Not to be confused with the current musical -- in 1988 there was a musical attempt at Carrie. The musical opened on Broadway May 12, 1988 and closed 3 days later. The show only ran a total of 16 previews and 5 performances. (FIVE!)
Playbill offers an interesting retrospective on the musical at playbill.com. (Be sure to view the photo gallery)
Well . . . they actually ARE the same musical, more or less. Some songs were removed/replaced or reworked, but it's essentially the same show.
ReplyDeleteI think there was a lot of reworking.
ReplyDeleteNot THAT much. I've heard both, and I would decsribe them as being more similar than dissimilar.
ReplyDeleteinteresting. Why such different reactions from the public?
ReplyDeleteMy understanding is that the original run actually sold well and got mostly positive reactions from audiences. Maybe the show was really expensive and could not be sustained? I don't know.
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