Stephen King's "Carrie" To Get A Revival On Broadway

[JamesG]

Full Cast for "Carrie: The Musical"
Source: Playbill
November 17, 2009

Last month we got wind that a new production of "Carrie: The Musical" was headed to Broadway with producers Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum (of Rent, Avenue Q, West Side Story) spearheading the project.

Now, Playbill has announced the complete cast for the musical based upon Stephen King's novel and it looks like we have ourselves a new Carrie.



Stafford Arima will direct the 29-hour Equity reading that will take place in Manhattan Nov. 20. The cast will feature Sutton Foster as gym teacher Ms. Gardner, Marin Mazzie as Margaret White, Molly Ranson as Carrie, and Jennifer Damiano as Sue.

Also revealed in the cast are "American Idol" finalist Diana DeGarmo (Hairspray, The Toxic Avenger) as Chris, Matt Doyle as Tommy and John Arthur Greene as Billy.



The Carrie ensemble includes Corey Boardman, Lilli Cooper, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Benjamin Eakeley, Emily Ferranti, Kyle Harris, Philip Hoffman, Kaitlin Kiyan, Max Kumangai, Mackenzie Mauzy, Preston Sadleir, Jonathan Schwartz, Bud Weber and Sasha Weiss.

Producer Seller has reunited composer Michael Gore, lyricist Dean Pitchford and book writer Lawrence D. Cohen, whom took a crack at the stage show back in 1988 to reprise their roles for this update.



You can actually check out an official Carrie: The Musical website with plenty of tid-bits on the original show, as well as info on the new one right here. - http://www.carriethemusical.com/


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[robyrob]

ah the horror.

[JamesG]

ah the horror.

Well... here's hoping that this new version will be more successful than the previous showing.

The 1988 Broadway production of Carrie: The Musical is one of Broadway's worst disasters of all time.

[catlover79]

Carrie: The Musical? That must have escaped my radar screen - thank goodness. :crazy: :lol:

[JamesG]

Carrie: The Musical? That must have escaped my radar screen - thank goodness. :crazy: :lol:

Yeah, Carrie: The Musical was a big flop. Basically constant rewrites, accidents happening during the show, poor fan reaction, and the financial backers pulling out caused Carrie to bomb.

They also could not do a pivotal scene from the movie, Carrie getting the blood dumped on her, because it would damage the actress' microphone and they were afraid of audience members getting splashed.

Its official run was from May 12, 1988 - May 15, 1988.


Carrie's failure actually inspired a book to be written by a critic called Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops.

[phoebe7165]

Well... here's hoping that this new version will be more successful than the previous showing.

The 1988 Broadway production of Carrie: The Musical is one of Broadway's worst disasters of all time.

Are you freakin' kidding me?? I didn't even know about the 1988 production!! I don't know how anybody could think of making this into a musical!!:crazy:

I would be curious of how this goes though!

[JamesG]

Are you freakin' kidding me?? I didn't even know about the 1988 production!! I don't know how anybody could think of making this into a musical!!:crazy:

I would be curious of how this goes though!

I don't think many people do know about it. It only had five shows I believe.

[PlayOn]

^^^ I sure didn't know about it. This idea sounds....:idea:....interesting. Stupid, but interesting. lol.

[robyrob]

maybe the production was cursed...

[Liza]

Supposedly the music was very good and has had a few performances around the country. They had a feature about the musical on the special edition DVD of Carrie. It still doesn't sound like a good idea to me, but I'm curious to see it. I may be one of the few people that are not surprised they're reviving it. It never really did get a fair shot in the 80s, so it's a no brainer someone would try it again.

[catlover79]

maybe the production was cursed...
Probably. :lol:

[70s show watcher]

i saw a small piece of carrie the musical when entertainment covered it i must say i couldnt believe that the producers thought that people would pay hard earend money to see it

[JamesG]

Supposedly the music was very good and has had a few performances around the country. They had a feature about the musical on the special edition DVD of Carrie. It still doesn't sound like a good idea to me, but I'm curious to see it. I may be one of the few people that are not surprised they're reviving it. It never really did get a fair shot in the 80s, so it's a no brainer someone would try it again.

Yeah, this was no amateur production as there actually was real talent behind it.

Debbie Allen was its choreographer and Gene Anthony Ray was one of the leads; both known from FAME.

Also Betty Buckley from the motion picture was in it. In the film she was the gym teacher but in the musical she played Carrie's mother.

[browneyes106]

I have read diffent things about the Broadway production over the years. There are videos of the production on youtube. I think the plot of the movie and book didn't go well as a musical.

[JamesG]

I have read diffent things about the Broadway production over the years. There are videos of the production on youtube. I think the plot of the movie and book didn't go well as a musical.

I want to see a "They're All Going To Laugh At You" musical segment. LOL

[browneyes106]

I want to see a "They're All Going To Laugh At You" musical segment. LOL

Me too lol.

[PlayOn]

Heard about this while watching YouTube vids of Carrie: The Musical.

www.carriethemusical.com

Haven't checked it out for myself.

[Pentimento]

I always thought it was a bizarre subject choice for a musical but, then again, "Sweeney Todd" did okay.

Regardless, one of my favorite Betty Buckley performances ever is "When There's No One" from "Carrie: The Musical". It's on her "Betty Buckley's Broadway" CD.