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Article: 'Caroline, or Change' is quite a challenge
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- May 6, 2008
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CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, Wasatch Theatre Company, Rose Wagner Center,
through May 17 (355-2787), running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes (one
intermission)
It's not your normal piece of theater.
Beginning in the dark, one a cappella voice begins singing, soon
to be accompanied by a two-person band.
"Caroline, or Change," the new musical produced by Wasatch
Theatre Company, which is directed by Jim Martin, opened Thursday
night and it's ... not your average piece of theater.
Set in Louisiana in 1963, Caroline is the black maid of a Jewish
family with 12-year-old Noah, who has lost his mother and leaves
change in his pockets; his dad, who still seems to be mourning the
loss of his wife; and Rose, the ...