CARRIE extension cancelled- Page 3

[newintown]

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.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:28am

From 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.

[newintown]

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:39am

Well some potential Broadway backers pulled out quite a while ago, even before the show opened so this isn't exactly "shocking" news.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:43am

Jordan, 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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:45am

No, I'm talking about people who were interested in bringing this production to Broadway up until a couple of months ago.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:51am

Interesting. Did they pull out before or after performances began? There were definitely also some commercial producers attached at least during the early previews.

[newintown]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:57am

Kevin 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.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:02am

They 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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:03am

There were two more (I believe) that dropped out after previews began.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:05am

Not 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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:12am

I'm talking about potential investors.

[Michael Bennett]

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

[songanddanceman2]

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:29am

I was told differently by someone who I trust (VERY well) on the matter.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:43am

Fair 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

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:46am

The extension would never have been canceled if they had dumped a bucket o' blood on her head.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:50am

Lol Joey

[Kad]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 12:08pm

I had heard that MCC definitely had Broadway hopes for this, as well.

[newintown]

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.

[Kad]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 12:16pm

MCC 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.

[newintown]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 12:21pm

To quote Angels in America, "Well that's a stupid thing to do."

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 1:31pm

I 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.

[newintown]

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]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 1:53pm

Coming soon to NBC: "Smush"