Want Some Singing And Pig's Blood?!
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Well, that's too bad because you're gonna get it!
The most infamous musical flop in the history of the Great White Way, Carrie, is being revived!
The show only ran for five performances in 1988 but set a new standard for Broadway campiness and lost $8 million!!!
Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum, whose credits include Rent, Avenue Q and West Side Story, are the producers behind bringing the horror to the stage. And, next month, they will be putting on a six-figure workshop of the musical based on the Stephen King novel about a teenage girl with telekinetic powers.
Hopefully, they won't be making the same mistakes as the first production. The sets (a high school gym that resembled a Greek temple) and costumes (teenagers in white togas) better go! Not to mention, no one needs a musical number with boys dressed in leather slaughtering pigs!!!
According to the original director, Terry Hands, he was convinced that Carrie should be played as a Greek tragedy.
"I made some mistakes with the show," said Hands. "I thought it was a Greek tragedy. I was wrong. It was a Roman tragedy."
Yeah, that was it! Problem solved!
Would U dare to see Carrie?!
soooooooo dumb
wtf?
Oh, I'm in two minds on this. Please, please don't fuck up anything else of Stephen King.
hellll no!
SOur college did this play (with some rewrites) in college - I was in it. It was …ok some songs were good. I think it needs to be done very carefully to even kind of work.
ncncnc ….why??
I LOVE CARRIE BUT A MUSICAL? IDK
Singing and pig's blood?! Why - did you cut yourself while shaving in the shower again Pumpkinhead??
i never thought i'd see carrie again! but maybe i'll go and check itout. it actually might be good. it certainly doesnt have any expectations to live up to. just PLEASE leave the pig number OUTTTT
I spoke with the lyricist for Carrie the Musical, Dean Pitchford (Fame, Footloose). I have high hopes for this version of Carrie. I think they realize the mistakes they made with the first one and are working hard to make it a success. I'd see it.
dude he can't possibly be that dumb. look at the times
theres talk of a freakin plane crash…people is me
this is way too ineffiecnt. but give me 15 min i'll put some magic on everythign. and nooooo for the love everything do you think its me con juegos
how long does it take you to make an aim name? i think we've had it with this medium
I saw Carrie when it first appeared on Broadway. Amazing cast (Betty Buckley, Lindzie Hately, Darleen Love), amazing music. The problem was in the production. The direction was horrid, the special effects dumb, and Debbie Allen's choreography looked like "Fame" reject dances. If they can fix the production problems, the show might me good.
Given the new producers' excellent track record, I might give this one a try.
shit forgot hoons mail address. look at errrrr
look at hoon or errrr rRIGHT NOW!
mas que entiendo
Why? Create something new!
ok. it's not this one though
its not this one either
damnit the one before elefant annie didn't let me post see that one on errrrr. really important that one comes first
this is the name of the one before
perez? cmon stop blocking
…..
ok its not this one yet. hold on i'll find it. oh this is the decemberists
wow it gets even faster when i don't have to create an entire new email
I really hope this is better than I think it's going to be… I wouldn't see it untill the reviews come in.
the beatles
u know i'm doing this completely on the fly. i'm gonna finish the rest of the cd on errr cuz i still haven't found the right name yet. its gonna pop up
you cant stop them from growing up. if you could, it would be a mistake to try.
NATALIE PORTMAN!
This is the best news I've heard all week! "Carrie" was a great show that got mangled by a hack director. (Having Debbie Allen do the choreography was also a big mistake for such a darkly-themed show, but I really can't bring myself to dislike her given all the other amazing stuff she's done.) If this gets a full scale production, I'll be booking my ticket to NY to see it immediately.
I'll stick to the movie. No mama…it's not a sin…
The only thing worse than Carrie , The Musical is Three Olives, The Vodka.
with a stong cast, proper sets, a little special effects and an updated song or two.. it might do alright. I'm not holding my breath for Tony nominations, but it could be another Broadway "cult classic" like Rocky Horror
I like the poster… but i doubt i'll attempt to see this.
Sorry, I'd rather take a Canadian Natural Resources boat from Yellowknife to Anchorage. That way; I can see the first hump-backed whale to return to the sound after the Valdez spill. Mother Nature had to check this one out for herself. Then; the whales came back. And I would rather have my friend NOT hang onto my belt the next time I try to "whale surf"!!! Who else was on the boat that raced the Orcas?? I was!! I touched Orcas as they rolled in the wake of our boat. Ray grabbed me by the seat of my pants. NOT YET!!
What?? How do you think we got Obama back to his grandma?? On a bus?? Whatever. I've been complimenting Alaska so long that Sarah Palin finally caught on… IT WAS HER!!! Freakin' weird whale scratching Canuck. HEY!! I had arranged for a certain bus drop in the mountain Park. A grizzly tour-guide was happily waiting to give me a "tour". Ray panicked and we had to get off at the next stop and walk back to chat with "Grizzo". Whatever. Grizzly bears don't like chemically contaminated meat. Humans should be fairly safe now…..
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5 years ago I was a camp counselor and the theater counselor ( I don't know how he had it) actually HAD an audio copy of a live performance of this show. The singing was awful but the lyrics were even funnier. I only got to listen to the song where Carrie is in the girls locker room and they all start teasing her. There's a lot of screaming and sweet singing of "what's happening to my body"
I just about DIED, it was so funny! Iwant to see this atrocity live now!!
HELL YES, I have been waiting for this for SOOOO LONG. Finally the return of one of the biggest Cult Musicals of all time. I sincerely cannot wait! Don't miss this show people!!!
no way!!!!