The Broadway Show that Closed in 3 DAYS: The History of Carrie the Musical

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  @WaitintheWings · 5 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Special thanks to Carolee Beck for the perfect song to end the season. Go listen to her stuff and fall in love with an artist that truly deserves more recognition. Tell her that WitW sent ya! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJhRUwHrbuIgSHotzjI3Ng">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJhRUwHrbuIgSHotzjI3Ng</a>

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• EL

  @EllieC130 · 5 years ago

  ...I cannot believe the problems with Carrie started with someone confusing Grease with Greece.

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• ST

  @steveweinstein3222 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I love this! But one correction: When people boo when the curtain goes down but cheer when it goes back with the principals taking bows, it means they hated the show but liked the performers. I saw the 2012 redo at the Lucille Lortal in the Village. It was pretty good!

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• FA

  @fausttheatre · 5 years ago

  The Grease vs. Greece element is THE best part of the entire history

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• KA

  @KaiseaWings · 4 years ago

  The director sounds like a piece of work: bullying actors he doesn&apos;t like, warping a story beyond recognition just so it fits into his comfort zone, shoving the rest of the creative team aside... I mean wow. It&apos;s a shame they didn&apos;t have the power to pull the plug.

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• LE

  @leocelente · 5 years ago

  &quot;He saw the musical as a modern greek myth &quot; &nbsp;... Spiderman flashbacks

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• MY

  @mystery1317 · 5 years ago

  So what I’m getting out of this is that Betty Buckley was a pretty good sport about the whole thing? Signed up knowing that it was a mess but to keep people from losing their jobs? Comforting her young co-star and assuring her that the disaster was not her fault because it would be very easy for someone on their first big gig to worry about that?

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• MO

  @monicacarranco8525 · 5 years ago

  Poor linzi hateley, carrie was her first and only broadway show and it closed so quickly and she was only 18.

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• VE

  @VeWatchesVideos · 5 years ago

  What I&apos;ve learned from this series:<br>- An insane idea isn&apos;t necessarily a bad idea if it&apos;s executed by the right people.<br>- Things don&apos;t always flop simply because they&apos;re &apos;bad&apos;.<br>- It takes multiple factors for something to turn out &apos;bad&apos;.<br>- Flopped/&apos;bad&apos; things might still have potential when executed differently and by the right people.

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• TH

  @theeducatedranter9337 · 5 years ago (edited)

  &quot;Carrie wasn&apos;t the first show to fail on Broadway nd it certainly wouldn&apos;t be the last&quot; <b>shows footage of The Great Comet</b> oof you didn&apos;t have to hurt me like that

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• JE

  @jenneacubero1036 · 5 years ago

  Not to self: When making a musical from scratch, know what everyone&apos;s doing, don&apos;t have too many cooks in the kitchen and (most importantly) MAKE SURE YOU&apos;RE SPECIFIC WITH THE WORD, &quot;GREASE&quot;!!

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• RO

  @rosebyanyname · 5 years ago (edited)

  “...but Terry Hands had other plans” is the phrase that best summarizes the whole boondoggle.

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