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

[James885]

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.

[ljay889]

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

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

[AC126748]

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?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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

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

[AC126748]

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.

[Pianolin717]

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]

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]

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?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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]

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.

[BwayBuff2]

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]

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

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

[Jane2]

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

Sutton is Carrie? I've lost all interest.

[BwayBuff2]

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

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

[doodlenyc]

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

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

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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

I heard she's playing Tommy.

[Jane2]

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

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

[doodlenyc]

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

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

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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

I thought Charlotte D'Amboise was playing Cassie!

[BwayBuff2]

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

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

[doodlenyc]

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

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

[somethingwicked]

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.

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

[doodlenyc]

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

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

[BwayBuff2]

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]

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

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