| re: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others | |
| Posted by: showbuzz 02:57 pm EDT 08/16/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others - tandelor 08:33 am EDT 08/16/20 | |
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| I saw the last 2 performances in Stratford....and even as an acquaintance of Barbara Cook.....she was terribly miscast as Margaret White. Barbara could read the phone directory and make it extraordinary...this wasn't it. But the 3 most egreagious parts were Gene Anthony Ray horribly costumed and terribly directed...it wasn't FAME and he was still performing Billy as if he was still in FAME! 2.Terry Hands was woefully out of his league,Didn't understand American life and certainly not American teenagers......and his concept wasn't an American town...he set it on Mt Olympus!A fantasy.....One British review said 'Terry Hands trying to breathe Life into "CARRIE" was like Terry Hands rearranging the deck chairs on the TITANIC!"...3rd was the dancer/actor killing over blown choreography of Debbie Allen! Someone needed to remind her that this wasn't FAME either! I ran into Barbara Cook in London at an event w/Wally Harper while she was still in rehearsals and excitedly told her I was seeing her last 2 performances b4 America....Aghast she tried to talk me out of it.....she wasn't enjoying it. She also referred to it as the Honey! This is the MOOSE MURDERS of Musicals!" If you knew Barbara...she was witty and sassy and straight forward ....I loved our encounters. CARRIE had a lot of wonderful people trying their damndest!....I loved the score but this production was misguided! Lucklily it has found a place ...with time /although I miss things from the Original. No one talks about the half naked boys in leather acrobatically rolling around ....Barbara explained to me that they were the pigs..."pig blood!!! Ohhhhhhh! I thought the Stars In The House were kind to Barbara and avoided too much about Terry Hands (Thank God!) I can still see a lot of it in my head....just my 2cents |
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