Book and lyrics by Tony Kushner Music by Jeanine Tesori Directed by Michael Longhurst Starring Sharon D. Clarke. CAROLINE, OR CHANGE is set in Lake Charles, Louisiana: the end of 1963. 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. JUL 05 – JUL 22 BOOK AND LYRICS BY TONY KUSHNER MUSIC BY JEANINE TESORI DIRECTOR ROBERT BARRY FLEMING. Change come fast and change come slow. -Charles Isherwood, Variety "Thrilling. (Vocal Selections). CAROLINE, OR CHANGE. The Gellman’s maid Caroline, a single mother of four, shares a special bond with eight-year old Noah, who is heartbroken after the death of his mother and his father’s remarriage. The president has just been shot and a fight for racial justice is sweeping the nation. Caroline, or Change is a playful, funny, and deeply moving portrait of America on the cusp of momentous social change, with all of its rage, joy, hope, and pain. The president is dead and America is on the verge of one of the greatest social movements of the 20th Century. CAROLINE, OR CHANGE. Caroline, or Change is one of the most gloriously disruptive, completely distinctive musicals of the past 20 years. "Caroline is a breakthrough--a story so grounded in the ordinary details of life that it almost seems to have discovered a new genre." Caroline, Or Change soundtrack from 2004, composed by Tony Kushner, Jeanine Tesori. Caroline struggles with changes monumental and mundane, and her relationship with the young, grieving boy who lives in the house she cleans. Caroline, loath to take money from a child, nevertheless needs to provide for her family, including the headstrong, rebellious, and hopeful Emmie. After sold-out seasons at the Hampstead Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre, Michael Longhurst’s production of Olivier Award-winning musical Caroline, or Change transfers to the West End. And lest you think Caroline is the kind of musical that's good for you in a spinach kind of way, this two-CD set demonstrates that the show's also terrifically fun. Featuring a virtuosic score by Jeanine Tesori (Shrek The Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie) it blends blues, gospel and traditional Jewish melodies, creating a breathtaking medium for Kushner's provocative and personal story. Caroline, or Change is a work, an autobiographical work from Tony Kushner. The British singer and actress will soon make her Broadway debut in Caroline, or Change, Tony Kushner’s electric musical drama of race, motherhood, and the politics of who does your laundry. Sharon D. Clarke in ‘Caroline, or Change.’ (Photographed by Marc Brenner) Sharon D. Clarke is enjoying the ride of a lifetime in Michael Longhurst’s revival of “Caroline, or Change.” The show was a smash at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2017, then it played to adoring Hampstead Theatre audiences and in the West End in 2018, and now it starts performances on Broadway on March 13. -Richard Zoglin, Time "Acute, smart and witty: a telling snapshot focusing with sharp clarity on characters captured at a fraught turning point in history--a culture's and a family's." Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's "Caroline, or Change" is a challenging, genre-blending fusion of musical, straight play and opera, building on the Gershwin/Hayward fusion of blues, jazz, opera and Jewish influence that created "Porgy and Bess" and taking it much farther. A virtuosic score blends blues, gospel and traditional Jewish klezmer music, to tell the story of the Gellman family and their African-American maid, Caroline, a hard-working single mother of four. His landmark play "Angels in America" and most recent play, "Homebody/Kabul," are equally intellectually expansive works. Moonbox Productions’ season continues in the spring, April 20 th to May 11 th , at the Boston Center for the Arts Wimberly Theatre with an all new production of the Tony and Olivier Award winning musical, Caroline, or Change, by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori. Caroline, Or Change Sheet Music by Jeanine Tesori on a free trial. Set against the dramatic backdrop of political and social change in 1963 Louisiana, this TONY-nominated musical is riveting, moving, and awe inspiring. Caroline, or Change; Trouble in Mind...what the end will be; Exception to the Rule; 1776; Birthday Candles; The Wanderers; English; The Refocus Project; Rachel; Home; I … Caroline, or Change. 14 vocal selections from the Tony Award-winning musical about the … Caroline, or Change takes place in the mid 1960’s in Lake Charles, Louisiana and follows an African-American laundry maid Caroline Thibodeaux, who has just left her abusive husband as her mother is dying of cancer.Caroline works for the Gellman family, who are a well-to-do Southern Baptist family who have their own family struggles that come to light in the show. Simple and profound, ravishing and revolutionary.”- … Caroline, Or Change - West End. Click Here to buy Caroline, or Change … He is famous for Angels in America (1993). Caroline, or Change will now open at Studio 54 in fall 2021. Book and Lyrics by Tony Kushner / Score by Jeanine Tesori. Generally speaking, two maxims guide my theatergoing life: will travel for Sondheim, and nothing stands in the way of “Caroline, or Change”. Don’t miss the extraordinary and joyously original CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, as the five-star, Olivier award-winning musical transfers to … Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Kennedy assassination and the Civil Rights Movement, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE uses fantasy and reality to explore a story about ordinary people facing extraordinary change. Upon entering the Aurora Fox Arts Center, a mood is set as the silhouette of a living room surrounded by draped Louisiana bald cypress trees glow from an eerie, backlit moonlight. CAROLINE, OR CHANGE is set in Louisiana, 1963. Caroline Thibodeaux is a mother of four and a maid, working for the southern Jewish Gellman family. Stream songs including "16 Feet Beneath the Sea", "The Radio" and more. Caroline, or Change Overview - The BEST Broadway source for Caroline, or Change tickets and Caroline, or Change information, photos and videos. Running time: 2 hours and 35 minutes including an interval £10 - £37 (See ticket information). It’s almost as if the air thickens with humidity as the audience saunters to their seats, taking in the pace of the Deep South.… Listen to Caroline, or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) by Caroline, or Change on Apple Music. Caroline, or Change Tony Kushner's vision tends toward the epic. From the quarters in the bleach cup to the protests in the streets, change is coming for Caroline, whether she wants it or not. CAROLINE, OR CHANGE . Read unlimited* books and audiobooks, and sheet music on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. He wanted to write about race relations, the civil rights movement, and African Americans and southern Jews in the early 1960’s. It’s 1963 in Louisiana, and for Caroline Thibodeaux the world is changing too fast. Benefits and Galas Watch Caroline, or Change Cast, Including Sharon D. Clarke, on Stars in the House Live Stream. Following sold-out runs in Chichester and at the Hampstead Theatre, the brilliant Sharon D Clarke reprised her role in Tony Kushner’s ‘modern masterpiece’, Caroline, or Change.. Based loosely on Kushner’s life, Caroline, or Change is set in Louisiana in the 1960s where Noah is struggling with the death of his mother, and his father’s remarriage to her best friend. Caroline, or Change (Original, Musical, Drama, Broadway) opened in New York City May 2, 2004 and played through Aug 29, 2004. Released by Hollywood Records in 2004 containing music from Caroline, or Change (2004). That old copper statue by the Courthouse downtown, honouring the dead Confederate soldier, ain’t there no more… In Caroline, or Change, Kushner and Tesori give us heart aplenty.” –Peter Marks, Washington Post “A high point in my theater-going experience. 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