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It’s time
to PLAY BALL at Carousel in this classic musical, which gets a new Tribe Twist!
Carousel rewrites this “All American” musical based on Middle-aged
baseball fanatic, Joe Boyd, sells his soul to the devil to become a young
baseball player in hopes of leading his hapless home team, the Cleveland Indians,
to an American League pennant victory. Selling his soul and leaving his wife to
be the player his team needs causes Joe do to some serious thinking about his
true desires, which may not be what he thought. Seductress Lola pulls out all
the stops in an attempt to keep Joe from breaking his pact with the Devil
through an escape clause. Originally based on the Washington Senators, Carousel
brings an exciting new twist to this classic musical by teaming up with the
Indians against the team everyone loves to hate… those Damn Yankees! The
show New York Times calls “a mostly breathless recollection of a kind of
sophisticated, slightly bogus Broadway innocence that still charms.” It
is easy to see why it remains one of The
cast features Broadway veterans Jim Corti as Mr. Applegate (the Devil) and
Ashlee Fife as the seductress Lola. An experienced veteran, Jim Corti has appeared on Broadway as Harry
Houdini in the original Broadway cast of Ragtime.
Corti has also appeared in other Broadway productions such as A Chorus Line and Candide, and National Tours of Urinetown, Cabaret and Dancin’. Corti has received All 2008 season tickets
are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.CarouselDinnerTheatre.com
or through the Carousel Box Office at 330.724.9855 or 800.362.4100. ### For additional information contact: SARAH L LANCE |