The run closed January 5, 1963
- Opened
- April 13, 1961
- Closed
- January 5, 1963
- Performances
- 719
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Imperial Theatre
Of the 603 productions we hold that opened in the 1960s and record a performance count, this is the 28th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Carnival! 4 more that season
| 1919 | 44th Street Theatre Original · Godfrey Tearle | 13 perf. |
| 1924 | Cort Theatre Revival · Frank Reicher | 32 perf. |
| 1928 | Frolic Theatre Revival · Marjory D. Zinn | 1 perf. |
| 1929 | Forrest Theatre Revival | 24 perf. |
Who was in it44 named
Christine Bartel
Nicole Barth
C B Bernard
Jennifer Billingsley
Carvel Carter
Dean Crane
Bob Dixon
Tony Gomez
Will Lee
Peter Lombard
Iva March
George Marcy
Martin Brothers
June Meshonek
Bob Murray
Mary Ann Niles
Johnny Nola
Harry Lee Rogers
Beti Seay
Buff Shurr
Paul Sydell
Carla Alberghetti
Ed Ames
Leni Anders
Gene Bigelow
Dell Brownlee
Walda Kerr
Adriane Rogers
Sigyn
Mimi Turque
Wendy Waring
13 of these 44 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 31 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Gower Champion
- Choreographer
- Gower Champion
- Producer
- David Merrick
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
13 April: Carnival!, the first show to open with Jerry Orbach in a lead role, premieres at the Imperial Theater. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 26
- In 1961, she enjoyed her longest-running success in the hit Broadway musical Carnival! , which ran for 719 performances and, like The Golden Apple , won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical (of 1960–1961). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 556
- Then Merrick retained his lease on the theater with the next attraction, a transfer of the London success, Oliver! (1/6/63; 774 performances). Lionel Bart’s musical contained several big hit songs, including “As Long as He Needs Me,” “Consider Yourself,” and “Where Is Love?” Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 279
- He created music and lyrics for New Girl in Town (1957), Take Me Along (1959), and Carnival! (1961) Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 258
- In 1961, she enjoyed her longest-running success in the hit Broadway musical Carnival!, which ran for 719 performances and, like The Golden Apple, won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical (of 1960–1961). The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 560
- Tony nominations: Best Direction of a Musical, Carnival!, 1962; Best Direction of a Musical, I Do! I Do!, 1967. The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre 1943 1965 Naden Corinne J Rowman Litt, p. 193
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Carnival! at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.