CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
chicagotheater
Swing Joined: 4/15/10
#1CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
Posted: 9/25/12 at 11:19amIF ANYONE IS GOING TO THE CD SIGNING OF CARRIE THE MUSICAL AT BN TODAY AND GETS AN EXTRA COPY SIGNED I WILL PAY YOU NICELY FOR IT PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME I LOVE THIS BOOK MOVIE MUSICAL EVERYTHING ABOUT IT
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Posted: 9/25/12 at 6:39pmIt was a good event today. It was nice to see pretty much the entire cast back together. My only thing is I wish Marin would have sung "THE SONG", but other than that, it was a lot of fun.
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Posted: 9/25/12 at 6:42pmBut Jordan, DID YOU GET THE OP AN EXTRA COPY?!?!
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
#3CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
Posted: 9/25/12 at 6:55pmNo. Just one for me and one for my cousin. But if the price is right, my cousin don't need to know...
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Posted: 9/25/12 at 6:56pmWhat song did Marin sing?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
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Posted: 9/26/12 at 4:48pm
Love this photo of Marin
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#8CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
Posted: 9/26/12 at 5:25pm
Is he wearing a wig???
Updated On: 9/26/12 at 05:25 PM
#9CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
Posted: 9/26/12 at 5:37pmI would never recommend anything from Stephen King because he hates the New York Yankees.
#10CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
Posted: 9/26/12 at 5:47pmJust like you hate anyone that isn't white, Jim Colyer, White Supremacist.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#11CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
Posted: 9/26/12 at 5:57pmDid the Creatives have any sort of Q&A? Curious if they got asked any awkward questions about the Terry Hands version.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#14CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
Posted: 9/27/12 at 12:10am
^Likewise.
A few months back Frank Wildhorn was very open about the not-so-great experience he had with the team DRACULA worked with. But I guess Carrie is in a totally different ballpark with that one.
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Posted: 9/27/12 at 12:17amThe creators have been open about it. At the Carrie preview-night-thing last August, the creative team shamelessly scapegoated all of the shows problems on Terry Hands.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
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Posted: 9/27/12 at 12:17amThose guys were SO nice at the table and weren't afraid to talk to me about the original. I don't think they would have minded a Q&A at all, but the event wasn't set up that way. It was set up as a performance/cd signing. Plus that would have made the event go on for longer than I'm sure they wanted it to. But either way, it was still a very fun and supportive crowd.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#17CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
Posted: 9/27/12 at 12:23am
^ The DRACULA signing had performances too, lasted about 30-40 mins.
Now that they have the new production they've been more open about... but I think they got off easy scapegoating Terry Hands all these years. Did he make plenty of those terrible decisions? Yes... But he had nothing to do with such terrible clunkers as "Don't Waste the Moon," "Dream On," "Out of Blood," "It Hurts to Be Strong," etc.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#20CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
Posted: 9/27/12 at 12:46am
They're still pretending it was good.
A smart, funny, capable director who isn't terrified of genre storytelling really needs to take a stab at this.
Updated On: 9/27/12 at 12:46 AM
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Posted: 9/27/12 at 12:50amLook, I'm no CARRIE fanatic (It'll never be a great show) but let's be honest, it's a masterpiece compared to other things like BKLYN. There have been worse shows than CARRIE before and after it.
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Posted: 9/27/12 at 12:52am^And this production was an improvement, in my opinion. I don't think there's anyone to "blame" this time around. It wasn't perfect, but what show is?
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#24CARRIE THE MUSICAL CD SIGNING TODAY
Posted: 9/27/12 at 12:56am
This production was definitely an improvement, but a total bore.
Listening to all the old interviews from Linzi Hateley and Sally Ann Triplet make me realize though that these creatives WANTED a far, far less literal approach and more about the emotion (of course they were terrified of the laughs I'm sure from the 80s still!), particular with the ridiculous red light instead of literal blood at the climatic scene.