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Article: Emotional steps in 'Caroline'; Maid, employer's son attempt to break free of pain at Studio.(SHOW)(THEATER)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 26, 2006
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Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A grieving Jewish boy, a crabby black maid, the early days of the civil rights movement not exactly dancing candlesticks and "Hakuna Matata." But then who would expect escapism from serious-minded playwright Tony Kushner of "Angels in America" and "Homebody/Kabul" fame?
True to form, the Pulitzer Prize winner's first musical, "Caroline, or Change," is a mood-struck, highly emotive work with a rueful ending and music by Jeanine Tesori that owes more to tragic opera than musical comedy.
The Studio Theatre plays up the sung-through, chamber opera aspects of the piece in a wonderfully shorn production ...