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She's Back! CARRIE - First preview !!!
LegallyBroadway2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/10
#325A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 4:10pm..wait If I called the box office right now, they'd confirm it?
#326A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 4:13pm
"Excuse me ... will there be blood?"
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#327A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 4:20pmI'll be there tonight, as well.
#328A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 4:40pmThe old cliché "it's a preview, they'll fix it!" is particularly hilarious this time, when they have had two workshops, a full rehearsal and tech period, and 30 years to write the damn thing.
#329A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 4:53pmWell clearly you have no idea how theatre works newintown since you can never fully get the show to where you and the audience are happy with it until you put it front of an actual audience.
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#330A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 4:59pm
newintown, I think CARRIE is especially a case where the reaction of a 'real' audience is important. It is BECAUSE it has been 30 years, and the hype etc. from the original production that audiences in workshops etc may mislead the creative team into thinking the new CARRIE is great when really they are just excited to see any form of it on stage.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 2/2/12 at 04:59 PM
#331A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 5:02pm
Oh songanddanceman, sweet little songanddanceman. I know that for some reason you adore this piece of dreck; and you really never do need to accept that IS a piece of dreck.
But to pretend that they will somehow magically turn a piece of dreck into a great show over the next 4 weeks? They have 12-step programs for that kind of thinking...
tourboi
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
#333A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 5:21pmWhat about four step programs for people who can't respect another's opinion and insist that their own is the only one that is valid?
#334A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 5:27pm
I respect newintown's opinions, but his posts always seem so abrasive.
Anyway, I hope I don't regret spending $94 to see this production.
tourboi
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
#335A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 5:37pmIf only he'd (she'd?) respect other people's opinions, the world would be a friendlier place.
#336A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 5:47pmDidYouReallyHearMe, I cannot tell if you are joking or not. It seems hugely unlikely, but I hope it is true.
#337A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 5:49pmFor $94 you ought to get your own bottle of plasma at the door.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#338A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 6:00pmIf this works out, can a musical Shining be far behind?
Poster Emeritus
#339A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 6:03pmThey should just combine them all together and call it "King Awakening" and get it over with.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#340A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 6:47pm
'Oh songanddanceman, sweet little songanddanceman. I know that for some reason you adore this piece of dreck; and you really never do need to accept that IS a piece of dreck.
But to pretend that they will somehow magically turn a piece of dreck into a great show over the next 4 weeks? They have 12-step programs for that kind of thinking...'
Don't talk down to me and be patronising , I’m a 33 year old professional who has worked in this industry for many many years so won’t be spoke to like crap by the likes of you.
I was simply saying that the comment about the show should be ready prior to going in front of an audience was stupid, and anybody with half of a brain would know that comment was stupid.
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
Updated On: 2/2/12 at 06:47 PM
bryan2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/06
#341A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 7:17pm
Ok now that they are onboard how about getting Betty and Linzi back into a studio while they are alive to record this...it would sell like crazy...
Updated On: 2/2/12 at 07:17 PM
#342A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 8:05pmIf you're going to be there tonight, please do report back. Some of us on the West Coast are depending on you folks to be our eyes and ears on this one!
#343A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 8:05pm
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Updated On: 2/2/12 at 08:05 PM
showchoirguy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/10
#344A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 9:35pmAny feedback from those who went tonight?
#345A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 9:37pmI think the show started at 8 tonight, so we may have to wait an hour or two :)
showchoirguy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/10
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#347A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 10:13pmIf nothing else, this thread proves without a doubt that nobody in the running can touch songanddanceman2 for this year's Golden Pom Pom Award. Seriously, I have never seen a more dedicated cheerleader.
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LegallyBroadway2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/10
#348A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 10:20pmNo blood poured tonight.
#349A Carrie Without Blood Is Like Show Boat Without a Boat
Posted: 2/2/12 at 10:34pm
Namo, come on. Songanddanceman isn't being half as fanatical as many near-trolls are in defending preview threads. In light of the skepticism that I (and many others) feel about this production early on, it's healthy to have someone reminding us about the intentions of the production and the merits of that particular vision. I really appreciate the balance. Partially because I hope for the best.
Sorry to hear that there was no blood, but I was pretty sure that the change was an unfounded rumor. After that New York Times article, what director would want to go back with their tail in between their legs?
Any other thoughts LegallyBroadway? How did you like the show? Or rather...DID you like the show?
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