Hey, everyone Steph here and I’m back with another Musical Monday’s blog. I wanted t talk about Carousel today, it’s on my favorite classics, and I don’t’ think it is mentioned enough. I loved this musical for years, and I feel like other people might as well, it what I would call a musical theatre standard. All information comes from Wikipedia. Plot Fifteen years ago, Julie Jordan and Billy Bigelow fell in love, and this is their story. Billy was a carousel barker and Julie was a mill worker who would go to the carousel after work. Although her friend Carrie warned against it, Julie fell hard for Billy and the two of them lost their jobs on the same night, he for mocking the carousel owner, and she for staying out late. A month later, the two of them are married and Julie ends up pregnant with their daughter Louise. Once this happens Billy must think about how he is going to provide for his growing family, and so he starts doing crimes. Once Billy ho...
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