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Article: SPEAKEASY'S `CAROLINE' CAPTIVATES
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 9, 2006
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There aren't any showstopping tunes, bursts of witty rhyming, or
moments of easy uplift, all characteristics associated with great
musical theater. But "Caroline, or Change" is from beginning to end a
masterpiece that earns its status partly by avoiding cliches of the
form, and partly by substituting richer details at every turn.
This story of an 8-year-old Jewish boy, Noah Gellman, growing up
in Louisiana, and his relationship to Caroline, the family's black
maid, is playwright Tony Kush ner's most personal work, and he also
calls it his favorite. Considering that his oeuvre includes "Angels
in America" and "Homebody/Kabul," that's saying something.
While there are elements of Kushner in ...