Happy 20th Anniversary to the Bway Opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Happy 20th Anniversary to the Bway Opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
#1Happy 20th Anniversary to the Bway Opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Posted: 5/2/24 at 12:19pm
Couldn’t let the day go by without acknowledging the 20th anniversary of the greatest musical of the century, so far.
Fordham2015
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/17
#2Happy 20th Anniversary to the Bway Opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Posted: 5/2/24 at 12:25pm
One year for each dollar Noah gets from Mr. Stopnick
#3Happy 20th Anniversary to the Bway Opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Posted: 5/2/24 at 12:29pm
I don’t think I ever really thought about how they opened at this time of year. No wonder they struggled.
I am glad the show has been vindicated by history and that more people got exposed to it from the revival, even if I didn’t like that production much. That original cast album though is perfection, and I’m glad there’s a high quality recording of the whole show floating around. I rewatch it at least once a year. Truly a remarkable production in all regards. Wild to think it was dismissed by many critics. It’s the type of show that now would easily have won Best Musical.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 5/2/24 at 12:29 PM
#4Happy 20th Anniversary to the Bway Opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Posted: 5/2/24 at 12:31pm
And 40 years since Sunday!
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
pair-o-dice
Stand-by Joined: 1/18/05
#5Happy 20th Anniversary to the Bway Opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Posted: 5/2/24 at 1:00pm
...and yet it didn't win best revival during the height of BLM and Sharon's shocking loss to Paradis Square...so, sadly, not convinced it would win today
#6Happy 20th Anniversary to the Bway Opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Posted: 5/2/24 at 1:06pm
pair-o-dice said: "...and yet it didn't win best revival during the height of BLM and Sharon's shocking loss to Paradis Square...so, sadly,not convinced it would win today"
I personally wouldn’t have given either the production or Clarke those wins. I think Caroline is a better show than Company, but that production of Company was fantastic.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 5/2/24 at 01:06 PM
#7Happy 20th Anniversary to the Bway Opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Posted: 5/2/24 at 1:24pm
I knew it wouldn’t win revival but I had this tiny amount of hope the Tony voters would have still awarded it, as an apology for not giving it to the original.
#8Happy 20th Anniversary to the Bway Opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Posted: 5/2/24 at 5:18pm
A true classic and one of my favorite shows of all time. Such a complex and fascinating piece.
