Marin Mazzie Is Still In Carrie? Sad Day... — Page 5

"Why? I've said it once, I've said it again: it wasn't meant to be musicalized."

Hey Romgit, I totally disagree with you on this point.

This story is a total natural for a musical. Carrie White can't speak to her high school bullies, she can't defend herself, the only thing she has is telekinesis. She's kind of a Helen Keller, except her only outlet is pyrotechnic emotion. It's like singing, when you think about it. The reason for singing in a musical is you cannot express your emotions any other way than but bursting out in song. Isn't Carrie White the perfect character to do this?

Maybe there's a way to equate the telekenisis with the singing, so during the prom scene, she sings her enemies all to death. I don't know, I'm not writing it. But I think the impetus is there. There's a good story here, and there's a lot of good work already written. I hope Pitchford and Gore keep working on it.

I almost wish that the story had been adapted into a true opera as opposed to 80's pop-opera. The heightened emotions and grand finale would seem a lot less out of place in an opera house. Medea, Salome, Elektra, Lulu, Norma, Lucia di Lammermoor, Carmen, Tosca, the list of murders and atrocities committed on the great stages of the world's opera houses is endless, and the audiences accept it without thinking twice.

One doesn't SING one's enemies to death.

One dances one's enemies to death.

The most appropriate musicalization of the gymnasium apocalypse would be a Dream Ballet.

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Say what you want Namo (you always do), but MY opinion and it would seem many others as well is that the Mother/Daughter moments are great.

As for a girl who barely speaks bursting out in to song?
People in the war bursting in to song, slitting throats bursting in to song, having a breakdown bursting in to song, CATS bursting in to song, lets not make it sound that because Carrie is withdrawn and bursts in to song that its any different from all other musicals shall we.

As for Mrs White. Cook was awful and lazy in her performance, she was so miscast. Buckley throw herself in to that role and brought the songs and Linzi to a whole new level. McGovern was very good as well.

Mazzie lacks the belt in her voice on the workshop recording to really put an audience on edge as Buckley did. Hopefully though that will change.

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nope, not at all, you know yourself you always like to be the loudest voice on the board lol

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"One doesn't SING one's enemies to death. One dances one's enemies to death."

Does one?

Forgive the hyperbole, but this

"She's kind of a Helen Keller, except her only outlet is pyrotechnic emotion."

Is my favorite sentence ever written.

Not just on BroadwayWorld.

Ever.

"She Can't Hear And She Can't Speak, But Boy Can That Girl Dance!"

"I Say Tomato And You Say 'UUNGH'..."

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Don't make me get the hose...with my mind.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103959/the-play-begins

Phyllis, I was thinking the same thing.

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"Sybil!" (with the exclamation point!) would be GREAT!

I can just hear her tour de force power ballad: "ThePeople! ThePeople! ThePeople!"

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