Mr. Peck’s dances for the musical’s revival on Broadway are exuberantly executed, but, our critic says, they don’t stay with him.

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In the 1956 movie musical Carousel, Oklahoma stars Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae were again teamed up for a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. Also see an interview with Miss Jones from the same year.

Rebecca Eichenberger as Nettie Fowler, Teal Wicks as Julie Jordan and James Snyder as Billy Bigelow in CAROUSEL produced by Broadway At Music Circus at the UC Davis Health Pavilion June 28-July 3. Photo by Charr Crail.

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Voted best musical of the 20th century by Time Magazine, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel features some of the most powerful music ever written for the stage. Under the expert baton of James Holmes, directed by Jo Davies, with designs by Anthony Ward and choreography by the renowned Kim Brandstrup, this will be a remarkably fresh interpretation of Carousel for the 21st century.

Chapin and Musical Theater Project founder Bill Rudman have been chums for three decades, since the latter worked in New York.

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