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The idea for this post/campaign came to me pretty spur-of-the-moment after I saw it didn't make this year's list -- it didn't even occur to me that if this works, it'll be inaugurated into the Registry RIGHT on the 30th anniversary of the show - and oh, the headlines that would make! "Who's laughing now? 30 years later, Broadway's biggest flop is deemed an important piece of history!" And with that in mind, dear friends, it would also prove without a doubt to Gore, Pitchford and Cohen that th...

emlodik, I agree that a mix 'n' match version would be vastly superior. Don't recall off the top of my head if it was at Stagedoor Manor or Emerson College, but changes were made with one of those unauthorized '90s productions, which absolutely benefited the story. With all the material they have to work with now, some really amazing productions could be mounted if they were allowed to tinker with it. And I think everyone who ever heard it misses "I'm Not Alone" (people still hunt me down to ...

Apologies in advance, cuz I tend to be long-winded – especially when I’m passionate about something. So bear with me here…Following the success of The National Film Registry, in 2002 The Library of Congress set up The National Recording Registry, and each year based on public nominations they select 25 audio recordings to preserve (songs, full albums, live recordings and collections) which are deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” (a vague term intended to be all-inc...

Cohen's book was actually released?! In 2012, it was noted on dozens of websites and the following year it abruptly vanished. Now there are two copies listed for sale on amazon.ca... for $999! And what's up with the other BroadwayWorld thread about it which APPEARS to be there, but when you click it, it's blank? Seriously, what the hell was in that tell-all and who's preventing us from reading it?!

Any E.T.A. on that video, metropolis? I've heard the audio and am looking forward to seeing how it was staged.

I may be jumping the gun a bit here, but... One of the stars of the Stratford/Broadway stagings recently contacted me -- I'm not at liberty to reveal who they are quite yet, but suffice it to say that they had a key role in the play. This person is very interested in seeing a book written that chronicles the behind the scenes story of the musical of 'Carrie' -- and there's a lot of stories still untold. With their enthusiasm, it's highly plausible that a book is gonna happen, and quite possib...

Thanks for the info on Darlene Love's book, sondheimboy2. I'm sorry to hear about the fire... but at least you escaped it. And yes, it's a travesty that Betty didn't snag a nomination. But if I'm remembering this correctly, 'Carrie' debuted a little too late to be nominated for the '88 Tonys and was sort of forgotten by '89 (but don't quote me on that). Although there was a rampant underground interest, it wasn't until '91, when Mandelbaum's book was published, that the play garnered some mor...

Droves of rabid 'Carrie bleeders' have descended upon my site today and I tracked them back to this thread. So, since you're so quick to take the "treat" SweeneyPhanatic linked, I was wondering if some of the more hardcore bleeders could share some information with me... I'm trying to compile sort of a check-list of what's circulating relating to the musical of 'Carrie.' I did a bunch of tedious research a few months ago and discovered quite a bit -- then somebody sent me a pretty comprehensi...