Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL

[Rob]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 7:04pm

Click Here to Read Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 7:09pm

I can honestly say that I was not expecting this. Hopefully a new score will come out of it.

[Parks]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 7:10pm

..does this mean they are considering reviving it?

[blaxx]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 7:11pm

I'd think so, especially if Jeffrey Seller is behind it.

I hope for a better book, but not a new score, that was the strongest part.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 7:12pm

It seems odd for the producers to do this while wanting to squash every chance of a regional production by never letting one see the light of day.

[James885]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 7:26pm

Wow, I really was not expecting this. But good for them! I'm glad the creators are finally attempting to make some revisions. I really think the show could work with a much stronger book and if about half the score was re-written. If the reading bodes well, hopefully a full scale revival might actually happen.

Out for Blood should be the first thing to go.

Updated On: 10/17/09 at 07:26 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 8:10pm

Yay! I hope they don't change too much. I like the majority of the songs.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 8:13pm

Now that I am listening to them, the songs are pretty creepy. I like it. They are SOOO 80's though.

[sally1112]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 8:30pm

I just recently read "Not Since Carrie..." and the detailed description in that book made me want to see it so badly. Would have loved to have been there! But I'll settle for a revival.

[binau]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 8:33pm

Cast Album!PLease.

(I mean, if a revival were to take place).

Updated On: 10/17/09 at 08:33 PM

[dg22894]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 9:24pm

Sally 1112: You can watch it here http://www.carriethemusical.com/
there is a little link saying watch carrie

It is interesting. This show needs some cuts

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 9:39pm

I think that Beth Leavel would be a great Margaret White.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 9:46pm

No way. Alice Ripley!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 9:50pm

She would be great!

Jenn Damiano as Carrie.
Patti LuPone as Miss Gardner.

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:07pm

Is it possible to purchase the OBC recording anywhere? I don't mean anything illegal,

Updated On: 10/17/09 at 10:07 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:09pm

One does not exist. Only a soundboard bootleg which you can download on the website, but it's missing some tracks for some reason.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:10pm

There is no OBC recording Jane.

Go to http://www.carriethemusical.com/

Click Audio Recordings & there are like 3 different soundboards you can download.

I just watched 'The Destruction' on Youtube & it was pretty f*cking cool.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:12pm

"I'm Not Alone" is pretty cool too. I don't understand how they could create such a beautiful moment like that and then flake out on the rest of the show.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:24pm

Is there only video of act 1 for the Broadway production?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:36pm

I believe there was a debate on that topic in a thread that got deleted. I don't remember the specifics, but someone claimed that a collector had act two from an alternate source and was not sharing it. Even if that is true the only copy known for sure to exist is only of act one. But, like dg said, you can watch the full London production on the Carrie site.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:38pm

I've got Stratford I was just wondering how different their Destruction was.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:45pm

May I be the first to say that if this happens, Linzi Hateley should return to Broadway as Margaret White.

[James885]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:47pm

Regarding the special effects, I think some of the effects were upped for Broadway. Supposedly that was the main reason why the opening night was pushed back; the show was having massive technical problems. I remember someone saying that during the Broadway Act 1 finale, when Carrie forces Margaret into her chair, the chair was actually supposed to levitate high above the stage, but they couldn't get the effect to work, so it was dropped.

And yes, Linzi Hately should definitely play Margaret if a revival happens.

Updated On: 10/17/09 at 10:47 PM

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:49pm

^I've heard tell that it did rise once. Granted, I've heard so many people say it, that if they had, the show'd still be running.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:54pm

I know that during "Eve Was Weak" that once Margaret forces Carrie in the cellar the curtains(I think they were curtains) burst into flames.