As previously reported, Tony Award winner , most recently represented on Broadway with the 2013 revival of , will direct. will conduct the orchestra, and the cast will also feature Denyce Graves as Nettie Fowler. Additional casting will be announced at a later time.
Pasquale previously broke the news to 半岛体育.com at a recent Broadway opening night. "I'm working on 'The Good Wife' through the fall," he said, "and I'm going to do Carousel in the spring in Chicago at the Chicago Lyric Opera. It's a great role, and I hope we bring it in. Rob Ashford's directing."
The design team includes set designer Paolo Ventura, costume designer and lighting designer .
Based on the play Liliom by (adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer), Carousel features music by and a book and lyrics by .
Carousel bowed on Broadway in April 1945 at the Majestic Theatre, where it played 890 performances. The original cast included and . The 1956 Fox film co-starred and . The celebrated score includes such tunes as "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," "Mister Snow," "Soliloquy," "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?" and "You'll Never Walk Alone."
