Since the new Spiderman musical has recently dropped in on the world (in the case of one actor, literally dropped in!), suspicion has begun to mount that Spiderman might actually upset Carrie's place as worst musical ever. Gosh golly, it seems someone needs to defend Carrie's position.
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Charles Rosenay writes on examiner.com: Could the new Spiderman musical overtake the "Carrie" musical as Broadway's all-time flops? Our reviews of "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" last week received a lot of attention, but not as much as the show itself when one its actors plunged 30 feet from the set and was hurt during a recent performance.
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The Sunday New York Post did an article on the biggest stage flops through the years, and voted 1988's "Carrie" as the all-time biggest Broadway bust ever. Playing only five shows, it lost 7 million dollars. The Spider Man musical reportedly costs 65 million! We'd rather see a revised, improved version of the new show than to see it get squashed (bad spider pun).
The Sunday New York Post did an article on the biggest stage flops through the years, and voted 1988's "Carrie" as the all-time biggest Broadway bust ever. Playing only five shows, it lost 7 million dollars. The Spider Man musical reportedly costs 65 million! We'd rather see a revised, improved version of the new show than to see it get squashed (bad spider pun).
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While Spiderman might rival Carrie, I don't think the spiderman will ever be redone in drag. How bad was Carrie on stage?
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How bad was Carrie, really? Rosenay suggests to his readers that maybe Carrie wasn't that bad. Did anyone actually see it? Or does it just have a bad rap? In search of an answer, I found Mike Flemming's article at deadline. Flemming gave Carrie the musical this rining endorsement, "Because Carrie was that big a flop, historic, losing $8 million. As a cub reporter at New York Newsday assigned to cover Broadway opening nights, I went to the 1988 opening of Carrie expecting big things because the Stephen King book is such a chilling coming of age tale and the movie wasn't bad, either. The musical started out OK and, at intermission, I chatted up King, who was encouraged. But then we returned to our seats, the curtain rose, and the bad kids launched into Out For Blood. Meant to be a showstopper, the number cemented Carrie's rep as one of the worst ever musicals. Reviewers were merciless, and the musical closed after just 21 performances. Changing that second act opener seems a no-brainer." http://www.deadline.com/tag/carrie-musical/
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Check out Carrie the musical for yourself: http://heartinajar.blogspot.com/2009/11/theyre-all-gonna-laugh-at-you-when-you.html
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