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

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

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 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.