Direct from a smash-hit run on London's West End, this new production of Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and Jeanine Tesori's (Fun Home) explosive musical launches to "the titanic dimensions of greatness" (Ben Brantley, The New York Times). The "incandescent" (Holly Williams, Time Out London) Sharon D Clarke stars in an exhilarating, Olivier Award-winning performance as Caroline, an African-American maid whose world of 1963 Louisiana ripples with change both large and small. Erupting with transcendent songs and larger-than-life imagination, Caroline, or Change explores how, in times of great transformation, even the simplest acts shake the earth.
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But change comes whether you welcome it or not, and my reactions to this production are, I recognize, the luxuries of someone who has seen the show many times before, as not nearly enough people have been able to do. Make no mistake: Caroline, or Change is a masterwork, even in its altered frame. It should be experienced by everyone-and for all the things I might change about this version, I can't wait to see it again.
Some of director Michael Longhurst's ideas pay off (displaying the town's statute of a Confederate soldier both before and after it is vandalized, emphasizing the swampy physical environment, a post-climactic rainfall special effect) and others are awkwardly inserted and strained (having many scenes performed on a narrow balcony level, incorporating a turntable). 'Caroline, or Change' ought to be better appreciated today. Not only have people had more time to absorb its score, its plot (which reflects upon systemic and unconscious racism) speaks directly and powerfully to the current cultural moment.
2002 | Off-Broadway |
Workshop Off-Broadway |
2003 | Off-Broadway |
Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
2004 | Broadway |
Broadway Transfer Broadway |
2004 |
West Coast Tour |
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2006 | Washington, DC (Regional) |
Studio Theatre Revival Washington, DC (Regional) |
2006 | London |
Royal National Theatre Production London |
2018 | West End |
London Revival West End |
2021 | Broadway |
Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway Revival Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sharon D Clarke |
2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Caroline, Or Change |
2022 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Awards | Sharon D Clarke |
2022 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Caroline, Or Change |
2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sharon D Clarke |
2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Caroline, or Change |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Fly Davis |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sharon D Clarke |
2021 | Theatre World Awards | Theatre World Awards | Sharon D Clarke |
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