Sherry Vine's "CARRIE"
Sherry Vine's "CARRIE"
Joined: 12/31/69
#1re: Sherry Vine's 'CARRIE'
Posted: 12/11/06 at 5:22pmWhat is it?
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
#2re: Sherry Vine's 'CARRIE'
Posted: 12/11/06 at 5:23pmIt obviously made a lasting mark
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#3re: Sherry Vine's 'CARRIE'
Posted: 12/11/06 at 6:20pm
Saw it Friday. It was very much a throwback to the sort of high camp downtown shows that used to be very prevalent in the East Village several years ago (this is probably the fourth campy stage version of CARRIE that I've seen in the past 20 years, including the musical). This was a very solid effort by all involved, including Sherry Vine (Carrie), Keri Meoni (a hilariously ditzy Norma), and David Ilku (Mr. Morton) and some first rate special effect and puppetry work from Basil Twist.
Erik Jackson's adaptation of the novel does a good job of condensing the plot into two hours and Josh Rosenzweig's staging cleverly uses every inch of the cramped space (nice utilitarian set from Tobin Ost). My one complaint is that, for camp, the production was a bit too restrained, with several performers coming off a bit too naturalistically when these sorts of affairs always play better with a bit more scenery-chewing (Kate Goehring's Margaret White had NOTHING on Piper Laurie's brilliantly over-the-top performance in the film -- perhaps they should have gone for a drag performer in the role).
That aside, there were several laugh-out-loud moments that justified the trip (and the $18 price tag). Incidentally, it was announced before the show that the entire run was close to sold out, so if you have any interest in seeing this, act quickly.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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Updated On: 12/11/06 at 06:20 PM
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