Anyone else find Caroline, Or Change is overrated?

[Steel Pier Fan]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:43am

I thought it was one of the best shows of the decade because I saw it recently. Then I went to the same local production with an understudy and it sucked. I just think it isn't as good as it is now made out to be.

Updated On: 6/12/11 at 12:43 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:44am

No. It's still the best original musical written in the past 10 years despite you're wanting to sound cool about it.

[Steel Pier Fan]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:45am

Defensive. It's just a show. How am I trying to be cool?

[BwayTday]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:49am

Them fightin' words.

How can you judge a show on a local production? What if the production just sucked?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:51am

Where was this production?

[Steel Pier Fan]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:52am

I saw the local production twice. The first time was good but had a good actress. The second had a bad actress (understudy) and I saw more flaws with it. I didn't like it at all. I just think a show shouldn't rely so much on one performance. Though it has a lovely score.

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:52am

Sorry - it's amazing. If anything it's offensively underrated. Besides for a few people on this board (and I know Jordan and I are among them, there are others too...) few people consider it incredible, or even know about, even people who love theatre. So....no I don't see how that could be anywhere near overrated.

Also - did you see the original broadway production? You also say you saw the show at a regional theatre with an u/s as Caroline (I presume that's what you meant), so I would expect it to be pretty miserable. If I judged musicals by the actual merit of the production of it I saw, The Sound of Music would be the worst musical ever written. (I've only seen a few crappy regional productions, fortunately I have the movie to prove its brilliance)

[Marianne2]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:52am

Okay, you first said you loved it, but now don't because you saw a bad understudy. That is not overrated. That is just not enjoying a performer.

[Steel Pier Fan]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:55am

True. Maybe because of that beautiful performance, I had such high expectations.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:56am

Where was this production?

[Steel Pier Fan]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:57am

Why does it matter?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:57am

Because I'm curious who the cast was.

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:59am

Jordan - good question. I also want to know where this production was. The only regional production I've seen anywhere on the internet is in Dayton, Ohio later this fall. So - either it was very small scale, or well, the production never existed.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 12:59am

Kind of what I'm thinking as well. Would love to be proved wrong.

[Steel Pier Fan]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:03am

When I came down to New York after the tourists left in February 2010 I saw the production in Brooklyn at The Gallery Players.
Updated On: 6/12/11 at 01:03 AM

[Kad]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:04am

You saw it twice on the same trip?

Also- that's not recently, that is over a year ago.

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:05am

From your original post: "because I saw it recently."

Now...you want us to think it was almost a year and a half ago? And you saw it twice? Ok, I'm calling bull****.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:05am

That was a year and a half ago. I thought you said you saw it recently. You also said you saw a local production and in another thread you said you lived out of the country.

[Steel Pier Fan]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:07am

True it isn't recent but Teisha Duncan was so good I saw it twice. Nothing else in New York was new or good.

[Steel Pier Fan]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:08am

I live in Toronto. Not a far trip. Local meaning community production. This isn't small scale but it was small enough.
Updated On: 6/12/11 at 01:08 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:08am

What dates did you see her understudy? Just curious so I can double check with my friend over there.


An about your claim you saw a local production...?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:08am

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:08am

I thought you saw an understudy for Caroline the second time? Please get your story straight.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:10am

I'm guessing SPF is doing some frantic googling right now.
Updated On: 6/12/11 at 01:10 AM

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 1:13am

LOL. I also find it unlikely (though I won't make a bold declaration because I don't know) that Teisha had an understudy go on during a three week limited engagement. It's not unheard of, just seems unlikely. Plus, there are no understudies listed on the cast list.

Updated On: 6/12/11 at 01:13 AM