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emotion he is feeling is love. All the same, he treats her with increasing cruelty, but increasing care through his four alter egos. Jacquot sees that the carnival is gaining popularity and predicts that the carnival will soon be "The Grand
Imperial Cirque De Paris." In the morning, Paul watches Marco and Lili almost kiss and stops them. Jealous, Paul is verbally abusive to her while practicing with Lili, correcting her every move and executes a dance step miserably, causing him to fall. He causes Lili to have a breakdown and he kisses her. Lili, shocked, angry and confused about his feelings, decides to leave the carnival as Paul mourns that she will never know his true feelings. Lili still has not put together that the puppets she loves so much and who are nice to her, are in fact the hated Paul ("I Hate Him"/"Her Face" Reprise).
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need to find a meaning for his life ("I've Got to Find a Reason"). Lili happens by at that moment, and Paul dismisses her. Lili tells Paul and a charmed
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process... the underlying theme of child exploitation...with a subtle but present sexual subtext" – before assessing the Paper Mill production as " revival reminds us of the genuine charm of the work and provides several show-stopping numbers for its talented players does little to dispel the shadow that the play casts." Paper Mill had first presented
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them with her. She sees the puppets are trembling, and lifts the puppets off to discover that the puppets have been Paul all along. (In some revised versions, Lili reveals that she always knew that the puppets were Paul.) As Paul angrily confesses his love for her, she begins to understand the kindness in him and together, they follow the carnival.
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As Lili is leaving, she says goodbye to Marco, telling him that she was living a little girl's dream and she must move forward with her life. Marco tries to take her back, but he is impressed with her newfound maturity and lets her go. Carrot Top and
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who has become crippled because of a war injury, is preparing his new act, which is lifeless and uninteresting. The carnival manager B. F. Schlegel, fires him. Jacquot, who is his assistant puppeteer, tells Paul he can smooth things over; but Paul, unhappy with his new life as a cripple, declares his
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to avail herself of a film offer she received four months into the play's run, and when
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was notable for its innovative staging: there was no overture, and before the play commenced the curtain was already raised to put on view a field with a few trees; at the play's beginning actors hauled in wagons and raised a tent as if they were setting up a traveling fair at a new site. Throughout
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as the carnival is being set up ("Opening"). Gradually, the other carnival members arrive and parade their colorful banners and bright costumes ("Direct From Vienna"). Lili, an optimistic orphan, enters the carnival, in hopes of a job ("A Very Nice Man"). But instead, Grobert, the souvenir salesman,
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Broadway. Schlossberg hoped to feature the principal actors from the Encores! concert production in a full-scale rendering of the play, and also hoped that Encores! director Kathleen Marshall and the Jim Henson puppets would come on board for the revival. The announcement also stated that
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observed: "On paper, perhaps, is a lackluster piece. The show contains only one memorable song: 'Love Makes the World Go 'Round', has few production numbers and asks the audience to believe a young woman is so naive she doesn't make the obvious connection between a puppeteer and his puppets. But
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The next day, the circus travels to a new town ("The Grand
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The puppet act becomes a hit as Lili becomes close with the puppets, not realizing what they really are ("Yum Ticky"/"The Rich"/"Love Makes the World Go 'Round" /"Beautiful Candy"). Paul notices that he pays a lot of attention to Lili and curses his obsession with "Her Face", only to realize the
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Marco offers Lili a job in his magic show and an excited Lili takes the role ("Yes, My Heart"). Meanwhile, Jacquot convinces Paul to stay with the carnival because no matter where he goes, he will never be the famous dancer that he once was again. Paul ponders on how miserable he has been since
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overall problematic – "the bleakness of the leading characters -- Lili, a forlorn orphan looking for love in all the wrong places; Marco, a second-rate magician with a
Lothario complex; and Paul, a former dancer, wounded in the war and now forced to perform as a puppeteer and miserable in the
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musical. Helen Deutsch would soon be dropped from Merrick's project, as Merrick was finding the drafts she was submitting unworkable for the stage. Feeling he could get the desired result more expediently working with a writer with stage musical experience, Merrick recruited
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review praised the Encores! concert, describing Hathaway as convincing in the role even though "Lili may be the most unworldly heroine ever in a Broadway musical, dangerously blurring the lines between innocence and mental deficiency". It was announced in January 2004 that
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opening there December 12, 1962 – featured Gower Champion's staging for the Broadway production recreated by Lucia Victor and Doria Avila. James Mitchell reprised his Broadway role as Marco co-starring with Michael Maurel, Shirley Sands, Sally Logan as Lili, Bob Harris and
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Humiliated, she starts to attempt a suicidal jump from the acrobat's ladder, but is stopped by a small redheaded puppet named Carrot Top. Lili meets the three other puppets: Horrible Henry, Marguerite, and Reynardo the Fox. After singing a song to comfort Horrible Henry
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which ran from July 5 to July 22, 2012. The company's artistic director Eric C. Engel directed a cast headlined by Victoria Thornsbury (Lili), Gus Curry (Paul), Daniel Robert Sullivan (Marco) and Shannon Lee Jones (Rosalie).
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as Marco; Broadway cast members James Mitchell and Pierre Olaf were also said to be reprising their stage roles for the film, and Anna Maria Alberghetti did a screen test for the film role of Lili in the spring of 1963.
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tries to sexually assault her. Marco the Magnificent, a handsome magician, enters as Lili escapes from Grobert, and performs a magic trick, which enchants Lili so much that she falls in love with him.
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also played at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco in 1961 starting in late Aprilz It was part of the national tour though shorter than other runs within the California segment of its run.
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would regularly play the role of Lili in the touring company although Anna Maria Alberghetti again assumed the role in the touring company's Los Angeles production which opened at the
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greeted Alberghetti upon her return to the show Merrick presented her with a bouquet of roses variously described as plastic or dead. Gillette's brief stints in the lead of
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as "a ramshackle production of a sentimental movie was saved on Broadway by Gower Champion and adept casting" and opined: "The York Theatre production of
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isn't a natural for wide crossover appeal, but this tasteful, multilayered production does re-enforce the view that it is still a gem to be valued."
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would credit its book to "Michael Stewart based on material by Helen Deutsch".) A month after Stewart submitted his first draft for
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in June 1962. Also both Anna Maria Alberghetti and Jerry Orbach would reprise their Broadway roles in an eight-week engagement of
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Scheuer, Philip K. (Nov 1, 1962). "Champion to Direct 'Daisy,' 'Carnival': Husband Will Star Ginger; 'No Man an Island' Review".
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the play actors entered and exited the stage via the aisles of the theater, where occasional bits of the action were played.
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1965:. Cast Album Database, accessed December 31, 2007
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1582:American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle
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1529:David Merrick: The Abominable Showman
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2169:Prettybelle
2115:Bob Merrill
1912:16 December
1425:Pierre Olaf
1386:Best Author
1178:MGM Records
1170:album chart
941:Karen Mason
846:(Rosalie),
802:Pierre Olaf
796:(Rosalie),
665:(Rosalie),
585:The Firefly
498:Pierre Olaf
448:Productions
140:Bob Merrill
89:Productions
57:Bob Merrill
47:Bob Merrill
2199:Categories
2148:Funny Girl
1639:Miami News
1503:References
1457:Nominated
1444:Nominated
1429:Nominated
1399:Nominated
1380:Nominated
1371:Tony Award
1314:film with
1188:release.)
1153:Recordings
1131:Gloucester
1118:described
1053:Nick Wyman
1017:Jim Stanek
981:archives.
949:John Simon
899:Ross Petty
832:Jim Henson
631:Tony Award
615:understudy
579:Rose-Marie
527:Daily News
492:as Marco,
255:concertina
234:Roy Benson
164:Background
2141:Carnival!
2076:Carnival!
2064:Carnival!
2055:Carnival!
2038:Carnival!
1947:Billboard
1757:"Theater"
1356:Category
1261:Billboard
1233:Billboard
1229:Billboard
1220:Position
1168:Billboard
953:Carnival!
939:(Marco),
842:(Marco),
790:Leon Bibb
782:Carnival!
751:Channel 9
488:as Lili,
263:puppeteer
226:Carnival!
154:Carnival!
78:The film
1962:Carnival
1901:Carnival
1878:Archived
1823:Archived
1803:Archived
1729:Carnival
1666:Archived
1617:, p. 221
1565:Archived
1539:, p. 208
1359:Nominee
1332:Carnival
1312:Carnival
1296:Carnival
1193:Carnival
1184:being a
1174:Carnival
1159:Carnival
1147:Carnival
1135:Carnival
1124:Carnival
1120:Carnival
1108:Carnival
1104:Carnival
1088:Carnival
1070:Carnival
1065:Carnival
1061:Carnival
1045:Carnival
1043:mounted
1029:Carnival
1009:Carnival
998:Carnival
986:Carnival
969:Carnival
965:Carnival
957:Carnival
933:Carnival
922:Carnival
905:for the
903:Carnival
891:Carnival
876:Carnival
871:Carnival
820:Encores!
812:Carnival
806:Carnival
788:(Lili),
766:Carnival
739:Carnival
715:Carnival
711:West End
687:Carnival
679:Carnival
657:(Lili),
651:Carnival
635:Carnival
627:Carnival
623:Carnival
619:Carnival
602:Carnival
590:Carnival
570:Carnival
558:Carnival
546:Carnival
535:Carnival
523:Carnival
518:Carnival
478:Carnival
474:Broadway
466:Carnival
453:Broadway
240:Synopsis
228:—as the
222:Carnival
127:Carnival
113:Encores!
108:West End
94:Broadway
24:Carnival
2041:at the
1885:Variety
1830:Variety
1362:Result
1268:(mono)
1251:Camelot
1116:Variety
1078:Mineola
1025:Variety
858:in his
659:Ed Ames
272:puppets
253:" on a
132:musical
2021:
1613:
1535:
1353:Award
1217:Chart
613:, the
531:Mirror
439:
399:Act II
103:Sydney
84:(1953)
53:Lyrics
2176:Sugar
1367:1962
1350:Year
1225:1961
1214:Year
605:in a
341:Act I
331:Songs
286:Act 2
245:Act 1
130:is a
116:2007
111:2002
106:1963
101:1962
92:1961
75:Basis
43:Music
2019:ISBN
1914:2021
1611:ISBN
1533:ISBN
1496:Won
1483:Won
1470:Won
1414:Won
1393:and
1304:Lili
1298:for
1182:Lili
1129:The
1039:The
709:The
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550:Lili
504:and
230:Lili
213:Lili
196:Lili
188:Lili
175:Lili
145:Lili
81:Lili
64:Book
1300:MGM
1263:200
1197:EMI
1094:in
992:in
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278:("
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