Tony winner Anika Noni Rose makes a dazzling return to the New York musical stage in John Doyle's revival of 'Carmen Jones,' the 1940s update by Oscar Hammerstein II of Georges Bizet's opera. By David ...

CARMEN JONES is a thought-provoking adaptation of the beloved opera, CARMEN, by Geogres Bizet with new lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The classic story of the bewitching Carmen is reset in a ...

Tony winner Anika Noni Rose will return to the stage this spring in a new production of Carmen Jones, a 1943 musical featuring book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Georges Bizet. Tony ...

“Carmen Jones” hasn’t been seen on Broadway since the 1940s despite the excellent 1954 film version starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. It’s dearth of Broadway revivals could stem from the ...

Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC) presents “Carmen Jones,” the first show of its 2022-23 season; with preview at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 and opening at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. The show runs through ...

2 Which Pre-Broadway Tryout Theater Boasts the Most Best Musical Tony Award Winners? But "Carmen Jones" may be his most unexpected act of reclamation. In this version at Classic Stage, where the ...

“The most obvious difference is that it’s an all-Black cast,” says Fredericka Meek, who plays Carmen in the upcoming Ensemble Theatre Company production. “Carmen is a young woman who loves love. She ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X It’s America in the 1940s, and World War II is still raging. Carmen Jones has started a fight in ...

Musically speaking, Bizet’s powerful melodies drive the emotionality of this piece. The vocals are rich and sustaining, especially Joe’s (Chauncey Packer) powerful, final moments of crazed obsession ...

For the reader who wants to know from a review only if the film is worth seeing, Carmen Jones presents no problem: see the picture. It is an experiment and it is largely unsuccessful. But even its ...