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Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#125
Posted: 10/21/09 at 8:00pm
I adore both the book and the film, and, obviously, I love musicals... Why it's a good idea for Carrie to sing though, I don't quite comprehend.
I don't know, I've listened to a few songs and I just don't "get" this show. And it is based on one of my favorite books.
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#126
Posted: 10/21/09 at 8:12pm
"Why it's a good idea for Carrie to sing though,"
That could be said about most characters from musicals.
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#127
Posted: 10/21/09 at 10:41pm
"Carrie: The Musical" sounds like a parody of Broadway shows that would be on the Simpsons or Family Guy. I could always be wrong and the show could be a huge success if it were ever revived... But I think that the average tourist is going to laugh at the very title and pass it by, regardless of how solid a new production of it could be.
But again, that's just my opinion. A revival of Carrie might be the next Phantom and run for a bazillion years. Nobody knows.
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#128
Posted: 10/21/09 at 11:34pm
I laughed when I first heard it was going to be a logo. Then I saw the posters spring up all over town and it was so evocative and fantastic and then I went by the theater during load in and then I HAD to see the show and went to the first preview.
So you never know what will make people reconsider their first reactions to the idea.
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#129
Posted: 10/22/09 at 2:51amRumor on ATC is that Marin Mazzie will be playing Margaret in the workshop.
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#130
Posted: 10/22/09 at 10:21am
Why it's a good idea for Carrie to sing though, I don't quite comprehend.
Carrie is a larger-than-life iconic literary character who runs the gamut of psychological and emotional turmoil throughout a classic novel. Personally, I thought musicalizing her was not only a brilliant idea, but logical. Carrie and Margaret are practically operatic in scale.
I've also felt a musical of Misery would be fantastic, but only if it adapts the novel, rather than the screenplay, to inject scenes from Paul's story throughout the show. We can see them come to life as he's writing them or Annie's reading them. It would add more opportunity for musical variety in the score while simultaneously balancing out the relentless inhumane actions of Annie. I wish I were independently wealthy. And a composer. And lyricist.
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Posted: 10/22/09 at 10:32amThe stage play of Misery is very very good
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#132
Posted: 10/22/09 at 10:41amI directed Misery on stage. The play is pretty good, but the opening monologue needs to be cut entirely and the closing should be trimmed. But I loved working on that show and had a fantastic pair of actors.
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#133
Posted: 10/22/09 at 12:55pmI think Carrie would work better as a ballet. She's such a subtle quiet character for much of the piece and I feel like her muted quality would be better suited to dance... Sorta like the Edward Scissorhands ballet from a few years.
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Posted: 10/23/09 at 12:19amSpeaking of Carrie, does anyone know where I can find Clive Barnes' review of the original production? I know he was the sole major critic who liked it and have always wanted to read it. But the Post doesn't seem to have archives of old reviews online like the Times does, and I can't find it anywhere else...
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#135
Posted: 10/23/09 at 8:45am
I used to have that review but can't find in anywhere grrr. It was a very positive review for the show
It also recieved some other positive reviews on Broadway (just not the big ones)
http://www.graiai.com/carrie/broadway/reviews/goodfun.htm
http://www.graiai.com/carrie/broadway/reviews/powerful.htm
Stratford
http://www.graiai.com/carrie/london/reviews/express.htm
http://www.graiai.com/carrie/london/reviews/today.htm
It also got afew others in the UK but you can't get hold of most of the reviews now
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#136
Posted: 10/23/09 at 9:25amMost of the reviews are on http://www.carriethemusical.com .. But I'm not sure if I saw the NYP review..
Broadway Star Joined: 7/28/06
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#137
Posted: 10/23/09 at 6:52pmForgive my not knowing but what does it mean that it's a 29 hour reading? Also is this open to us mortals to see?
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#138
Posted: 10/23/09 at 7:38pmThe New York Times review is on the Carrie website.
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Posted: 10/23/09 at 7:43pmhttp://www.carriethemusical.com/carrieplayer1/reviews/nytimes.html
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#140
Posted: 10/23/09 at 8:45pm
"Forgive my not knowing but what does it mean that it's a 29 hour reading? Also is this open to us mortals to see?"
This means that over the course of two weeks they can use up to 29 hours for both rehearsals and the presentations of the reading. They can present a maximum of three readings and it is for invited audiences only.
Some of the other rules pertaining to the staged readings:
-no sets, props, wigs, make-up or costumes
-book in hand, no memorization, minimal staging and no choreography
-no advertising or reviews
-no admission can be charged
-no televising, broadcasting, visual and/or sound recording, motion picture filming or videotaping, in whole or in part
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#141
Posted: 10/23/09 at 10:02pmI think they meant the Post review which gave them a rave
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#142
Posted: 10/24/09 at 11:26amMatt Doyle should play the boy friend
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#143
Posted: 10/24/09 at 2:21pmWait what? This will be a revival? Why on Earth would they have turned it into a musical in the first place? Dumbest idea I've heard since, I don't know, Spiderman
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#144
Posted: 10/24/09 at 3:20pmYour chronology is out of order.
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#145
Posted: 10/24/09 at 3:33pmTe he.
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re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#146
Posted: 10/24/09 at 5:53pm
Rumor on ATC is that Marin Mazzie will be playing Margaret in the workshop.
Ugh, that's not very good. Might as well get Sarah Brightman.
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#147
Posted: 10/28/09 at 2:08amI keep waiting to see if an open call will be posted. A. Because im totally auditioning B. It will have more facts maybe reveal some more about the reading. Im so interested to see how this pieces out, what they decide to keep/cut and what new material will be added. I would do anything to get in on that reading, Carrie is defiently more than just a guilty pleasure to me.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#148
Posted: 10/28/09 at 2:56am
there is no open call, auditions were last week, and it's already been cast.
marin mazzie is margaret.
word on the street is that sutton foster is in it too - which role i can't imagine. the gym teacher?
re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#149
Posted: 10/28/09 at 9:34am
Marin Mazzie is an interesting choice--vocally closer to Barbara Cook than Betty Buckley. She has the requisite intensity required for the role, and I think she'll be killer (no pun intended). Whatever anyone thinks of the show, you have to admit that a good chunk of Margaret's music--"Open Your Heart," "I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance," "When There's No One"--is stunning.
I hope that Sutton Foster isn't Carrie. Please, no more 35-year-olds playing teenagers.
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