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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In this still-young Broadway season already boasting a remarkable line-up of new productions that, regardless of box office sales or seats filled, is a small miracle, the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Caroline, Or Change places itself squarely at the forefront of the best in culture this city has to offer. Directed by Michael Longhurst with intensity and sensitivity, and performed by a cast that seems to have made a pact to sustain itself at the towering heights achieved early and unfailingly by its mighty star Sharon D Clarke, this Caroline, Or Change is a hurricane wind unleashed on decrepit legacies and newfound cautions.
But stripping away any element of this far-seeing and fiercely imaginative show might compromise the whole. In any case it has become a landmark of musical theater in the 21st century. Still, for this viewer, it is the unblinking yet compassionate portrait of the title character that lifts the show into the sublime, and Clarke's performance - much like Tonya Pinkins's in the original production - is the driving force behind its moments of transcendence.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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