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Caroline, Or Change


Played at

Eugene O'Neill Theater

Awards

Caroline or Change was a 2004 Tony Awards winner

Show Site

was carolineorchange.com

Broadway Musical

Previews  April 12 2004
Opened  May 2 2004
Closed August 29 2004

Run 22 previews | 136 performances

Running Time  2 hr 25 mins | 1 intermission

Tickets  $76 to $101

Prices do not include any taxes, service charges or other charges

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Creative  Tony Kushner book & lyrics | Jeanine Tesori music | Hope Clarke choreographer | George C Wolfe director

Opening Night Cast  Tonya Pinkins | Reathel Bean | Harrison Chad | Tracy Nicole Chapman | David Costabile | Veanne Cox | Aisha de Haas | Marcus Carl Franklin | Marva Hicks | Capathia Jenkins | Larry Keith | Ramona Keller | Alice Playten | Anika Noni Rose | Leon Thomas III | Chandra Wilson | Chuck Cooper

Synopsis Caroline, a black, single mother of 39, is maid to a well-to-do Jewish family in 1963 Louisiana. A life already difficult becomes more so as she faces unsettling changes within her family, the surrounding St Charles area and American society as a whole. The story is shaped by her changing (again) relationship with the son of the family for whom she works

TheaterScene Review

The story, filled with racial and social obstructions, is serious to the point of sadness and rather than warming your heart, grabs it and twists it into a Gordian knot. With that said, it is also filled with greatness...

Visit TheaterScene.net to read Simon Saltzman's complete review of Caroline, or Change

Notes  Just on the strength of the creative team Caroline, Or Change garnered more "move to Broadway" chatter than any show in our recent memory before it opened at the Public Theater. It might have made it sooner, but its OB run was extended through February 1 2004

 

 

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