Carrie

Carrie is a teenage girl with telekinetic powers. Outcast at school, where she is brutally bullied for her differences, Carrie is also lost at home because her mother is a religious fanatic. When teacher Miss Gardner, her classmates Sue and Tommy try to help Carrie, it looks like Carrie might finally have a chance to be accepted. But Chris, the vicious class bully, has other ideas. Pushed to the brink, Carrie's powers threaten to overwhelm her and set the world around her on fire.

Find some excerpts from the 1988 Broadway production which, unfortunately, was a huge flop:

General information
  • Style : Teenagers, Horror
  • Theme : Horror, High School, Crime
  • year of creation : 1988
Music
  • Composer :Michael Gore
  • Lyricist : Dean Pitchford
  • Librettist :Lawrence D. Cohen
  • Author (other) :Stephen King
  • famous songs "In" "Carrie" "Open Your Heart" "And Eve Was Weak" "The World According to Chris" "Evening Prayers" "Dreamer in Disguise" "Once You See" "Unsuspecting Hearts" "Do Me a Favor"" I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance" "A Night We'll Never Forget" "You Shine" "Why Not Me?" "Stay Here Instead" "When There's No One" "Prom Arrival" "Prom Climax" "Alma Mater" "The Destruction" "Epilogue"
  • Famous performers Linzi Hateley, Liz Callaway, Barbra Cook, Betty Buckley, Marin Mazzie, Matt Doyle, Sutton Foster, Derek Klena, Christy Altomare, Alice Ripley, Carmen Cusack.
kinships
  • Inspired by another work : The musical is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel "Carrie" and the film adaptation that followed.
  • Exists in film : In 1976, Brian De Palma made the movie "Carrie" which became a box office success. The cast includes Sissy Spacek, John Travolta and Piper Laurie.
Awards
  • Appointments and Awards : The musical won 1 Theater World Award in 1988, then 1 Off-Broadway Alliance Award in 2012 and 1 Whatsonstage Award in 2015.
  • Number of performances : 46
  • anecdotes : The first production was cursed by technical problems: Barbara Cook was almost decapitated by a set, it was impossible to sprinkle fake blood on the young actress who played Carrie without ruining her microphone, and the show was changed every night. When the show was transferred to Broadway, investors pulled out after terrible reviews, making "Carrie" the most expensive and fastest flop in Broadway history.
Currently on stage