West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE to transfer; opening at Studio 54 in April- Page 3
West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE to transfer; opening at Studio 54 in April
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#50West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 4:13am
I have no idea what I thought was going to happen. Somehow I was expecting casting that would recapture the magic of the original cast without knowing exactly who I wanted them to cast. But with the announcement of a West End transfer, my interest has plummeted. Will I still see it? 100% But my expectations are so low. Maybe it's just that it's such an American story, I wish it was being led by one of the many amazing American musical theater actresses. Or at least if Cynthia Errivo was involved in some way.
#51West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 9:55am
Incredible news. I hope this time around, CAROLINE gets her due. Can't wait.
Impossible2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/31/18
#52West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 2:50pm
Apparently only Sharon is going over, the rest of the cast will be American I guess x
#53West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 2:52pm
I hope they check the passports and life history of any other actresses because only REAL AMERICANS can play this. #NoDiversity#NoInclusion. Will Sharon agree to give up her UK citizenship and become MERICAN?
"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
C4b2a3b
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/08
#54West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 4:21pm
It's fascinating that the board's detractors of 2019 mirror those of 2004. The tuneless criticism always shocked me. "I Hate the Bus" was on repeat on my giant iPod for many months! Even Mr Stopnick and Rose's songs are somewhat catchy, but I suppose it's all a matter of taste.
People also complained that the songs were too short, but this seemed consistent with the theme that things keep changing. The big numbers 1943, Roosevelt Petrucius, I Got Four Kids, and Lots Wife are all plenty lengthy (and very tuneful!).
I honestly don't remember that people thought this story was anti-Semitic during the original run, but Tony Kushner wrote the book, which of course isn't a fool-proof rebuttal.
One criticism with which I somewhat understood in 2004 was that Caroline's disposition was too gloomy. I remember toward the end of the run, the posters changed from Caroline smoking on a bench (the OBC recording artwork) to one with her hands raised and smiling (which I can't seem to find on Google). Yet, why should Caroline be happy? Emmie and Dotty are perfect contrasts, and her situation is pretty awful. Perhaps there could have been a few more moments like "Gonna Pass Me a Law" or the end of Act 1 where she gives her children each a quarter "Open sesame, tell me what see, something silver...", but I never needed much convincing that she cared deeply for her family.
raddersons
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#55West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 5:40pm
C4b2a3b said: "I remember toward the end of the run, the posters changed from Caroline smoking on a bench(the OBC recording artwork) to one with her hands raised and smiling (which I can't seem to find on Google)."
I feel like this would actually make me crack up considering the content of the show. I hope someone finds it.
#56West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 6:29pm
I do hope they come up with some great artwork for this. It's a great show but a hard one to sell for sure. I loved the original artwork but I can certainly see how it may not have inspired ticket sales.
C4b2a3b
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/08
#57West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 8:21pm
This is credited to BrodyFosse123 and is from CoC's run in LA. I actually had in mind a different artwork by the same artist of the OBC recording, but I think this photo captures the producers' change in marketing strategy. I'm not sure I saw Tonya Pinkins smile like that when I went to see it :)
#58West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 8:58pm
Dolly80 said: "The score is painful on the ears. Tuneless and relentless.
Sharon D Clarke is sensational though and WILL win the Tony."
I too found the score excrutiating when I first experienced the BWAY prodution in'04.
Tonya Pinkins was exceptional yet Anika Noni Rose was the highlight for me!
Sharon D. Clarke is a tour de force from what i've heard!
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#59West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 8:59pm
CATSNYrevival said: "I do hope they come up with some great artwork for this. It's a great show but a hard one to sell for sure. I loved the original artwork but I can certainly see how it may not have inspired ticket sales."
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#60West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 9:11pm
This is the kind of stuff they were using in the West End.
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#61West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/20/19 at 11:10pmI use to go to the library weekly and check this album out. Just an utter masterpiece and soooo excited to see this on stage and see how all the images in my mind play out on stage!!
#62West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/21/19 at 3:01am
Yeah the west end marketing at times did try to make it seem a bit...glamour musical.
Re: the score not being tuneless. I like to separate the characters out - I find it hard to see how someone could say most of Caroline’s and her family’s music is tuneless. Or the inanimate objects. I do find most of the ‘white’ family music tuneless. Especially Rose’s music. But it seems to be kind of the point.
"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
#63West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/21/19 at 9:10am
Y’all, it’s called recit. The “tuneless” conversational parts connecting songs, or connecting arias in opera.
Agree the white characters seem to have less catchy recit, but it’s just recit. There are plenty of songs/arias, though. So like all operatic scores, those are where the melodies are.
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#64West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/21/19 at 9:13am
Cant say that I loved Sharon in We Will Rock You or Ghost vocally, but maybe the third time will be a charm!
#65West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/21/19 at 9:23am
For a while I was really hoping this would transfer. Saw the promo for it and actually got much less excited but was still hoping it would transfer just to see it again. Saw the production they did a PPAS this past Spring and was blown away. The night I saw it Kushner and Tesori were there. Spoke to her after the show and like me, she said she was blown away also. So part of me is like "I am good for now" and don't need to see this production. That may change closer to the time it opens.
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#66West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/21/19 at 9:27am
Missed out on this the first time it played in New York, but I certainly won't this time around.
#67West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/21/19 at 1:35pm
I saw the original production 4 times in 4 months, whereas I almost never see any production more than once. There was so much to take in from one viewing that I wanted to see it again and again. I will definitely take in this production because the show is one of the greats as far as I'm concerned.
#68West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 8/23/19 at 1:49am
Hayes Theatre Sydney is doing a production commencing 23rd August.
Perhaps someone might report.
HennySlay
Understudy Joined: 7/14/17
#69West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 11/27/19 at 9:48pmAnyone hear any rumors about who else will be joining Sharon Clarke?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#70West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 11/27/19 at 10:19pm
That sounds counterintuitive.
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#71West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 11/27/19 at 10:34pm
Tonya Pinkins for the Washing Machine!
#72West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 11/27/19 at 10:45pmThere’s a Toronto production opening end of January. I plan to see it before the Broadway revival.
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#73West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 12/12/19 at 1:59pm
Additional casting announced today and its such a stacked cast.... https://www.broadway.com/buzz/197815/caroline-or-change-revival-adds-caissie-levy-john-cariani-more-to-the-cast/
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#74West End CAROLINE OR CHANGE revival at Roundabout in 2020
Posted: 12/12/19 at 1:59pm
Surprised no one has posted this yet. Thoughts?
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Caissie-Levy-John-Cariani-Chip-Zien-Tamika-Lawrence-More-Join-CAROLINE-OR-CHANGE-on-Broadway-20191212
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