carrie the musical on its way back

OH MY GOD i recieved a submission list from my agent today and what was on it
looking for strong singers and dancers for a new wworkshop production of CARRIE THE MUSICAL
i cant belive it .For thoose of you who dont know carrie was a 8million dollar flop on broadway in 1988 and starred the lovely linzi hately(then 17)and betty buckley as well as sally ann tripplet gene anthony ray and darlene love.The show gathered a huge cult following ever since(coz a lot of the show was bloody good just badly staged)and has been crying out for a return ever since and now it looks like it just might have one.Carrie of course is based on the stephen king horror novel and film but makes for a hugely exciting musical(i have a pirate copy from stratford where it originally opened in 88 before moving to new york on dvd )
We often have many submisions for workshops that never happen lets hope this issnt one of them coz this is one show that needs to come back

.............ok your talking about the musioc on the you tube destruction yeah? You surely cant be meaning the lasers and the staging are amzing?

also there are in togas...am i correct?

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yes its almost def that carrie is coming back in the UK not Broadway.The workshop is been tapped for sept 2006 followed by an early 2007 production or tour
What ive heard is 7 of the original songs have gone which are
IN
DREAM ON
WOTTA NIGHT
IT HURTS TO BE STRONG
OUT FOR BLOOD
OPEN YOUR HEART
HEAVEN

and have all been replaced with new songs
The staging will be set more realistic other than the abstract look they went for in the 88 production

and the destruction scene will involve multiple special effects inc stage fire explosions and falling walls

the rsc have nothing to do with this new production and none of the original cast will return

will keep you informed

i think i must be missing somthing here...from watching those clips...it looks so bad! Y would they want to bring anything like this to the west end? if its the best part of 20 years since it was on...and then the film was much more popular...what makes them think it will work now?im just interested in how diff they will make it to apeal to a new audiance.

as a lot of the critics have now said carrie was a good show lost in a bad show.As mentioned as above the mother daughter scenes were awesome amazingly written and performed with gusto by linzi hately and betty buckley(not the god awfull barbara cook as miss white whos on the dvd and youtube clips)Carrie was 2 shows the amazing story of carrie and her mother with amazing songs(eve was weak,open your heart,eveining prayers and the breathtaking i remember how thoose boys can dance)and the awfull teen section of the show which diddnt gel well at all and provided some awfull songs such as wotta night and out for blood(though do me a favour ,heaven reprise and dont waste the moon were good i also liked in
The choreography were the least of carries problems(some of it very good and captured the growing sexuality of the teenagers)but it was the awfull staging of the show what killed it dead.It was very abstract white sets very minimal and the only way carries powers can work well is when they set against a real american backdrop and school with real sets representing carries world.
If they get it right this time carrie will be amazing and just what the west end needs to liven up the current state of it
The performances in carrie were also fantastic linzi and betty deserved awards(people say bettys performance of margaret is one of broadway great lost performances)sally ann triplett was also very good as sue and charlotte di amboise almost stole the show from everyone as chris even the late fame star gene anthony ray played his part of billy well as did darlene love as miss gardner and mr gyngell as tommy ross
Carrie was never dull for a single second (even the critics said that)it had an energy like i have never seen in theatre in all my years of working in it
the show recived standing ovations every night the audiences loved it
but sadly the new york critics had the knives out before it opened and with they exception of the post and monitor most new york critics ripped it to shreds(even though the idiot at the new york times years later admitted to really enjoying it even though his review killed)
carrie brought together all the forces that makes live theatre so exciting and if it had of worked it would b a cult hit but hey we are still talking bout it today and hopefully will get the chance to do it right this time
i for one cant wait (hope i get in the cast yeah)

more updates
The song IN has been replaced by a song called aint it a bitch(which was actually the original song back in the 86 workshop but was replaced by IN eventually)

more carrie news linzi hately was approached to play margaret white in the show but dont know what she said

for thoose who dont know she played carrie in the original

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