Caroline Question
Caroline Question
#0Caroline Question
Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:14pmIm listening to it now and im wondering if anyone knows y it closed.
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#1re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:18pm
Hah,
I am reading this play right now, because I have a quiz tomorrow on it.
Akiva
#2re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:20pmCaroline is an incredibly challenging piece of musical theatre but is also incredibly fulfilling. The show is about people, it is about the characters, it is not about stand alone solos (though it isn't opposed to them) it is about, simply put, change. Broadway right now is in its pendulum swing where it favors commercialism over experiment theatricality, it isn't necessarily good or bad, it's just the wrong time for Caroline. This show will prove to be one of the new milleniums best.
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#3re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:20pmIts an incredible show, i dont see y its life on broadway was so short.
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#4re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:24pmMixed reviews + only one Tony win + an ineffective marketing campaign + a show too challenging for mainstream tastes = a limited run.
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#5re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:46pmI heard it was forced out. Anyways, why didn't this show tour? Would it not have translated well to touring audiences?
#6re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:51pmIt did tour. Most of the Broadway cast was in it. In fact, I think Dottie and the little boy were the only characters that were re-cast for the tour. I saw it when it came to LA and it was amazing. Would go back in a flash if it came back to LA.
exedore
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/05
#7re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/2/05 at 11:59pm
Caroline would be hard to tour because of the need for child actors. Anytime you have kids on the road you need tutors and parents and a whole mess of expenses *or* you need to have local kids filling in, which in actual roles (such as Noah) is a big risk to take.
That said, Caroline has a solid future ahead in regional and amateur, starting with its May run in DC.
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#8re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/3/05 at 12:04amWell said margo, covered all the areas. Caroline....so beautiful and one of the most fulfilling recordings ever I must add. Makes me upset knowing its not there anymore....until I remember sweeneys there!
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#9re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/3/05 at 12:29am
"Caroline would be hard to tour because of the need for child actors. Anytime you have kids on the road you need tutors and parents and a whole mess of expenses *or* you need to have local kids filling in, which in actual roles (such as Noah) is a big risk to take. "
"Les Mis" managed just fine. Ragtime and Showboat also managed just fine. The show didn't really tour. If I recall, the show closed at the time a hole appeared in the schedule at the Ahmanson in LA, and it was determined to go ahead and bring it in. It moved to SF just to keep it going. But technically it wasn't really a tour.
Updated On: 10/3/05 at 12:29 AM
#10re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/3/05 at 1:02amIt got wonderful reviews in San Fransisco, I heard. I wonder why they were so much better than in New York. (I loved the show.)
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BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#11re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/3/05 at 1:04am
My director loved this show - so we talked about it.
It is brilliant - and I wish I wasn't turned off so much by it when it was on Bway.
I didn't know Tesori did the music for the Twelfth Night - I love the CD.
#12re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/4/05 at 11:59am
I just read that they are thinking of getting the original cast together for a benefit concert. Nothing concrete. I think it is just an idea at this point.
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Updated On: 10/4/05 at 11:59 AM
#13re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/4/05 at 12:08pmIt's such an intelligent show, but BWAY goers love commericial.
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Tir Na Nog
Stand-by Joined: 3/31/05
#14re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/4/05 at 12:32pm"Caroline or Change" was one of the best nights I have ever had in the theater. Saw the show 7 times here in New York and once in LA. Anika Noni Rose gave one of the finest performances in years and Tonya Pinkins was robbed of that Tony!!
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#15re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/4/05 at 12:34pmSing it!
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#16re: Caroline Question
Posted: 10/4/05 at 2:19pmFor those of you in the Boston area, "Caroline, or Change" is also being produced by the SpeakEasy Stage Company in Boston in the Spring!
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