#26
Posted: 11/9/10 at 1:51pm
I can't wait for the bootlegs! I'm gonna to equate seeing them with seeing the show live!
Marin Mazzie Is Still In Carrie? Sad Day... — Page 2
#27
Posted: 11/9/10 at 2:17pm
Color me crazy, but I think Mazzie is perfect for Margret White.
After seeing her in Next to Normal, where vocally she's basically chanelling Betty Buckley, I think she'll be terrific.
But who is Jenn Gambatese playing? The Charlotte D'Amboise part? Or Sue?
After seeing her in Next to Normal, where vocally she's basically chanelling Betty Buckley, I think she'll be terrific.
But who is Jenn Gambatese playing? The Charlotte D'Amboise part? Or Sue?
#28
Posted: 11/9/10 at 2:43pm
I would imagine Jen Gambatese is playing the gym teacher - played by Sutton Foster in the last reading.
#29
Posted: 11/9/10 at 2:52pm
After seeing her in Next to Normal, where vocally she's basically chanelling Betty Buckley, I think she'll be terrific.
She's kind of mix between Barbara Cook & Betty.
She's kind of mix between Barbara Cook & Betty.
#30
Posted: 11/9/10 at 2:58pm
Marin Mazzie is one of the finest singing actors out there today. She doesn't vocally "channel" anyone. Her voice is her own, and it is a treasure.
#31
Posted: 11/9/10 at 3:04pm
Oh my gravy, I'd give my left kidney to be at this reading tonight.
So Jen is the gym teacher? Sounds improbable. She's perfect for Sue, and would do justice to "It Hurts to Be Strong."
However, is it just me? I listened to all of the songs on YouTube from the 2009 reading, and they are exactly the same songs they did on Broadway. Is there a re-write going on?
I think "Carrie" can be fixed, but it doesn't sound like they're doing it.
So Jen is the gym teacher? Sounds improbable. She's perfect for Sue, and would do justice to "It Hurts to Be Strong."
However, is it just me? I listened to all of the songs on YouTube from the 2009 reading, and they are exactly the same songs they did on Broadway. Is there a re-write going on?
I think "Carrie" can be fixed, but it doesn't sound like they're doing it.
#32
Posted: 11/9/10 at 3:13pm
The entire bootleg of the workshop is on youtube, I believe.
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#33
Posted: 11/9/10 at 3:17pm
Honey, Jen is 35 years old. She's playing the gym teacher I assure you.
#34
Posted: 11/9/10 at 3:26pm
Really? She looks totally like an ingenue. Bless her! 35 years old? Really?
Gym teacher is kind of a sucky role. Darlene Love made it her own, but she has a crap song
Gym teacher is kind of a sucky role. Darlene Love made it her own, but she has a crap song
#35
Posted: 11/9/10 at 3:28pm
It Hurts to Be Strong is gone, I believe. My iPhone app is down, so I can't be sure.
Updated On: 11/9/10 at 03:28 PM
#36
Posted: 11/9/10 at 3:29pm
...are people really fretting about the prospect of CARRIE being ruined?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#37
Posted: 11/9/10 at 3:53pm
Kad, don't be callous. Can't you tell from the thread title this is a SAD DAY? Show some respect.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#38
Posted: 11/9/10 at 4:15pm
Judy Kuhn's voice would be killer but I can't see her having the electric presence needed to flesh out Margaret White.
I think Marin is great, but can she be a force of nature on stage as required?
I think Marin is great, but can she be a force of nature on stage as required?
With Irma you gotta do something!
#39
Posted: 11/9/10 at 4:35pm
The only real choice of the current Broadway divas to match Buckly's intensity is Donna Murphy.
But from what has been written about this new revival it sounds like they are trying to soften and make the character of Margaret more sympathetic. Make of that what you will, but if thats the direction they are going in than Mazzie is probably a very solid choice. She's a very strong actress
But from what has been written about this new revival it sounds like they are trying to soften and make the character of Margaret more sympathetic. Make of that what you will, but if thats the direction they are going in than Mazzie is probably a very solid choice. She's a very strong actress
#40
Posted: 11/9/10 at 5:58pm
Ah yes, the Youtube...mystery solved!
Listened to the new and improved 2009 "In" which I can't believe wasn't cut or at least drastically re-written.
Glad to hear Dean Pitchford is so down with teen lingo. I mean seriously, phrases like "where it's at" and "it's the pits" were laughably antiquated before many of CARRIE's staunch defenders were even born.
This ain't lookin' good.
Listened to the new and improved 2009 "In" which I can't believe wasn't cut or at least drastically re-written.
Glad to hear Dean Pitchford is so down with teen lingo. I mean seriously, phrases like "where it's at" and "it's the pits" were laughably antiquated before many of CARRIE's staunch defenders were even born.
This ain't lookin' good.
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#41
Posted: 11/9/10 at 6:08pm
I'm still holding out hope for Barbara Walsh!
#42
Posted: 11/9/10 at 6:10pm
Borstal, you only feel that way because you're not in, smack, right on track.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#43
Posted: 11/9/10 at 6:16pm
I remember when even the mention of the word BOOTLEG was enough to get a thread deleted.
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#44
Posted: 11/9/10 at 6:54pm
Borstal you do realize the show is set in the early 80s right?
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#45
Posted: 11/9/10 at 7:42pm
I think Borstal is inferring that the show would have to be set pre-West Side Story for that lingo to accurately reflect 'hip' teenagers....
#46
Posted: 11/9/10 at 7:44pm
23 skiddoo!
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#47
Posted: 11/9/10 at 8:50pm
I remember when even the mention of the word BOOTLEG was enough to get a thread deleted.
Me too! Now BWW TV links to bootlegs!
Remmeber when even mentioning YouTube was a no-no?
Me too! Now BWW TV links to bootlegs!
Remmeber when even mentioning YouTube was a no-no?
#48
Posted: 11/9/10 at 9:31pm
I think we're all forgetting something about this last reading. While yes, it was important to have stars there, it was really about testing this new material than it was characterization. Nobody was perfect in the reading...but I thought there were some good moments. I feel as if in a full production, Marin could really sing the sh!t out of Margaret White. Or actually, does Laura Linney sing? Even though she's in TSS and has much better things to do than Carrie Off-Broadway, I could see her being stunning.
Anyway, the point to me is this: is Carrie: The Musical perfect? Will it ever truly work in a realistic sense? Probably not. Why? I've said it once, I've said it again: it wasn't meant to be musicalized. But for the moments that are there, they are incredible. They're taking all the right precautions: they're re-working it and re-working it, and opening Off-Broadway. That's what I said they should do from the start. The risk is minimal if they start there.
Until something leaks, who knows what happened in this new version? I really do wish the best for Carrie, because honestly, I think it's great that we're really starting to go into some real higher risk productions now in a recession (Scottsboro Boys and Bloody Bloody had the potential to sink or swim...many were worried that Bloody Bloody would sink because it just didn't seem like 'Broadway material'), and it's important that we are revisiting some of this old material...even if it needs some fine tweaking.
The best to Carrie. I plan to be there opening night, sink or swim.
Anyway, the point to me is this: is Carrie: The Musical perfect? Will it ever truly work in a realistic sense? Probably not. Why? I've said it once, I've said it again: it wasn't meant to be musicalized. But for the moments that are there, they are incredible. They're taking all the right precautions: they're re-working it and re-working it, and opening Off-Broadway. That's what I said they should do from the start. The risk is minimal if they start there.
Until something leaks, who knows what happened in this new version? I really do wish the best for Carrie, because honestly, I think it's great that we're really starting to go into some real higher risk productions now in a recession (Scottsboro Boys and Bloody Bloody had the potential to sink or swim...many were worried that Bloody Bloody would sink because it just didn't seem like 'Broadway material'), and it's important that we are revisiting some of this old material...even if it needs some fine tweaking.
The best to Carrie. I plan to be there opening night, sink or swim.
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#49
Posted: 11/9/10 at 10:03pm
I think Marin would be brilliant as Margaret White. She can totally pull it off. She has the voice and the acting chops.
I'd still love to see Bernadette Peters get her Piper Laurie-esque mane all teased out and made up like a twisted cupie doll and channel her inner eerie mother.
I'd still love to see Bernadette Peters get her Piper Laurie-esque mane all teased out and made up like a twisted cupie doll and channel her inner eerie mother.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#50
Posted: 11/9/10 at 10:17pm
You guys are really going to have to let go of this idea of a perfect production of Carrie.
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