Finale - Carrie [Reprise 2] - and Curtain Calls (Stratford Production)

From the Stratford production of Carrie the Musical.
Linzi Hateley as Carrie
Barbara Cook as Margaret White
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[@emlodik]

That was the main problem with the original book and direction. Unless you've seen the movie and/or read the novel, you had no idea what the hell was happening.

[@sindelscat9336]

The revival wasn't any better

[@noodlearg9745]

@@sindelscat9336 well i haven't seen the movie or read the novel but i could understand

[@wwozanewmusical]

@@sindelscat9336 because they yet again, didn't put out what they had originally written and composed, and let other people tell them what needed to happen to it. if they had kept and put out all of the score, and the book and stayed true to the script that was written and composed in the1988 workshops, than it would work, cause if they had done the sets and costumes straight out of the movie, and stayed in the 1980's worlds of both book and film, it would have worked much better.

[@castle3267]

@@sindelscat9336girl, yes it was, be so fr

[@Nacho-Mamma]

So frustrating how the critics have never given this show a fair shake. To be able to make such an amazing musical from anything by Stephen King was a huge deal to start with. So many amazing leading ladies have played Margaret White. And they have all done such amazing jobs. And, to have one of the most heartbreaking songs ever written for a musical. "When There's No One" is a tear jerking piece of work. I cry everytime I hear it. I always loved Betty Buckley's performance, and will always be a huge fan of one of the greatest Broadway Dames of all times. But, to hear Marin Mazie's rendition, it's simply heartbreaking. She brings the emotion that this beautiful ballad was needing. I think the critics need to give this amazing show a break, and the credit it truly deserves. It's so long overdue!

[@andreas7415]

im sorry but i just cant agree with you this show for the most part was downright awful songs like do me a favor wotta night and especially out for blood but i also kinda agree with you becuse the Carrie and magaret songs are just downright fantastic the destruction is probably one of the most heartbreaking and scary songs ii have heard in years:)

[@kyleburgess2834]

andreas pablo Its been reworked. Those horrible songs have been cut out, and the production is more modernized. Check out the Revival! It's fantastic!

[@NFK8]

Well take this clip: if the setting was in the household or even just darkness with spot lights on both Margaret and Carrie, this ending could have been so heartbreaking. But, instead, they chose to have it play out on some weird gigantic white staircase that made absolutely no sense. It's production decisions like that which ultimately killed the show.

[@this_Joe_Smith]

Amen. Agreeing with all of you here. The 2012 fixed the odd awful parts ....the Carrie+Margaret moments from 1988 were perfection by the time Betty Buckley joined .... Proud to be a Crazy Fan

[@boynamedalexxx]

@bnm73me To be fair, the show only lost money because investors pulled out, so they couldn't continue running. The several performances they had were all sold out, and the run at Stratford was as well.

[@jammes122]

Apparently the audience on Broadway was very divided. Betty Buckley and Charlotte D'Amboise have both told stories of how they heard both cheers and boos coming from the audience at curtain call.

[@brookewells7208]

This is an old comment but it usually meant that they hated the production but loved the actors. Boo at the end of the show, applaud for bows.

[@MichaelSheppard]

Barbara Cook is amazing.

[@noodlearg9745]

remember this comment made 11 years ago

[@abelgomez49]

definitely she is.

[@piecesofme8531]

I want to see the full Stratford Production remounted, full-on 80s teen aerobics Greek tragedy as originally conceived!

[@TarynThings]

What a strange curtain call.

[@UmmOopsy]

really love the last scene as it shows so much of motherly love. even though Margaret was a hush mother it still shows her loving side. I wonder how it would end if carrie accidentally kills her mom as it looks like the stopping of the heart was on purpose. plus this did not show a mother killing her daughter so it would have been better if it was an accidentally kill then a one that was on purpose.

[@UmmOopsy]

still I lpve this musical to bits

[@giovannirastrelli9821]

No, Margaret actually DOES stab Carrie in the back like in the book (well, it was shoulder) and movie, except it's damn hard to see it because they're perched so high up on that staircase. That was one of the criticisms the original staging got.

[@brookewells7208]

From what I know, the applause at the bows is because not at the show, it's applauding the actor's performance.

[@this_Joe_Smith]

After seeing the revival, Then coming here dozens of times now, I am so fucking attached to the staircase and the weirdness ...the abstract dance metaphors, the art exhibit Grand opera of it all

[@this_Joe_Smith]

1:18 the *GONG* so beautiful 🏆

[@evanwall1128]

Omg yes!!! It was so weird and beautiful like when Cats first opened! Everything about this show was so spectacular! The ending music as Carrie dies is just depressingly beautiful.

[@this_Joe_Smith]

@@evanwall1128 agree agree agree agree. It's even my opinion that the boo-ing we've all heard about (at the end) was the audience hating that Carrie dies --- not showing hate for the show, but hating that our lead avenged herself and then dies. 💖😭❤❤❤❤❤❤🙌

[@kyramahlervolleyball]

Oh 100% agree. I love the staircase, it's so weird but it fits the weirdness of the whole show. It also shows Carrie's warped reality and the fact that Margaret is basically Carrie's God.

[@this_Joe_Smith]

@@kyramahlervolleyball Yes! I very much agree! I'm so willing to embrace the abstract nature of that production 💥🏆

[@DrNoYes9]

if this show is so terrible, why does the audience clap so much? HA! just goes to prove everyone wrong about audiences hating it!!!! I love this show....

[@ViscountVile]

That's a fair point. I saw the last night at Stratford and before the cast left the stage at the end, I recall a male member of the cast saying something like "the critics didn't like it but the audiences have been great". I wouldn't say the mood was that we had seen a classic, but we had certainly seen something brave and ambitious, that had some memorable highlights and was worrthy of respect.

[@this_Joe_Smith]

@@ViscountVile --Well-said. Something Brave and Ambitious .... ❤

[@brookewells7208]

They boo at the show, applaud the actors.

[@this_Joe_Smith]

​@@brookewells7208 Yes i also think that! I think they boo'ed the downer ending(dying after bullying) and not the performers\creators

[@evanwall1128]

Ok I know the show had a lot going on, but I must say with the orchestrations my goodness that was a sad yet profound ending. I wish this show could get a second chance at broadway.

[@scottishphotographer]

@MeowBitchDubs Generally-speaking, British theatre audiences are too polite and/or reserved to boo. This is a rather unfortunate trait.

[@hellolife6939]

Apart from at the panto

[@babeandandy]

when does she stab her? i can't really make it out...

[@UmmOopsy]

babeandandy she didnt really stab carrie in this production, stabbing only happened in the broadway version. Carrie probably died of a broken heart and injuries from the destruction in this production.

[@this_Joe_Smith]

Yeah, i wondered, too ....without the stabbing it's not clear why she'd put-out her mother... But yeah: I'm fine. Bless them. 💕

[@sindelscat9336]

@@UmmOopsy she actually did it's just terrible camera footage

[@pastel_flowers3769]

Yeah, according to some sources and actually good camera photos, I was able to find some documentation and photographs that show Barbara Cook (Carrie’s Mom/ Marget White) with the knife she uses to “stab” Linzi Hatley (Carrie White)

[@Ryanlaskey]

it ran for just over a month but they closed it thinking it would be better on broadway (HA!)

[@rosetaylor-riley7474]

Weakest deaths EVER

[@Ryanlaskey]

its not been confirmed but so far it looks that way

[@AlexMaizus]

the musical is more sad.

[@pukinowt]

@Ryanlaskey well the audiences loved it which you can hear, the critics shut down the show

[@shaqman145]

Next year Off-Broadway!

[@babeandandy]

Yeah... Subtle is not something that works well on stage lol... Things on stage need to be BIG lol

[@TarynThings]

Don't get me wrong, it's really cool. Just odd. :-)

[@haileystyles6484]

I enjoyed the ending of the revival a lot more

[@this_Joe_Smith]

The added theme of "what does it cost to be kind" is an excellent framefor the story. I am very proud with the updated version, though i will forever be a wild fan of the 1988 Carrie&Margaret arrangements.

[@RadioCityChristmas]

@jnewmark41 it's been confirmed? where does it say it?

[@zoegoodman2000]

What is Carrie doing the begining of this clip at about 0:00-0:46?

[@this_Joe_Smith]

@Peppermint Snowdrift ❤ beautifully said 💕

[@Ryanlaskey]

@kaijumovies96 i have many times, i was just giving an example

[@jnewmark41]

CARRIE is coming back to B-way in 2011.

[@tgstock1]

Ummm ... ok ... wtf was the reason for that pyramid??? So bizarre.

[@susanboylefan91]

tgstock1 I could be wrong but perhaps the staircase could be symbolic of an Aztec pyramid where human sacrifices took place... just a theory.

[@this_Joe_Smith]

Yes to the "stairway to heaven" comment, and also I've read that the set designer heard ".....a high school setting that can look like 'Grease'..." ----but took it to mean, look-like GREECE ....smdh

[@Quackervoltz]

@@conoryoung1761 Honestly I think the symbolism would be the same of the just had like, a normal white staircase

[@kyramahlervolleyball]

It's a mix of metaphors. Most commonly it's the Stairway to Heaven, which explains why Margaret is descending down it since she's Carrie's equivalent to God. Also the fact that both Carrie and Margaret die on it. But in story it's meant (at least from what I heard) to be the roof of the school, which Carrie collapsed after killing everyone at the prom.

[@daiikxi]

what they heck was Chris Wearing- Is the girl in the red even Chris?

[@keetard]

The girl in red is Chris.