Happy 20th Anniversary CARRIE! — Page 4

My entire family went to see this in Stratford - though as I was only 6 years old at the time, I got left at home My grandmother (who had organised the trip) took pity on me and brought me back a poster as compensation which I still have somewhere. My mum and dad said it was fairly enjoyable, though apparently the rest of the family were unimpressed...

EDIT: The West End Whingers have also paid tribute to the show in their own unique way:
Carrie - an 'appreciation'

Updated On: 4/29/08 at 11:58 AM

Here's the full Stratford show:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8KVSQAMC

It was filmed for the archives.

Enjoy!

Omg I love this show. This is prolly one of the most often things I listen to here. The songs are amazing especially the ones with Carrie and her mother.

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I recently tried to get the rights from the writers. They said they are not licensing it out until they get a new version of the show set. They are supposedly workshopping it this year.

Here's the deal though. The pop ballady stuff between Carrie and her mom is not going to fly in 2008 as it might have in 1988. Also, unless they're planning on re-writing every note of the teenager material, they had better be planning to present it as camp or else it will be made fun of once again.

Omg, this show is one of my guiltiest pleasures EVER!!!

I hate all of you who had the chance to see it live. XD

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Sondhead-
I disagree with the description of the White's songs as "pop ballads." Those are soaring musical theatre numbers that don't sound out of place. It was the REST of the over-blown score that doesn't fit.

And to say an 80s pop ballad doesn't fit today means you clearly haven't heard of Les Miz. Or Phantom.

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Looking at these pictures, I'm reminded of Ken Mandelbaum's book "Not Since Carrie". But, I'm not reminded of anything that he wrote about "Carrie".

In his book, he has a couple of pictures of the Carol Channing flop "The Vamp" and captions them by saying something like "How could the producers ever have thought that a show that looked this weird would ever be a hit?"

I used to have a ton of clippings and reviews that a friend of mine in Scotland, who is a fellow Barbara Cook fan, sent me and I used to have the "TheatreWeek" magazine all about it. But I lost them in an apartment fire caused by my then roommate.

Darlene Love does discuss "Carrie" in her autobiography. But she basically talks about the dances,how hard she worked, how much weight she lost and how her boyfriend enjoyed her new bootylisciousness.

I always thought that it was a crime that Betty Buckley wasn't even nominated for it. When you think that Delores Grey WON a Tony for a show that only lasted a week, Betty should have at least been nominated.

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I looooooooovee Carrie. I know that if the rights come out i'm going to be hounding every director I know to do it and let me be Tommy. If you go onto Imeem the have the whole show on recording, plus a song that was cut in previews called "Tommy's Poem" which is one of my favorites for auditions.

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lol know its not, i got in 1999 july 17th from the RSC.Reason i know, it was my mates birthday who worked at the Archives in the RSC

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Hmm I was thinking I had all of the music from the workshop. I will have to see if I still have it.

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"lol know its not, i got in 1999 july 17th from the RSC.Reason i know, it was my mates birthday who worked at the Archives in the RSC"

K, well.. I had it before 1999. Just saying. So did a lot of people.

Updated On: 5/18/08 at 02:56 PM

Wow maybe I was special

haha No I'm not talking about Broadway act 1. I had a VHS of the London Carrie with Barbara Cook in middle school, very pre-1999. My theatre teacher gave me a copy.