‘Caroline, or Change’ Then and Now, With Anika Noni Rose and Samantha Williams

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Gordon Cox Theater EditorThe first thing audiences see at the new Broadway revival of “Caroline, or Change” is a statue of a Confederate soldier that, early on in the show, gets torn down in an act of protest.

It’s a story element that could have been ripped from today’s headlines — but instead it’s a remarkably prescient detail in a musical that premiered in 2003.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:“There was a foresight in that,” said Anika Noni Rose, the busy actor (“Maid,” “Jingle Jangle,” “The Princess and the Frog”) who won a Tony Award for her performance as Emmie, the title character’s daughter, in the first Broadway run of “Caroline, or Change.” “Statues are coming down!”On the new episode of Stagecraft, Rose talked.