Carousel : A Staged Concert

Spreckels Performing Arts Center
5409 Snyder Lane Rohnert Park

Even though their musical "children" included Oklahoma!, The King and I and The Sound of Music, Rodgers and Hammerstein had no trouble picking a personal favorite: Carousel. Come to Sonoma County Stage's staged concert presentation of this remarkable work and you'll soon discover why. Losing his job just as he learns that his wife is pregnant, ex-carney Billy takes part in a robbery to provide for his family. Caught and facing prison, he takes his own life. Returning to earth for one day 15 years later, Billy tries to restore a sense of hope and dignity to the family he left behind. This profoundly moving production, presented with a live orchestra and large cast of actors, singers and dancers, provides the ultimate justification for Time magazine's assertion that Carousel is " the best musical of the 20th century."