Carrie Readings continue!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 1:43am

From Wesley Taylor's Facebook page.

"I'm participating in three new readings all within the next month...
"The Dogs of Pripyat" music and book by jill ambramovitz and aron accurson
"Susquehanna" music by eugene berton and sophie b. hawkins, book by thomas meehan and gigi gaston.
"Carrie" music by michael gore and dean pitchford, book by lawrence cohen

Staying busy, but its very delicious to be apart of the development of something new."

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 1:49am

Carrie never dies!

[rougeduck]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 2:19am

Love dies though...

[CarmenDeBris]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 8:20am

YES! This pleases me greatly!

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 8:25am

Didnt it metion in an article last week in the NY Times that it looked like it was heading back to Broadway?

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 8:48am

I'm sure if there had been such a mention there would have been a lot more talk about it on this board!

[romgitsean]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 8:56am

*throws confetti*

calling famebroadway02...haha.

I wonder if they'll get Marin Mazzie back since N2N is closing...

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 8:56am

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/theater/12brantley.html?_r=1&ref=theater

"Can a revival of “Carrie,” the 1988 horror musical whose name is a byword for failure on Broadway, be far behind? Don’t laugh. Rumors to that effect are already circulating. "

[CarmenDeBris]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 9:59am

Hopefully! I love the idea of Marin in that role. What I want to know is who is Wes playing? I can't see him as Billy Nolan or Tommy Ross.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 10:03am

That little throw-away mention in the NY Times isn't exactly saying the show is headed back - merely that there are rumours of its return (which there have been for at least twenty years)

[newintown]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 10:11am

I don't think this topic could get any more boring at this point.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 10:35am

Then Newintown dont read it.....problem solved

And Michael Bennett the fact that another reading is happening is a good sign that the show is still up and breathing and pushing on.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 10:40am

I'm curious if, as rumoured, another producing team has picked it up since the last reading....

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 10:47am

Well someone has to be behind the next reading or intrested in the next reading for it to be happening at all.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 10:57am

I think the reading would only be happening if there either a new producing team behind it or substantially new material added since the last reading in November. Unless this is some kind of backer's audition.

It does seem like the best option if they are really trying to bring this back and make it work is to try to find a regional theatre to mount it...

[jamiekennywicked]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 11:01am

I know this has been asked before but can someone tell me who took part in the last reading?

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 11:06am

Workshop Cast
Marrin Mazzie (Big Broadway Star inc Ragtime) as Margret White
Molly Ranson (August Osage County) Carrie
Sutton Foster (Shrek, YF, Millie) Miss Gardner
Jenifer Damiano (N2N) Sue
Diano Degarmo (American Idol, Hairspray) Chris
Matt Doyle (Bye Bye Birdie, Spring Awakening) Tommy
John Arthur Greene (WSS) Billy
Phillip Hoffman (A Catred Affair) Principal

Ensemble
Corey Boardman, Lilli Cooper, Katrina Rose Dideriksen,
Benjamin Eakeley, Emily Ferranti, Kyle Harris, Kaitlin Kiyan,
Max Kumangai, Mackenzie Mauzy, Preston Sadleir, Jonathan Schwartz, Bud Weber, Sasha Weiss

[newintown]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 12:58pm

Thanks for the tip, songanddanceman2, it's extremely helpful. Particularly in an open forum...

[Famebroadway2]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 1:14pm

YES!!!!

I will try to find out more info.

[twinbelters]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 2:13pm

Cool. Still think an Actor's Equity Fund concert is the best way to go.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 2:48pm

^ With a cast recording please.

[romgitsean]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 3:35pm

I hate to be that person, but last time was a reading- not a workshop.

Although, that raises the question: will it be a reading or a workshop this time around? I know its rare that after ONE reading they'd immediately result in a workshop, but I think a workshop might actually be more effective. Or even concert style- a la Heathers.

I hope that this happens! I want to know all the dirty details, I'm already impatient- it's been almost a year now haha

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 4:51pm

I would be surprised if they are doing a workshop. Doing a semi-staged musical exploration isn't going to help much unless they are springing for really big bucks to explore how they would possibly do the special effects.

They need to keep focusing on the script and score...

[MillieDillmount]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 5:25pm

What is the difference between a reading and a workshop? I've always been curious.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 5:40pm

For one, the pay scale. Under the staged reading guidelines all participants are entitled to transportation reimbursement, that's it. A workshop is a fully contracted deal.

The reading is meant to be just that, a reading. Very minimal staging, no choreography, book in hand, no props, no costumes, no scenery. A workshop can be much more elaborate. It is meant to be the next step in development, beginning to see some staging and choreography, minimal props and costumes, etc, etc.