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I got a phone call saying Rob Ashford was doing Carousel at the Lyric Opera and it’s the 70th anniversary of Carousel and I said, “That’s all I need to know.” It’s a bucket-list role for me, and the show is a masterpiece.īilly Bigelow is a role on a lot of actors’ bucket lists. After doing Far from Heaven at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, then Playwrights Horizons and The Bridges of Madison County at Williamstown and Broadway, the actor, known onscreen for “Rescue Me,” is back balladeering as Billy Bigelow in Rob Ashford’s production of Carousel at the Lyric Opera in Chicago (April 10–May 3). Once Steven Pasquale decided to make the foray back into musical theatre, after years doing dramatic roles on stage and TV, it didn’t take long for producers to snatch up the dulcet-throated tenor.