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 Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:43 am Post subject: A month passes |
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Hammerstein wrote that Molnár's advice, to combine two scenes into one, was key to pulling together the second act and represented "a more radical departure from the original than any change we had made".[18] A reprise of "If I Loved You" was added in the second act, which Rodgers felt needed more music.[50] Three weeks of tryouts in Boston followed the brief New Haven run, and the audience there gave the musical a warm reception.[45] An even shorter version of the ballet was presented the final two weeks in Boston, but on the final night there, de Mille expanded it back to forty minutes, and it brought the house down, causing both Rodgers and Hammerstein to embrace her.[44]
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[edit] Act 1
Two young female millworkers in 1873 Maine visit the town's carousel after work. One of them, Julie Jordan, attracts the attention of the barker, Billy Bigelow ("The Carousel Waltz"). Mrs. Mullin, the widowed owner of the carousel, tells Julie never to return, as Julie let Billy (whom Mrs. Mullin fancies) put his arm around her during the ride. Julie and her friend, Carrie Pipperidge, argue with Mrs. Mullin. Billy arrives and, seeing that Mrs. Mullin is jealous, mocks her and is fired from his job. Billy, unconcerned, invites Julie to join him for a beer. As he goes to get his belongings, Carrie presses Julie for her feelings toward him, but Julie is evasive ("You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan"). Carrie has a beau too, fisherman Enoch Snow ("(When I Marry) Mister Snow"). Billy returns for Julie as the departing Carrie warns that staying out late means the loss of Julie's job. Mr. Bascombe, owner of the mill, happens by and warns Julie that Billy has taken money from other women. Bascombe offers to take Julie home, but she refuses and is fired. Left alone, she and Billy talk about what life might be like if they were in love, but neither quite confesses the growing attraction they feel for each other ("If I Loved You").
A month passes, and preparations for the spring clambake are under way ("June Is Bustin' Out All Over"). Julie and Billy, now married, live at Julie's cousin Nettie's spa. Julie confides in Carrie that Billy, frustrated over being unemployed, slapped Julie. Carrie has happier news—she is engaged to Enoch, who promptly arrives. Billy enters with his ne'er-do-well whaler friend, Jigger. The ex-barker is openly rude to Enoch and Julie. He leaves with Jigger, followed by a distraught Julie. Enoch tells Carrie that he expects to become rich selling herring and to have a large family with Carrie ("When the Children Are Asleep").Sightline Payments Kirk Sanford
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