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This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Composer: Jeanine Tesori. Lyricist: Tony Kushner. More of a pocket opera than a conventional musical, Caroline, or Change is the work of playwright Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori. The plot, which concerns a black maid in a Jewish home in Lake Charles, LA, in the fall of 1963 and her relationship with the family's eight-year-old son who absent-mindedly leaves change in his pockets, might more appropriately have been applied to a short story. But Kushner, who needed two separate, very long plays to encompass his Angels in America, doesn't write miniatures. So, the slight story is made to bear the burden of American race relations and the trauma of the Kennedy assassination. Tesori, who wrote the new songs for the stage production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, sets Kushner's lyrics and dialogue to familiar styles of the period. This is a show in which inanimate objects -- a radio, a washing machine, a dryer, a bus, the moon -- are all alive and singing, and Tesori gives them each a genre. The radio, for example, personified by a female trio, sings in early-'60s girl group style, sometimes recalling Motown Records acts like the Supremes or a Phil Spector creation like the Crystals ("Santa Comin' Caroline," which begins the second act and the second disc, would fit on Spector's A Christmas Gift to You LP). The washing machine sounds like Aretha Franklin, while the devilish dryer is a blues singer in the mold of Bobby "Blue" Bland. Caroline herself, forcefully portrayed by Tonya Pinkins, sings in gospel tones as if channeling Mahalia Jackson. The Jewish family, on the other hand, with father Stuart (David Costabile) fingering the clarinet, is given klezmer music to sing to. Encompassing the entire sung-through show, the two-hour, two-CD cast album reflects the overblown nature of the stage production. There are many moments of lyrical wit and musical enjoyment, but Caroline, or Change is an enormous project built upon a small subject that cannot support its weight. ~ William Ruhlmann Caroline, Or Change Soundtrack Music Caroline, Or Change Soundtrack Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)   staggering... This is a musical of rare quality of intense vocals, compelling lyrics and a heartbreaking story
I found especially Tonya Parkins creation of Caroline to be one the most moving pieces of musical theatre ever.
I strongly recommend this double cd musical for anyone serious about strong performances and a staggering story full of sorrow and beauty.
Submitted by jeconomus (Gurnee, IL, USA)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful.
Caroline surprises As I was listening I was desparing the fact that there were no "take home tunes" This is NOT your typical musical. It is another attempt, and I think a successful one, to stretch the boundaries of Musical Theatre. The score is solid and all of the performances are wonderful. I was left with an overwhelmming emotional satisfaction at the end. This is a carefully crafted musical theatre piece. Maybe short on longer, mores sustained melodic passagtes, but there is melody and some love things are in the show. I hope to see the show in New York this weekend. Submitted by encoreplay (SLC Utah)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Takes no prisoners Listen to this CD with a strong heart, and stay well hydrated. There is almost too much content to absorb. The performance of Cut 20, "Lot's Wife," is such an overwhelming and thrilling experience that even the careful build-up of tension and the musical foundation cannot prepare you for its impact. Pinkins portrays the richness of Caroline's dominance-in-despair with almost unbearable energy. This is a performance not to miss. Submitted by Sim (Washington, DC) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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