Carmen Jones

JUNE 9 – AUGUST 19, 2018

“Glorious. Breathlessly seductive. John Doyle’s transformative revival is sublime. Electrically choreographed by Bill T. Jones. Freshly orchestrated by Joseph Joubert. Clifton Duncan has a tenor that reminds you sex starts in the vocal chords. Booming David Aron Damane. Notably heartfelt Lindsay Roberts. Marvelous Soara-Joye Ross. The entire cast is first rate.”
– Ben Brantley, New York Times

CARMEN JONES

June 9 – August 19, 2018
at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater
BOOK AND LYRICS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
BASED ON HENRI MEILHAC AND LUDOVIC HALÉVY’S ADAPTATION OF PROSPER MÉRIMÉE’S CARMEN
MUSIC BY GEORGES BIZET
CHOREOGRAPHED BY BILL T. JONES
DIRECTED BY JOHN DOYLE

As the Second World War rages, parachute maker Carmen Jones wages her own quarrel involving an airman and a boxer. Using the score from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen, this adaptation by Oscar Hammerstein II resets the story with an all African-American cast, and is the first major New York revival since its debut on Broadway 75 years ago.

Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, or Change; A Raisin in the Sun; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) played the title role in this production directed by CSC Artistic Director John Doyle (The Color Purple) and choreographed by Bill T. Jones (Fela!)

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CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM

David Aron Damane

Erica Dorfler

Clifton Duncan

Andrea Sojola-Jones

Justin Keyes

Lindsay Roberts

Anika Noni Rose

Soara-Joye Ross

Lawrence E. Street

Tramell Tillman

Scott Park, Scenic Design
Ann Hould-Ward, Costume Designer
Adam Honoré, Lighting Designer
Dan Moses Schreier, Sound Designer
Mia Neal, Wig & Hair Designer
Joseph Joubert, Music Supervisor/Orchestrator
Shelton Becton, Music Director

Telsey + Company, Casting
Bernita Robinson, Production Stage Manager