Worsham, Monley, McGowan Make World Go 'Round in Goodspeed Carnival! | Playbill

Related Articles
News Worsham, Monley, McGowan Make World Go 'Round in Goodspeed Carnival! The catchy waltz of "Love Makes the World 'Round" sounds anew at Goodspeed Opera House starting July 9. Lauren Worsham, Adam Monley and Mike McGowan star in Goodspeed Musicals' new production of Carnival, the Bob Merrill-Michael Stewart musical about circus folk, through Sept. 18, in East Haddam, CT.

//assets.playbill.com/editorial/6edf5a9efe6240eeee98c23547d93c89-worshammcgowan200.jpg
Lauren Worsham and Mike McGowan

Aerialists from Suspended Cirque enliven the production directed by Darko Tresnjak.

Based on the film "Lili," and featuring the songs "Love Makes the World Go Round" and "Her Face," Carnival! features music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Michael Stewart, based on material by Helen Deutsch, with revisions by Francine Pascal. Opening at Goodspeed Opera House is Aug. 4.

Many consider Carnival! — the tale of a naïve young woman who joins a traveling circus, encountering acrobats, jugglers, singers and clowns, a manipulative magician and a disillusioned puppeteer — to feature the best score in the career of composer-lyricist Merrill (Take Me Along; New Girl in Town; Henry, Sweet Henry). Merrill also penned lyrics for Jule Styne's score to Funny Girl.

Lili is played by Worsham (Cunegonde in New York City Opera's recent Candide, Paper Mill's Master Class); Paul is played by Adam Monley (Broadway's Mamma Mia!); Marco is played by Mike McGowan (Broadway's Ragtime, Grease, The Apple Tree and The Producers).

Rosalie is played by Michelle Blakely, who performed in the Broadway revivals of Annie Get Your Gun and Grease. Jacquot is played by Nathan Klau (national tour of Jersey Boys). Schlegel is played by Laurent Giroux, whose Broadway credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dancin' and Pippin. The ensemble includes Joshua Dean and Ben Franklin, co-founders of New York-based aerial theatre company Suspended Cirque.

Price Waldman from Broadway's The Little Mermaid and Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! joins the ensemble, which also features Timothy Hughes, Kara Kimmer, Robin Masella, Clifton Samuels, Amy Shure, Justin Urso and Dana Winkle. The swings are Miguel Edson and Melissa Steadman.

The creative team for Carnival! includes choreographer Peggy Hickey, scenic designer David P. Gordon, costume designer Fabio Toblini, lighting designer John Lasiter, puppet designer Robert Smythe, music director Michael O'Flaherty, assistant music director F. Wade Russo, orchestrator Dan DeLange.

Carnival! is produced for Goodspeed Musicals by Michael P. Price.

Tickets are available through the box office at (860) 873-8668, open seven days a week, or online at www.goodspeed.org.

 
RELATED:
Today’s Most Popular News:
 X

Blocking belongs
on the stage,
not on websites.

Our website is made possible by
displaying online advertisements to our visitors.

Please consider supporting us by
whitelisting playbill.com with your ad blocker.
Thank you!