{"product_id":"9781559366052","title":"Caroline, or Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e“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 \u003ci\u003eCaroline, or Change\u003c\/i\u003e (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, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouisiana, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for the two-part masterwork, \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e, recently produced by HBO as a six-hour television event, directed by Mike Nichols to universal acclaim. His other plays include \u003ci\u003eHomebody\/Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Bright Room Called Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlavs!\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as adaptations of Corneille’s \u003ci\u003eThe Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, Ansky’s \u003ci\u003eThe Dybbuk\u003c\/i\u003e, Brecht’s \u003ci\u003eThe Good Person of Szechuan\u003c\/i\u003e and Goethe’s \u003ci\u003eStella\u003c\/i\u003e. Current projects include: \u003ci\u003eHenry Box Brown or The Mirror of Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSt. Cecilia or The Power of Music\u003c\/i\u003e. He recently collaborated with Maurice Sendak on an American version of the children’s opera, \u003ci\u003eBrundibar\u003c\/i\u003e. He grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and he lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanine Tesori\u003c\/b\u003e wrote the score for \u003ci\u003eThoroughly Modern Millie\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2002 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical and the multiple-award-winning \u003ci\u003eViolet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180611125488,"sku":"9781559366052","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781559366052_p0.jpg?v=1763756867","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781559366052","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}