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There Once Was A Musical Named Carrie



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)

5 comments:

  1. Bryant BurnetteMay 12, 2014 at 3:16 PM

    Well . . . they actually ARE the same musical, more or less. Some songs were removed/replaced or reworked, but it's essentially the same show.

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  2. David SquyresMay 12, 2014 at 3:22 PM

    I think there was a lot of reworking.

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  3. Bryant BurnetteMay 12, 2014 at 3:26 PM

    Not THAT much. I've heard both, and I would decsribe them as being more similar than dissimilar.

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  4. David SquyresMay 12, 2014 at 4:01 PM

    interesting. Why such different reactions from the public?

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  5. Bryant BurnetteMay 12, 2014 at 4:10 PM

    My 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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