From the producers of Rent
“They’re all gonna laugh at you!”
Someone should have told that to the original producers of the ’80s Broadway dud Carrie: The Musical. It would’ve spared them some pain. Alas, the show went on and after only five performances it fell harder than a bucket of pig’s blood. When I worked in Manhattan, a recording of one performance landed in my lap. While interesting, none of it worked.
Over two decades later, six figures are being pumped into a revitalized Carrie: The Musical. Behind this endeavor are Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum (of Rent, Avenue Q, West Side Story). Why the fascination to try and tell Stephen King’s ’74 tome as a musical is beyond me. What – is no one interested in bringing Maximum Overdrive to the stage?
I’d see that.
For more on the original musical, the NY Post goes into some specific details on what hit the stage here.
Source: New York Post, Ryan Rotten
