[NEohioPAL]Fwd: Carrie the Musical (Please Read)

[Byron Abens]

I got this from another mailing list that I am a part
of and thought I would pass it on to the Cleveland
theatre community.  Please take the time to read this
and hopefully add your name to the petition.
Thanks,
Byron F. Abens

--- mushniknson <mushniknson at yahoo.com> wrote:
> To: broadwayscoresandsheetmusic at yahoogroups.com
> From: "mushniknson" <mushniknson at yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 07:11:24 -0000
> Subject: [Broadway Scores and Sheet Music] Carrie
> the Musical (Please Read)
> 
> Okay, some of you may have already heard about this
> and don't care, 
> but for those who haven't, please read on.
> 
> As you may or may not know, in 1988 the creators of
> the movie Fame 
> opened a musical based on the Stephen King novel,
> Carrie, on 
> Broadway. It is known as one of Broadway's biggest
> flops. It starred 
> Betty Buckley and Linzi Hately, and it lost about 8
> million dollars. 
> BUT, enough of the negativity.
> 
> Since the Broadway production closed (after only 5
> performances), the 
> authors have witheld the performance rights to the
> piece. In fact, in 
> the US, there have only been two legal productions
> of the show. THese 
> only happened because the companies were friends
> with Composer 
> Michael Gore.
> 
> Well, anyways, many people would like to be able to
> perform the show. 
> Some believe that the show's failure was due to a
> Broadway (as 
> opposed to a more appropriate off-Broadway) opening
> along with bad 
> direction and choreography (critics ranted that they
> had seen better 
> staged and choreographed material at high schools).
> Some might say 
> that the show itself, book and score, was horrid.
> Others don't 
> (including me).
> 
> I have written a petition to the authors of Carrie
> the Musical in an 
> attempt to have the rights released. Even if you
> don't like Carrie or 
> don't know anything about it, you can be of help.
> The petition isn't 
> about whether or not you like the piece. It's about
> letting people 
> perform a show that they like. Before you disregard
> this post, think 
> about how life would be like if suddenly the rights
> to Guys and Dolls 
> or My Fair Lady or Grease were suddenly taken away.
> It's the same 
> thing.
> 
> Please support this cause.
> 
> 
> Thank you so much. The petition is located at the
> following address:
> 
> http://www.petitiononline.com/carrie88/petition.html
> 
> 
> If you have a heart, sign the petition... (cries).
> J/K! But... 
> seriously... it takes like 2 minutes... PLEASE?!
> 
> 
> Rob.
> 
> 


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