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.
Clarke is the worthy star, Caroline the exhausted heroine and Longhurst puts the maid's experience firmly at the center of the stage and the story. By contrast, her Jewish employers are kept so remote and so far upstage most of the time, they're almost outside on 53rd St. In their place at the emotional heart of the piece land the Thibodeaux children, led by Samantha Williams, and Caroline's friend, Dotty (Tamika Lawrence). In the end, the production is clearly saying that Caroline's existential struggles in this riven, deeply unfair America can be rationalized only as a gift to the next Black generation. It's both a clear and a moving point of view.
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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