Caroline or Change or Girl from North Country?- Page 2

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 11/6/21 at 11:11pm

Lavieboheme3090 said: "I understand what an opinion is.
You’re opinion in the case, is the wrong opinion."

That shows how rude, stubborn and immature some people on this board are. I am very opinionated, but I would never tell anyone else that their opinion is wrong just because I don't agree, it's an "opinion" and it's not wrong or right. *eye roll*

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/7/21 at 12:18am

Yup. The three Caroline snobs in this thread are defensive and always rude when defending this musical. Based on some people's view of this show, I thought it was going to be the next coming of Christ or something. It was slow with a few vocal highlights. Like, that's why it bombed all over the world. My neighbor left at intermission, my other neighbor was asleep by the end of it. But, these people cannot handle ANY criticism about it. It's pretty sad if you think about it. Like, a different opinion is WRONG because it's SO GOOD.

No. It's not. I said what I said. It's my opinion and it's not a joke or a punchline. Period. 

Updated On: 11/7/21 at 12:18 AM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/7/21 at 1:57am

[ArtMan]

Posted: 11/7/21 at 7:04am

I don't get the love either.  I loved Sharon and whenever she sang it was electrifying .  I really enjoyed  the singing/songs of the "radio".   (Didn't have an issue with their costumes).  However, there were times that I was bored during the show.  I also had trouble hearing the lyrics and the leg room was awful even in JJ.  I had an aisle seat but a heifer moved down in front of me and took that aisle seat which forced me to move one seat over.  Between the leg room and the mask, at times I was uncomfortable.  Maybe this contributed to my lack of enjoyment.  Chip Zien,  who I normally really like, was a weakness to me in this.  Overall I didn't hate it, but would give it a B-.  

[kwoc91]

Posted: 11/7/21 at 7:04am

I think these are my two favorite musicals currently running on Broadway so IMO you can't go wrong with either! 

But neither of them are going to be your straightforward flashy musical Broadway fare...which is why I love them both so much, and why general audience reception tends to be more mixed.

CAROLINE is very operatic in its scoring, so if the sound isn't firing on all cylinders then it can be a very frustrating experience. The first time I saw it I couldn't hear much of anything, but the second time it was much better. You need to be able to hear every word that's being sung. They don't have subtitles like they do at the opera! 

(I saw PORGY AND BESS at the Met yesterday, so my brain is fully in opera mode)

 

 

 

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 11/7/21 at 12:09pm

kwoc91 said: "CAROLINE is very operatic in its scoring, so if the sound isn't firing on all cylinders then it can be a very frustrating experience. The first time I saw it I couldn't hear much of anything, but the second time it was much better. You need to be able to hear every word that's being sung. They don't have subtitles like they do at the opera!

(I saw PORGY AND BESS at the Met yesterday, so my brain is fully in opera mode)"

I had this thought after reading a comment in the Diana thread about people watching the Netflix version to see the subtitles... Would it be possible to have personal devices like those attached to the seats at the Met for audience members who are hard of hearing or even translated dialogue/lyrics for audience members who aren't as comfortable with English? It doesn't seem like an especially high tech way to make theater more accessible (outside of special performances) but maybe I'm missing something.  

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/7/21 at 12:23pm

That's interesting, several people commenting on the sound issues with Caroline. I noticed it myself as well. 

so if the sound isn't firing on all cylinders then it can be a very frustrating experience.

Agree. Great comment.