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    T. Mychael Rambo’s spin on 'Caroline, or Change'

    By Casey Selix | Published Sun, May 24 2009 3:23 pm

    Doing my laundry probably won’t be the same old drudgery since seeing a washer and dryer come alive in "Caroline, or Change," now on stage at the Guthrie Theater.

    The Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori musical is receiving much-deserved rave reviews for the powerful message, music, outstanding performers and props. Greta Oglesby, who plays the maid Caroline, is being singled out for the performance of a lifetime.

    The only thing I would add to the praise already showered on the production is that doing laundry might become a lot more entertaining after seeing this personification of a dryer.

    The multi-talented T. Mychael Rambo plays The Dryer, a lusty character who lurks in a steamy contraption and in Caroline’s imagination (and maybe mine).

    When 8-year-old Noah asks Caroline if God made The Dryer, it’s no wonder she replies, "No, the devil made The Dryer."

    Rambo/Dryer definitely is devilish as he struts around in his red-and-black-striped trousers and red muscle shirt. And he sings! The Dryer doesn’t buzz annoyingly every 15 minutes when his job is done.

    If only The Dryer would fold the laundry ...

    "Caroline, or Change" runs through June 21 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Details here.

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