Carrie: The Musical

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Poster for the original 1988 Broadway Musical

Carrie: The Musical is a theatrical adaptation of Stephen King's first published novel, with music written by Michael Gore and lyrics by Dean Pitchford.

The show began previews on Broadway on 28 April 1988 and officially debuted on 12 May 1988 before closing on 15 May 1988 after sixteen previews and five performances. The musical later played a large part in the writing of the 1992 Ken Mandelbaum book Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops.

The show was remade and revived in 2012, off-Broadway and performed at the Lucy Lortel Theatre from March to April of 2012, with an official cast recording released in September of that year. The musical then debuted in 2013 in Seatlle, Washington and 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

The cover of "Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops", the book this musical inspired.

Cast

Character	Workshop	1988 Original Broadway Cast	2012 Off-Broadway Revival Cast	2013 Seattle Cast	2014 Los Angeles Cast
Carrie White	Annie Golden	Linzi Hateley	Molly Ranson	Keaton Whittaker	Cristina Ann Oeschger
Margaret White	Maureen McGovern	Barbara Cook, Betty Buckley	Marin Mazzie	Alice Ripley	Heather Orth
Sue Snell	Laura Dean	Sally Ann Triplett	Christy Altomare	Larissa Schmitz	Courtney Merrell
Tommy Ross	Todd Graff	Paul Gyngell	Derek Klena	Kody Bringman	Nikita Burshteyn
Chris Hargensen	Liz Callaway	Charlotte d'Amboise	Jeanna de Waal	Tessa Archer	Riley Krull
Billy Nolan	Peter Neptune	Gene Anthony Ray	Ben Thompson	Andrew Brewer	Forest Neikirk
Miss Gardiner	Laurie Beechman	Darlene Love	Carmen Cusack	Kendra Kassebaum	Jessica Coker

Poster for the 2012 Off-Broadway Revival, featuring Molly Ranson.

Songs

Original Broadway Production

Act I

• "In" - Miss Gardiner and Female Chorus
• "Dream On" - Chorus≠
• "Carrie" - Carrie
• "Open Your Heart" - Margaret and Carrie
• "And Eve Was Weak" - Margaret
• "Don't Waste the Moon" - Sue, Tommy, Chris, Billy, and Chorus≠
• "Evening Prayers" - Margaret and Carrie
• "Unsuspecting Hearts" - Miss Gardiner and Carrie
• "Do Me a Favor" - Sue, Tommy, Chris, Billy, and Chorus
• "Invited" - Carrie≠
• "I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance" - Margaret and Carrie

Act II

• "Out for Blood" - Chris, Billy, and Male Chorus≠
• "It Hurts to be Strong" - Sue≠
• "I'm Not Alone" - Carrie≠
• "Carrie (Reprise)" - Margaret and Carrie≠
• "When There's No One" - Margaret
• "Wotta Night" - Tommy, Carrie, and Chorus≠
• "Unsuspecting Hearts (Reprise)" - Miss Gardiner
• "Heaven" - Tommy≠
• "Heaven (Reprise)" - Tommy, Carrie, and Chorus≠
• "Alma Mater" - Chorus
• "The Destruction" - Carrie / Instrumental
• "Carrie (2nd Reprise)" - Margaret and Carrie

≠ Got removed when the show got revived.

The official cast soundtrack, released in September of 2012

Off-Broadway Revival Production

Act I

• "In" -Students
• "Carrie" - Carrie
• "Open Your Heart" - Reverend Bliss, Margaret, Carrie, Choir
• "And Eve Was Weak" - Margaret
• "The World According to Chris" - Chris, Billy, Sue, Tommy, Students§
• "Evening Prayers" - Margaret and Carrie
• "Dreamer in Disguise" - Tommy§
• "Once You See" - Sue§
• "Unsuspecting Hearts" - Miss Gardiner and Carrie
• "Do Me a Favor" - Sue, Tommy, Chris, Billy, and Chorus
• "I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance" - Margaret and Carrie

Act II

• "A Night We'll Never Forget" – Carrie, Chris, Billy, Sue, Students§
• "You Shine" – Tommy, Sue§
• "Why Not Me?" – Carrie§
• "Stay Here Instead" – Margaret, Carrie
• "When There's No One" – Margaret
• "Prom Arrival" – Full Company§
• "Unsuspecting Hearts (Reprise)" - Miss Gardiner and Carrie
• "Dreamer in Disguise (Reprise)" - Tommy and Carrie§
• "Prom Climax" - Chris, Billy, Company§
• "Alma Mater" - Chorus
• "The Destruction" - Carrie / Instrumental
• "Carrie" (Reprise) – Margaret, Carrie
• "Epilogue" – Sue, Company§

§ New song for the revival production.