When "Carousel" was Jewish

Jewish author's original versions of Mr. Snow and Mr. Bascombe were Jews

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Shalom!

This week, The Broadway Maven looks at Carousel.

• On Sunday, February 12 at Noon ET and Monday, February 13 at Noon and 7 pm ET we’ll have a FREE class exploring the 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein masterpiece. Register here.

• On Tuesday, February 14 at Noon ET ALL-ACCESS Passholders will have a special lecture by Peter Filichia on the women of Rodgers & Hammerstein.

• This Weekly Blast includes:

A) an ESSAY about Liliom, the very Jewish play upon which Carousel is based;

B) a YouTube GEM that draws from our intensive Sondheim Boot Camps;

C) a REVIEW of a documentary film celebrating the return of Broadway after COVID shutdowns;

D) a SURVEY about the identity of the best Broadway score ever;

E) a YouTube GEM with a Broadway Maven music educator explaining Richard Rodgers’s musical …