Caroline, or Change (Broadway musical)
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"Caroline, or Change" is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori that blends blues, Motown, klezmer, and traditional musical theater to explore race, class, and change in 1960s Louisiana through the story of an African American maid.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caroline, or Change | 6 |
| Caroline, or Change (Broadway production) | 1 |
| Caroline, or Change (Off-Broadway production) | 1 |
| Caroline, or Change (stage production) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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stage musical ⓘ |
| award | Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardWinner | Anika Noni Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookBy | Tony Kushner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayRevivalYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| broadwayTheatre | Eugene O’Neill Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayTransferYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| composer | Jeanine Tesori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| lyricist | Tony Kushner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Caroline Thibodeaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
Motown
NERFINISHED
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blues ⓘ klezmer ⓘ traditional musical theatre ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jeanine Tesori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
NERFINISHED
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Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Emmie Thibodeaux
NERFINISHED
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Noah Gellman NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Stopnick Gellman NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Gellman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dryer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Radio ⓘ The Washing Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalOffBroadwayTheatre | The Public Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | The Public Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| protagonistEmployerFamilyName | Gellman family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | African American maid ⓘ |
| revivalProduction | 2017 Chichester Festival Theatre production ⓘ |
| revivalTransfer | West End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | Lake Charles, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod |
1960s
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1963 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
African American domestic workers in the American South
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Jewish American family life in the 1960s ⓘ |
| theme |
civil rights movement
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class ⓘ race ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| westEndTheatre | Playhouse Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Caroline, or Change (stage production)
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Caroline, or Change
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