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Henry, Jessie Mueller, Renee Fleming, Lindsay Mendez, Alexander Gemignani and Amar Ramasar are all outstanding in director Jack O’Brien and choreographer Justin Peck’s unmissable revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, previewing at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway.

It’s a masterpiece of musical theatre, and O’Brien and Peck have given the story of fairground barker Billy (Henry) and mill worker Julie (Mueller) a spectacular overhaul.

They haven’t shied away from the underlying darkness of domestic violence, yet one leaves the theatre full of hope — and a sense that June is bustin’ out all over. With New York in the throes of a deadly ‘thundersnow’ storm on Wednesday night (when I saw it), that was a welcome feeling indeed.