Wilkes University Theatre presents "Carousel"
Category: Event Calendar
Dates and Times for this Past Event
- Sunday, Nov 19, 2023 2pm
- Saturday, Nov 18, 2023 8pm
- Saturday, Nov 18, 2023 2pm
- Friday, Nov 17, 2023 8pm
- Thursday, Nov 16, 2023 8pm
Location
Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts
239 S River St
Details
Wilkes University Theatre will take audiences for a spin with a production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel at 8 p.m. on Nov. 16, 17 & 18, and 2 p.m. on Nov. 18 & 19, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts.
Carousel opened at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre in 1945, running for nearly 900 performances and launching a national tour. The musical was the subject of three Broadway revivals, most recently in 2018, and received the big screen treatment in 1956.
Set on the coast of Maine in the late 1800s, Carousel focuses on the turbulent romance and troubled marriage of Billy Bigelow, a carnival barker, and Julie Jordan, a millworker. While the couple’s love takes center stage, the story also deals with the difficult issues of violence and retribution, before delivering a message of hope and redemption.
