Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL- Page 7

[James885]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#150

Posted: 10/28/09 at 9:39am

I can't imagine Sutton Foster would be cast as Carrie. I would think they would cast someone a little closer to Carrie's actual age. If it's true that Foster is involved, then she's probably playing the gym teacher.

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[ljay889]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#151

Posted: 10/28/09 at 9:39am

Someone said on ATC that Sutton is Carrie. I thought they were joking.

[AC126748]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#152

Posted: 10/28/09 at 9:43am

The gym teacher has played by an African American woman in all iterations of this musical. I can't imagine they would change that. God, couldn't they find a talented twenty-year-old anywhere in New York to play Carrie? I thought the days of forty-year-olds playing teens were coming to an end. Was Kerry Butler unavailable?

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#153

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:01am

It's just a reading, though, right? Does it really matter how old they are?

[AC126748]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#154

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:06am

Yeah, but it's a reading geared towards the goal of a full production. I'm usually not an age Nazi, but this is one of those cases where I'd rather see someone age-appropriate (at least early twenties). So much of this story rests upon the terrifying mother-daughter dynamic; Mazzie and Foster will look like sisters.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[Pianolin717]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#155

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:08am

From what I was told, they contacted Dana Steingold for the part of Carrie, but I guess it looks like she didn't get it or didn't want it.

[metropolis10111]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#156

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:12am

There are several other strong female roles in this show other then Carrie. What about Foster as Chris or Sue?

[doodlenyc]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#157

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:18am

"The gym teacher has played by an African American woman in all iterations of this musical."

Laurie Beechman, who did the first reading, was not African American. Darlenen Love is African American, but she was in both Stratford and Bway. It's not exactly a trend, therefore, although her understudy was also AA. What other iterations are there?

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[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#158

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:19am

Well, there would still be the age issue, not to mention that I think those roles would be too small for her.

[James885]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#159

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:20am

If I've got my facts straight, in the original workshop there was another teacher role besides the gym teacher, as well the role of the principal. Maybe she's playing one of those roles? I just cannot for the life of me see Sutton Foster playing a 17 year old high school girl.

"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

[BwayBuff2]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#160

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:20am

My friend, Bud Weber, just got cast in the ensemble of this reading and yes, Sutton Foster is playing Carrie.

[Pianolin717]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#161

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:21am

AH! Bud Weber! I went to high school with him! SUCH a good voice.

[Jane2]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#162

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:30am

Sutton is Carrie? I've lost all interest.

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[BwayBuff2]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#163

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:32am

So sorry! I meant to say...Sutton is playing the gym teacher. NOT Carrie.

[doodlenyc]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#164

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:33am

I'm sure Foster, if she has indeed been cast, would be playing Miss Gardner.

"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."

"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#165

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:35am

I heard she's playing Tommy.

[Jane2]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#166

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:35am

Oh lord, let's hope so. Carrie = heavy role Sutton = lightweight.

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[doodlenyc]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#167

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:38am

I hear she plays the principal who keeps calling her Cassie!

"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."

"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#168

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:41am

I thought Charlotte D'Amboise was playing Cassie!

[BwayBuff2]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#169

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:42am

doodle...Sutton has been cast. As the gym teacher, Miss. Gardner.

[doodlenyc]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#170

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:46am

Sorry Buff, I didnt see your correction before I posted.

"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."

"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS

[somethingwicked]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#171

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:51am

Foster is playing Carrie, not Miss Gardner.

Keep in mind that this is a reading. The actors involved don't have to be age appropriate for their roles because the whole point is simply to hear the material read and sung.

Lest we forget that Annie Golden played Carrie in the very first reading the last time around. This is no way indicative of how casting would go in a full fledged production.

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Updated On: 10/28/09 at 10:51 AM

[doodlenyc]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#172

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:54am

I got a confirmation of Mazzie as Margaret...damn! I think she's all wrong.

"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."

"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS

[BwayBuff2]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#173

Posted: 10/28/09 at 10:57am

Yes, Marin Mazzie is Margaret and Sutton Foster is Miss Gardner (not Carrie).

I know many people working on this project. Foster is not Carrie.

[Mildred Plotka]

re: Broadway Producers Putting Together Fall Reading of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL#174

Posted: 10/28/09 at 11:17am

Reidel's column today says Mazzie is Ms. Gardner.

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