Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
#2re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 7:09pmI can honestly say that I was not expecting this. Hopefully a new score will come out of it.
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#2re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 7:10pm..does this mean they are considering reviving it?
"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#3re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
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.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#4re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 7:12pmIt 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.
#5re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
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.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Updated On: 10/17/09 at 07:26 PM
#6re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 8:10pmYay! I hope they don't change too much. I like the majority of the songs.
#7re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 8:13pmNow that I am listening to them, the songs are pretty creepy. I like it. They are SOOO 80's though.
sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#8re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 8:30pmI 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.
#9re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 8:33pm
Cast Album!PLease.
(I mean, if a revival were to take place).
"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
Updated On: 10/17/09 at 08:33 PM
dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#10re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
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
#11re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 9:39pmI think that Beth Leavel would be a great Margaret White.
#12re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 9:46pmNo way. Alice Ripley!
#13re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 9:50pm
She would be great!
Jenn Damiano as Carrie.
Patti LuPone as Miss Gardner.
#14re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:07pm
Is it possible to purchase the OBC recording anywhere? I don't mean anything illegal,
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Updated On: 10/17/09 at 10:07 PM
#15re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:09pmOne does not exist. Only a soundboard bootleg which you can download on the website, but it's missing some tracks for some reason.
#16re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
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.
#17re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
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.
#18re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:24pmIs there only video of act 1 for the Broadway production?
#19re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:36pmI 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.
#20re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:38pmI've got Stratford I was just wondering how different their Destruction was.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#21re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:45pmMay I be the first to say that if this happens, Linzi Hateley should return to Broadway as Margaret White.
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#22re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
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.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Updated On: 10/17/09 at 10:47 PM
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#23re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
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.
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#24re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Posted: 10/17/09 at 10:54pmI know that during "Eve Was Weak" that once Margaret forces Carrie in the cellar the curtains(I think they were curtains) burst into flames.
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