Carrie

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 4:50pm

anyone know if they made a recording and/or where i can get it?

[Tiny-Toon]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 4:53pm

The show carrie lived only 5 perf. after opening night...
They didn't make a cast recording.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 4:54pm

crap-ola!

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 8:20pm

I know! There is one song from it I really like. So with 5 performances, does this make the record for the shortest running show on Broadway?

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 8:28pm

How did it close after five performances? I know it was supposed to be bad, but five? They didn't waste time, huh?

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 9:28pm

Man, I thought it couldn't get any worse than closing after five!!!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 9:45pm

There is a very, VERY long list of shows that opened and closed in the same night -- dozens of them (perhaps hundreds) over the years. This was especially true pre-1970, before off-Broadway had become such an institution and Broadway was the only game in town, so young unknown and untested talents used to get to play Broadway whether they were ready or not (including a young unknown Terrence McNally who wrote the book for a musical version of "East of Eden" called "Here's Where I Belong" that closed on opening night back in the 60's -- you won't find it listed in McNally's bio since he had his name removed from the credits). Some of the legendary one-night flops are discussed in Mandelbaum's brilliant "Not Since Carrie."

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 9:47pm

I've always meant to read that book.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 9:47pm

It's a very fun read. Pick it up and you won't be able to put it down.

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 9:49pm

Bring Back Birdie closed after only 4 performances.. Another Musical flop in Broadway history. And they also made a Cast Rercording that still can be found. Chita Rivera was even nominated for a Tony for her role in that flop. Updated On: 9/25/04 at 09:49 PM

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 12:47am

About "Carrie" recordings: If you look hard enough, you can find partial and whole songs, taken from the soundboard recording made on its closing night. I was lucky enough to find a site that had every single song, and I quickly downloaded them. Unfortunately, the site has since disappeared.

[Amneris]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 12:50am

didn't the show "gotta go disco" close the night after it opened? My jazz teacher was in that and i think thats what she said.

[Tiny-Toon]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 12:52am

Gotta go disco.. ?
Never heard of that one before..

Posted: 9/26/04 at 1:35am

I saw Carrie out-of-town in England, before it went to Broadway.

It was truly dreadful.

I know someone who has a bootleg tape somwhere of the show.

I'll check it out.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 1:47am

Betty Buckley has one or two songs from Carrie on her cds (can't remember which ones). I think Linzi Hately (Carrie) had a cd out in the early '90's that had a song from the show, but that cd might be out of print.

[Tiny-Toon]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 2:01am

Linzi Hately can be heard in the London Revival Cast Recording of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat CD

[Tiny-Toon]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 2:02am

She also got a website:
http://www.homestead.com/unofficiallinzihateley/
And she is playing in Mary Poppins right now

Updated On: 9/26/04 at 02:02 AM

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 2:08am

This is Carrie, as in the Stephen King novel? Anyway, what was so bad about it...I guess that's kind of a dumb question...who ever would have thought in their wildest dreams to make that into a musical?

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 2:22am

On the contrary, it's one of the greatest musicals I've ever beheld

[devonian.t]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 3:38am

There are sound-desk recordings of Stratford, the workshop and Broadway doing the rounds- all of which are good quality. I have read the score, too, which has huge potential.
In my opinion, the more grandiose sections, (Eve was Weak, Open Your Heart, end of Act 1), work much more successfully given the subject matter, than the 80s dance numbers which seem to be a token crumb thrown to the lowest common denominator.
It's a pity there haven't been more productions, as the weakest link was clearly the- to put it politely- 'unique' vision of director Terry Hands and designor Ralph Koltai. A white box set doesn't exactly enhance the neo-gothic tone.
Bearing in mind the subject matter of classics like 'Sweeney Todd', there is no reason why the 'Carrie' story should not work, but it would need to be staged with the skill of a director like Harold Prince.
Some musicals barely deserve one performance (let alone 5); 'Carrie' is not one of them.

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 3:39am

I have recordings of "Carrie" (and good ones at that). IM me and snag some info. Peace, wILL

[Iris Chacon]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 4:16am

I saw the closing night performance of Carrie. While it was a fun evening; everything about the show was really bad. Debbie Allens coreography was the pits. Darlene Love was playing the gym teacher ( in pumps). The guy who played Leroy in the film Fame had the Travolta role ( and she was working it). Charlotte D'amboise ( now broadways Roxy) had the Nancy Allen role.

[lovettespies]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:47am

Moose Murders closed in one night, and the New York Times review that was published is one of the funniest things I've ever read.


Review

[wickedfan]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 9:29am

There is a recording of the final night of CARRIE. With audience applause and everything. I don't know where you can find it, but that is how Stagedoor Manor was able to do it. Anyways, if you wanna talk about flops. What about Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's revenge? Als Gone with the Wind? They BOTH closed during their out of town try outs!

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 9:46am

Ellen Burstyn was in a one woman show that closed after opening night, which is such a dissapointment because she is SUCH an amazing actress.