Chapter 8: A sturdy little battleship

By 2012, over two decades had passed since Carrie the Musical’s
high-profile Broadway car crash, and the last thing its creators
wanted was to resurrect the show that haunted them. But the
requests for a revival kept coming in.   We find out why
Director Stafford Arima was determined to give the show a new life,
and how he persuaded the writers to give Carrie another chance in a
smaller, tighter new production (with not a unitard or giant
staircase in sight). We meet two of the stars of that ‘revisal’,
Molly Ranson and Carmen Cusack, and speak to award-winning vocal
designer AnnMarie Milazzo about how she reinvented the sound of
Carrie for a new generation. Is it possible to shake off the
reputation of a show that’s known as a complete disaster? And can
you really do Carrie without the blood? Friends of Carrie - join us
on our social channels: this week we shared some iconic exclusive
photos from Linzi Hateley’s personal Carrie collection! Instagram
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Chris Adams, edited by Tom Moores, with original music by Odinn Orn
Hilmarson and artwork by Rebecca Pitt. Out for Blood is a proud
member of the Broadway Podcast Network.  NEW! Chris's book Out
for Blood: a Cultural History of Carrie the Musical is out now! You
can order now from the publisher or all good book stores. You can
now also order OFB t-shirts, hoodies, totes, stickers, pins and
more here! Thanks this week to Dean Pitchford, Stafford Arima,
AnnMarie Millazzo, Molly Ranson, Carmen Cusack and Andrew Wachter.
THIS WEEK’S LINKS: Stafford Arima is now the Artistic Director of
Theatre Calgary, in Alberta, Canada. The Carrie ‘revisal’ was
produced and staged by MCC Theater The iconic Marin Mazzie as
‘Mother’ in ‘Ragtime’ Footage from the Carrie revisal on
Playbill.com and the official cast recording on Spotify The New
York 1 review of the show Please note that we don’t own any of the
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