In Rehearsal: NY Philharmonic's "Carousel" Starring Kelli O'Hara and Nathan Gunn

www.playbill.co... The New York Philharmonic's Feb. 27-March 2 concert staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel" opened its rehearsal room doors to the press recently. Stars Kelli O'Hara, Nathan Gunn, Jessie Mueller and Stephanie Blythe (guided by director John Rando and choreographer Warren Carlyle) ran through two of the show's most beloved tunes "If I Loved You" and "June is Bustin' Out All Over." O'Hara chatted with Playbill about how the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein have touched her career.

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Nathan Gunn is an excellent Billy Bigelow. What an amazing voice.

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I did this show with Young Stars Theater Company and it has turned out to be one of my favorite shows.

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Kelli O'Hara is great casting for this.

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"If you packed all your brains in a butterfly's head, it'd still have room to raAAATTLE!"

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"If you packed all your brains in a polywog's head he'd never even grow to be a frog !"