Today in theatre history: On April 19, 1945, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel premiered on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre ...

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An eccentric British family, including a mother who blows up a fur store to protest cruelty to animals and children who make unusual career choices, is held together by a patient father.

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