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#50CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:00am
"And Stafford is also saying that a recording is looking very likely"
He would. I doubt he could pay for it, though.
#51CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:28amFrom what I understand, the production budget was 'enhanced' by outside producers, so the production probably did actually lose some money. I think everyone involved was expecting this to sell better than it ultimately did.
#52CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:37am
That seems a very safe bet, MB, based upon the sadly premature and overly-optimistic extension (built-in?) to April 22.
I wonder if the writers have money in the production.
#53CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:39amWell some potential Broadway backers pulled out quite a while ago, even before the show opened so this isn't exactly "shocking" news.
#54CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:43amJordan, are you referring to the producers who backed out a couple of years ago (before MCC became involved)? This production (at MCC) also had some (different) commercial producers enhancing the production, in trade for what I assume was first refusal should the show move to Broadway.
#55CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:45amNo, I'm talking about people who were interested in bringing this production to Broadway up until a couple of months ago.
#56CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:51amInteresting. Did they pull out before or after performances began? There were definitely also some commercial producers attached at least during the early previews.
#57CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:57amKevin McCollum and Jeffrey Seller were the ones who produced that first workshop a year or two ago, then dropped the project completely. I never heard about any other commercial producers involved.
#58CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:02amThey had no producers looking to take it to Broadway, the writers did not want the show to go to Broadway so i am not sure where that has come from.
#59CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:03amThere were two more (I believe) that dropped out after previews began.
#60CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:05amNot according to anyone involved in the production, Stafford knows nothing about any producers. I know a few people involved in the show to talk to through work or mutual friends and it was made very clear from the very start that Broadway was not something anyone involved wanted to explore. They of course wanted it to run longer and had also spoke about another Off Broadway theatre if demand was there but the show was never intended for Broadway.
#62CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:13am
Then I suppose Stafford isn't completely informed because there were definitely producers attached and enhancements made to the production. I'll take your word that perhaps the writers never intended the show to go to Broadway, but even if (as you admit)they were contemplating moving the show to another Off Broadway venue, there would have needed to have been outside producers involved to do that, and as I understand it, were indeed already waiting in the wings to make that happen if the show was a hit.
Perhaps its all just a question of semantics.
Updated On: 3/26/12 at 11:13 AM
#63CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:26am
Yes as i say early on they were thinking about if the show did well to move it to another Off Broadway house, but they were not producers looking to move the show to Broadway.
#64CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:29amI was told differently by someone who I trust (VERY well) on the matter.
#65CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:43amFair enough Jordan, but i'm also gonna take the word of the director and producers. Maybe none of them had a conversation with each other lol
#66CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:46amThe extension would never have been canceled if they had dumped a bucket o' blood on her head.
#67CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:50amLol Joey
#68CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 12:08pmI had heard that MCC definitely had Broadway hopes for this, as well.
#69CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 12:14pm
Perhaps, but "hopes" and "realistic aspirations" are two entirely different things.
No one can be an oracle, but I was surprised to hear that MCC had picked up this project when the most canny producers working today realized it was an unsalvageable property and dropped it.
#70CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 12:16pmMCC effectively built their season around it this year. They were more than hoping that it was gonna be a hit. They were basically expecting it.
#71CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 12:21pmTo quote Angels in America, "Well that's a stupid thing to do."
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#72CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 1:31pmI personally never intended to be rich and famous and a household name, so, like this production of "Carrie" with no desire for mega-success and a Broadway transfer, everything has gone according to plan.
#73CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 1:48pm
I would like to see one of those inspirational show biz movies where the talented kids write their great show and the producer takes a chance on them and they have all the usual pre-opening problems and then the show gets dismissive reviews and no one comes and they all lose all their money and realize that maybe they aren't the stars they thought they were and they all go into other fields like teaching or real estate.
It wouldn't be a feel-good picture, but it would reflect reality much better.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#74CARRIE extension cancelled
Posted: 3/26/12 at 1:53pmComing soon to NBC: "Smush"
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