"There are moments in the history of theatre when stagecraft
takes a new turn. I like to think that this happened for the
American musical last week, when Tony Kushner's "Caroline, or
Change" (at the Public), a collaboration with composer Jeanine
Tesori and the director George C. Wolfe, bushwhacked a path beyond
the narrative end of the deconstructed, overfreighted musicals of
the past thirty years."--John Lahr, "The New Yorker"
Louisiana, 1963: A nation reeling from the burgeoning Civil
Rights Movement and the Kennedy assassination. Caroline, a black
maid, and Noah, the son of the Jewish family she works for,
struggle to find an identity for their friendship. Through their
intimate story, this beautiful new musical portrays the changing
rhythms of a nation. Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori have
created a story that addresses contemporary questions of culture,
community, race and class through the lens and musical pulse of the
1960s.
Tony Kushner is best known for the two-part masterwork, "Angels
in America," recently produced by HBO as a six-hour television
event, directed by Mike Nichols to universal acclaim. His other
plays include "Homebody/Kabul," "A Bright Room Called Day" and
"Slavs "; as well as adaptations of Corneille's "The Illusion,"
Ansky's "The Dybbuk," Brecht's "The Good Person of Szechuan" and
Goethe's "Stella." Current projects include: "Henry Box Brown or
The Mirror of Slavery" and "St. Cecilia or The Power of Music." He
recently collaborated with Maurice Sendak on an American version of
the children's opera, "Brundibar." He grew up in Lake Charles,
Louisiana, and he lives in New York.
Jeanine Tesori wrote the score for "Thoroughly Modern Millie,"
which won the 2002 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical and
the multiple-award-winning "Violet."
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