Carrie the musical

Carrie Molly Ronson plays the unhappy, though telekinetically gifted, heroine of this musical, an MCC production at the Lucille Lortel Theater.

The newly reworked and fully re-imagined production of Carrie, the musical, had its first preview on January 31, 2012 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The show will open officially on March 1, 2012. Additional production shots have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a look at all of them below!

Any true Broadway Geek knows of the infamous flop that is Carrie: The Musical. Having only run for 16 previews and 5 actual performances back in 1988, some believed it to be one of the worst shows around while others still proclaimed its merits and longed for its return. So when the show was retooled by authors Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford and Lawrence D. Cohen and an Off-Broadway run was announced for 2012, the news was met with excitement and skepticism. The modest run was enough to remove…

“When I think about “Carrie the Musical” I think about its potential to be great rather than its flawed execution.”

Carrie The Musical, Michigan State University

Carrie in Carrie the Musical

A conversation about the lack of camp (and Betty Buckley) in the current production of the much-maligned musical

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A look at some of the many versions of the picked-on heroine’s signature look.

Tony Award-winning Broadway actress Alice Ripley (Next to Normal) leads the cast of CARRIE the musical, October 11-26, 2013, at the historic Moore Theatre, also featuring fellow Broadway alumni Kendra Kassebaum (Wicked) and Keaton Whittaker (A Little Night Music), and directed by Broadway alum Louis Hobson (Next to Normal).