The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic turns 80 years old.

Despite all the Boston Lyric Opera pageantry and talent, "Carousel"'s trip to the 21st century turns out to be bumpy.

We desperately need plays and musicals -- produced by local companies with courage and nerve -- that acknowledge that the cancer of autocracy is here, today, and becoming stronger. That is the demand -- will an…

We're celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Sound of Music with the 60 most iconic moments from the film. Drop your favorite in the comments below! 🩵 CONNECT WITH RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN https://www.Rodger…

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Celebrate 60 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) with this extended clip of "In My Own Little Corner," starring Lesley Ann Warren! ✨ Watch the 1965 film: https://found.ee/rhcinderella Stream …

Celebrate 60 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) with this extended clip of "Impossible," starring Lesley Ann Warren and Celeste Holm! ✨ Watch the 1965 film: https://found.ee/rhcinderella Str…

Celebrate 60 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) with this extended clip of "Ten Minutes Ago," starring Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon! ✨ Watch the 1965 film: https://found.ee/rhcinderell…

Broadway veteran Demaree recently has released a new duet of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic “You'll Never Walk Alone” alongside music legend Dolly Parton.

At This Theatre: The Majestic Lately, the Majestic Theatre has been in the news lately. First, after more than three and a half decades, it lost its longest-running tenant, The Phantom of the Opera. Then it wa…

5 Favorite Audra McDonald Performances With only 6 Tony Awards (and a meager 10 nominations), maybe some day Audra McDonald will be a success on the Broadway stage, right? My first memory of her wasn't on Br…

Enjoy songs from musicals like The Bridges of Madison County, Hadestown, Wicked, Carousel, The Sound of Music, The Color Purple, Aida, West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, South Pacific, Parade, Follies, …

Lovers! Broadway lovers! It's that time of year when love is in the air... Whether you have a Valentine of your own or you are on your own, let's see if you can match up these musical couples. Broadway Games: …

The late, great Walt Disney, one of the most influential artists of all time, continues to shape popular culture 58 years after his passing. His creative legacy is everywhere—in Disney’s animated and live-a…

Broadway star Jessica Vosk dazzles this holiday season with her debut Christmas album SLEIGH! ❄️ Listen to her sing Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music and so much more here…

Celebrating 75 years of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S SOUTH PACIFIC! On December 9, 2024, the original cast of Lincoln Center Theater’s 2008 Tony Award-winning production of SOUTH PACIFIC reunited for a one-night…

MIAMI — Random Jamie Foxx sighting in South Beach! More than a year after recovering from a mysterious illness, the “Ray” star was seen over the weekend in fine form, and partying with a bunch of “Real …

The company of “Ragtime” at City Center (photo by Joan Marcus).November 4, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Last June, as I exited the City Center Encores! production of Maury Yeston and …

The Wicked movie has received the official stamp of approval from OG Galinda, Kristin Chenoweth. After a screening held in New York City on October 28, Chenoweth gushed from the back seat of her car, "Oh my g…

Words cannot express the sorrow and sadness we feel at the loss of Mitzi Gaynor, an R&H legend known for her starring role as Nellie Forbush in Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific in 1958. Mitzi's memory will…

Hugh Jackman and Josefina Gabrielle perform "People Will Say We're In Love (Reprise)" in the National Theatre’s acclaimed 1998 production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! On July 15, 1998, the Royal N…

Hugh Jackman performs "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" in the National Theatre’s acclaimed 1998 production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! On July 15, 1998, the Royal National Theatre premiered its lan…

Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle and Shuler Hensley perform "Out of My Dreams" (The Dream Ballet) in the National Theatre’s acclaimed 1998 production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! On July 15, 1998,…

Hugh Jackman and the cast perform "The Farmer and the Cowman'" in the National Theatre’s acclaimed 1998 production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! On July 15, 1998, the Royal National Theatre premier…

Hugh Jackman performs "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" in the National Theatre’s acclaimed 1998 production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! On July 15, 1998, the Royal National Theatre premiered it…

On March 24, 1994, a revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel opened at Lincoln Center Theater, and a Broadway star was born! Audra McDonald played Carrie Pipperidge in this production – where she won her …

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert features a star-studded cast including Joanna Ampil, Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Daniel Dae Kim, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Lucy St.…

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert features a star-studded cast including Joanna Ampil, Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Daniel Dae Kim, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Lucy St.…

Casting is complete for Elf the Musical on Broadway. The limited engagement will begin performances at the Marquis Theatre on November 9, officially opening on November 17 and running through January 4, 2025.…

Carousel has been a cornerstone of musical theatre since its Broadway debut in 1945. Its blend of emotionally charged storytelling

CBS Sunday Morning: Justin Peck on Choreographing the revival of Carousel

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: She won your heart as Lottie Gee, Billie Holliday, and Bess (and that's been just the past few years). Audra McDonald has grown to be perhaps the greatest talent of this generatio…

Domestic violence, suicide, bullying—Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1945 musical Carousel is as famous for its dark subject matter as its soaring score. (My high school graduation featured our s…

B roll from the musicals that opened in 1994 including Carousel, Passion, Cyrano, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, and more

A new Carousel Studio Cast recording is on the way! Recorded in April 2023 with the Sinfonia of London (conducted by John Wilson). We have all the details on the new album here!

Producer Enda Markey announced today that the talented cast will join Anna O’Byrne and Marina Prior in the lavish concert

The post Full cast announced for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Celebrating 75 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific! How many of these fun facts about the iconic musical did you know? Comment below! CONNECT WITH RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN http://www.rodgersandhammers…

Christine Allado and Rebecca Caine are co-starring in the one-night-only event at Royal Festival Hall.

The tale of hope, redemption and the power of love comes to the Royal Festival Hall for a one-night-only concert. This concert celebrates the score of the timeless classic, and stars Jamie Muscato (Moulin Roug…

Muscato, Christine Allado, and Rebecca Caine will star in the one-night-only event at Royal Festival Hall.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: With a decades-spanning career and an unmatched list of accolades including Kennedy Center Honors and Tony, Grammy, and Drama Desk awards, Broadway icon Barbara Cook is beloved for…

John Raitt sings If I Loved You from Carousel

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: James Barbour starred as Rochester in the Broadway musical Jane Eyre. His other Broadway credits include Beauty and the Beast, Carousel, Cyrano-The Musical and the recent revival o…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Lindsay Mendez has won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CAROUSEL. Learn more: https://www.broad…

Lindsay Mendez thought that her 2018 Tony Award (Carousel) was the best thing that ever could have happened. Right? Little did she know that she'd be back just six years later with a nomination in the same cate…

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert features a star-studded cast including Joanna Ampil, Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Daniel Dae Kim, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Lucy St.…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Carousel, directed by Artistic Director Molly Smith, with music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammers…

"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Performed by Audra McDonald My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert features a star-studded cast in…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Shubert Alley was the place to be on Friday afternoon as the best of Broadway gathered to perform from just about every show on the Great White Way! BroadwayWorld was in attendance…

Two of Australia’s most celebrated leading ladies, Anna O’Byrne and Marina Prior, will star in a lavish concert presentation of

The post Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL to play Sydney and Melbourne in September appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

After wowing audiences in Annandale-on-Hudson, Chicago and the Upper East Side, the Sufjan Stevens dance musical Illinoise has finally arrived on Broadway—and it has the Tony nominations (four of them) to pro…

The director Jack O’Brien and the writer, director and producer George C. Wolfe will each receive the 2024 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. A Tony Award-winning director for All My…

The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic will play London's Royal Festival Hall for one night only.

The company's 2024-25 season will also include Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel.

Illinoise sees the artist’s 2005 album transform into an ambitious and eye-opening modern dance show like nothing else on Broadway Justin Peck is spending the spring zigzagging between Times Square and the Up…

Jamie Muscato, Christine Allado, and Rebecca Caine will star in the one-night-only event at Royal Festival Hall.

A huge, all-star cast will perform the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical Follies for one night only at Carnegie Hall. The concert, part of Transport Group’s Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series, will take pl…

For Classic Stage Company's second annual Classics Gone Mad Gala, which was Rodgers and Hammerstein themed, The Skivvies created and performed a mega R&H medley. Brandon James Guinn also on piano and vocals. Th…

The concert begins streaming on the 30th anniversary of the Carousel revival that won McDonald the first of her historic six Tony Awards.

See you at the cinema! 🍿 My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert premieres on the big screen in the UK & Ireland on 14 and 18 February. Featuring a star-studded cast including …

The show: “Ilinoise” through March 26 at the Park Avenue Armory. The show will have a limited Broadway run at the St. James Theatre, beginning performances on its official opening date of April 24 and runn…

See you at the cinema! 🍿 My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert premieres on the big screen in the UK & Ireland on 14 and 18 February. Featuring a star-studded cast including …

Watch Mary Martin sing "It Might As Well Be Spring" from Rodgers & Hammerstein's State Fair – featured in the 1954 TV special “General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein.” Th…

The stars of "My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert" share their thoughts on the enduring legacy of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Celebrate 80 years of Rodgers & H…

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel is inarguably a beloved masterpiece musical at the Wick, but if it has been a while since you’ve seen this musical, don’t expect just a happy circus full of love and la…

Theater Review by Myra Chanin . . . . Marilyn Wick is simply amazing. She produces one wonderful entertainment after another on her perpetually twirling Wick Theater stage. Her latest? An enchanting production …

Celebrate this 25-year-old production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! – coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the musical’s groundbreaking 1943 premiere on Broadway – with these exclusive interview…

Celebrate 80 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein with this landmark anniversary concert – streaming online in North America for one week only beginning March 24! Hear your favorite R&H songs performed by stars Joa…

 Logo lovers, today we offer you two-fer, with a closer look at the logos for the new musical Days of Wine and Roses and the revival of Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along. Both shows have some common elements …

"Something Good" From Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF MUSIC Performed by Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer (Original Vocals) Music and Lyrics by Richard Rodgers Order your copy of The Super Deluxe Editi…

Additional stars have joined the lineup for the 2024 edition of Broadway Backwards, the annual one-night-only benefit concert that has Broadway stars reimagine classic show tunes as queer anthems and love ball…

Christopher Wheeldon is a ballet choreographer who doesn’t stay in his lane. Neither did George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille or Jerome Robbins. Ditto Twyla Tharp, still making new work at the age of 82. In the …

Real-life triangle around the composer’s darkest masterpiece yields fitfully strong drama David Hemmings was, by his own later admission, a knowing and bumptious boy when Britten cast him as the ill-fated Mil…

See you at the cinema! 🍿 My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert premieres on the big screen in the UK & Ireland on 14 and 18 February. Buy your tickets now at https://rnh.soci…

The creators of “Illinoise,” the new stage show inspired by the 2005 Sufjan Stevens album “Illinois,” are the first to admit that the production isn’t a musical in the most traditional sense of the wo…

Interviews with the cast and creative team behind the 1994 revival of Carousel

World premiere musical Buena Vista Social Club™ book by Marco Ramirez music by the Grammy Award winning Buena Vista Social Club creative consultant David Yazbek choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Pec…

Cinco Paul—creator, composer and showrunner of the satirical musical comedy series Schmigadoon!—announced today on Instagram that Apple TV will not be producing the show's third season. Paul created the s…