Druten's I Remember Mama; under the title of Williamson Music Inc. (both their fathers were named William), they are highly successful music publishers; Hollywood is excited over the forthcoming cinemusical they have made of State Fair; and they have plans afoot for another Broadway show...