Carriethemusical.com: Complete Casting Announced for 2009 Reading of Carrie — Page 5

"That's an interesting problem, but not an insurmountable one. They should have been able to figure out how to do it the first time around. I mean, if they were dropping giant chandeliers and landing helicopters around the time this was produced, then someone should have been able to figure how to dump a bucket of blood from the rafters.

If it was a mic issue then they should have just de-miced her at some point before the blood dropped and pre-recorded her lines. "

The story from linzi was that it was a artistic choice ad had nothing to do with what they could or could not do (she did ot agree with the choice). I fact when they 1st started rehearsals only a red thin almost see through sheet was supposed to come out of the bucket, all the cast thought it was silly ad it was linzi whos said they should just pour the blood on her.

It of course had nothing to do with mics as the bloo was poured on Linzi anyway

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Oh, is that what Linzi said? Because I was there at the first preview and I remember exactly what I saw. Leroy from Fame and that girl who wasn't right for A Chorus Line and who immediately went back to Chicago after killing the revival came out with the bucket and very carefully, and very exactly, poured the blood on Carrie's dress. It was clear to everybody in the orchestra and in the balcony that they were avoiding the head mic. Linzi then smooshed some blood up with her hands, carefully avoiding the head mic.

All Carrie had to do to avoid the humiliation was look at the freaks in their stupid outfits heading for her with a bucket and a) make them freeze in place with her mind, or b) run.

But she stood there.

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Bennett - correct. Jenn is NOT Carrie!!!! Who started that rumor???

Molly Ranson has been cast as Carrie.

You can google her and find out about her, if you'd like. She was the Jean Fordham alternate in Broadway's "August: Osage County" .. The little girl (for those who don't know character names)

Molly is actually about 20 years old. She's a newcomer. We'll see how it goes!

Edit: here -- http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=472215

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Updated On: 11/4/09 at 01:02 AM

I could see "Hurts to Be Strong" getting the axe. It was one of the few spots in the show that actually did get some attention between Stratford and Broadway and was still acknowledged to be a pretty weak spot after the re-write.

You don't avoid the stage, it's not magic. You just clean it after (just ask the guys from Evil Dead!)

Liquid onstage is very common, love. Every season we have at least a show that has this.

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Doing the finale as it should have been done (the right way- with the bucket falling on Carrie) shouldn't really be a problem. If BOMBAY DREAMS and THE WEDDING SINGER did it, they sure can handle a bit of blood.

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JEN CODY to play Carrie!

Why not? She is miscast as a young girl all the time!

RE: Criticism of "The destruction".

Was this in terms of the music, what was happening onstage, or both?

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I think there needs to be a more "City on Fire" type hellish mish-mash of voices, instruments, sound effects and thunder. The 30 seconds of reprise music with weak screaming and pantomime really doesn't do the scene justice. I think they'd be best to make it a musical scene the builds slowly, the musical equivalent of the masterful visuals and editing of the DePalma film. As Arthur would say, "Start there. Follow that."

P

I have to say, Michael B., the first preview from where I was sitting the destruction of the prom was kind of scary. We heard after that there would be lasers and were sorry we missed them, but I recently saw clips with them and they added nothing.

The colored lights in front of the plastic scrim behind which the people at the prom were screaming for help was pretty great. The bucket of blood was pathetic.

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And the Playbill article..

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/134549-Foster-Mazzie-Damiano-DeGarmo-Ranson-Doyle-and-More-Set-for-Carrie-Reading

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