Why is no one talking about how genuinely terrified Linzi sounds like my god her acting they both absolutely kill these roles imo

@joseph-clift

2 жыл бұрын

you'd be terrified too with BLB belting her face off at you from a couple of feet away! (also yes Linzi killed it.)

@kyleswingle5844

3 ай бұрын

@@joseph-clift what's Betty's middle name?

Also, that cellar is SO much worse than a closet. Horrifying.

@codylavada2017

8 жыл бұрын

right? its so symbolic of hell!

@aidanprice9794

3 жыл бұрын

also how badass is it when she says "GO TO THE CELLAR AND PRAY, WOMAN!!!" That plus the lighting and the slap...so much better than a closet lol

I think the cellar door on the floor makes thing a lot more terryifing. The off-Broadway Revival last year had a closet like the one in the movie/book... it just isn't the same.

this musical feels like two completely different scores. a chilling Gothic musical with what they give Margaret, and a pop-ish musical with the high school story line (not surprised, same composers as Footloose). the Margaret material was the best part of the show.

@killorbekilledqueen0559

3 жыл бұрын

I think that’s kinda cool, though. It really shows how different the White family is from the general public. It serves as a really good contrast.

it's because of women like this...that I love musical theatre.

I actually love this song. More for the acting if anything... The way she sang, "I thought I was dying, I started crying." Always gets me.

Betty's voice is BEYOND incredible in this song.

God... just the pure... energy and fanaticism in this song is amazing. The LIFE that this actress (I'm sorry, I've forgot her name) brings to the role is stunning. This is on the level of "Hellfire" from Notre Dame (the Disney film of course) in terms of power and emotion and that was a song that quite literally sends shivers down my spine even now.

@1lunawolf263

2 жыл бұрын

The actress who played Margaret White in this version name is Betty Buckley who also played coach Collins in the original 1976 film with Sissy Spacek.

What a fantastic vocal. Horror musicals are tricky to pull off and at least in this moment it worked beautifully. This is terrifying in the best way possible.

I really love the bell tower effects it give this song an oddly creepy vibe

@sheismymom

4 жыл бұрын

that's why the revival and subsequent productions disappoint me.this show is lost without a great orchestra

The Broadway production was not perfect, but it had something that I often miss in the newer productions of Carrie - a big classic orchestra. Seriously, the orchestra makes the music sound more epic (and scary at Margaret's parts) than in the revival, it sounds great!!

@wickedphant0m

6 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Especially the destruction.... the revival version has no tune to it, just background noise.

@toddramsey3799

5 жыл бұрын

Part of that is because it was revived off-Broadway, so it would have had less of a budget for orchestra than a regular Broadway show.

@wwozanewmusical

3 жыл бұрын

And they cut fun songs, plus the opening Oveture, how could you get ride of that creepy fun beautiful scored overture. its crazy.

@Quackervoltz

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddramsey3799 Yeah that's what I've been saying

@Gamchlo

Жыл бұрын

Electrifyingly terrifying. What a powerful voice. No insult to BLB, but she truly makes Margaret seem truly insane.

is it bad that I listened to this at work and jumped up and gave Betty Buckley a standing ovation..... She served Alto Realness on this tune

@Keith_Petersen_Actor

4 жыл бұрын

Betty Buckley sustains an Eb in her belt. Sis is a Mezzo power beltress

@makeupman7472

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, perfectly warranted

@indigoblue91

2 жыл бұрын

She is Fantastic!

@TheIndigoSystem

Жыл бұрын

She’s a mezzo soprano

@BrianNIL

Жыл бұрын

Of course it's bad, focus on your work and stop screwing around watching youtube lol I'd probably be the guy doing your work while you're giving standing ovations to Carrie the goddamn musical lol

This is proof that this madhouse of a show still has a great score.

What the hell are you speaking of? This song is one of the most amazing pieces of writing I've ever heard in my life. How can you possibly not love it?

I just now noticed the part of the scene where Carrie has her arms outstretched and her mother keeps pushing her away. It may just be that she's trying to keep her at arm's length, but it really looks more like Carrie is trying to hug her mother and is looking for comfort.

@tearoses9940

9 ай бұрын

Either would make sense! She’s vulnerable and confused and just needs a hug, but the person she’s seeking comfort from is terrorizing her.

Betty Buckley sang the hell out of this song! Amazing actress and singer

@valmacclinchy

Жыл бұрын

She's always amazing! Love her.

Holy shit!!!!! Betty Buckley is AMAZING

I LOVE THIS VERSION SO MUCH LIKE SHE OPENED A DAMN LATCH IN THE FLOOR AND JUST DROPPED HER IN THIS IS RADICAL AS HELL

The ONLY thing that made this show flop was the damn horrible stage decoration. I get that the producers tried to be artistic and original, but the mirrored box made no sense with the show.

@crazyguy98456978

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the box wasn't my favorite thing in the world. I did thing some aspects made it cool like for the destruction when the glass pane came slamming down.

@kasmith54

3 жыл бұрын

Also the togas

@wwozanewmusical

3 жыл бұрын

It was not the Producers fault for the horrible sets and costumes, it was The Director who was from England, and had no idea what the producers meant when they and the writers and composer told him think Grease, meets weeny todd, and he took Grease to mean Greece as a greek tragedy. its all on the Director for the look and the costumes of the original show. And i feel that if they had stayed within the world created by STEPHEN king, book and then the 1980's film it would have gone over much better than it did with critics.

@DanEddyCinema

3 жыл бұрын

@@wwozanewmusical oh my god that is the funniest and saddest thing I've ever heard..

@midgesherwood2685

2 жыл бұрын

That's Terry Hands' egocentric idea.

Such a different time on Broadway to have this lush of an orchestra. This may have flopped but it has a whole string section

Pure talent. I must have listened to this at least a thousand times and it still gives me chills every single time! My only regret is not being old enough to see this done live! So grateful for this upload!!

...still the best rendition of this song!

i think the audience went "holy shit " o_O this is just amazing on every level :D

I wish I could’ve seen these two live!

@sheismymom

4 жыл бұрын

me too

This is perhaps the most powerful song I have ever heard. I can not get enough of it. BRAVO!

Oh my f***ing GOD.

That was fantastic. Much better than I had imagined it would be. I love that scene in the movie, and I had doubts it could be redone, especially in MUSICAL form... ahha

So this why theater is better than movies. There so much energy and emotion. AMEN.

@michaelsaylorceo135

4 жыл бұрын

iCaliver I know right

No matter how many times I listen to this, I'm just awestruck at the raw energy and power in Betty's voice. What great talent. I'd love to see this reworked/revived and brought around. I think in the right hands, this could be one of the biggest shows to hit Broadway ever.

AMAZING. Really wish that they hadn't changed the keys for the revival

everybody seems to blame the direction, but the things like lighting and the ends of scenes and things like that look really epic to me just sounds like the play was hard to put on, cos i swear it had a world class director?

@wwozanewmusical

3 жыл бұрын

Yes i agree with some of the directing, but he should have let the producers explain what they meant when they told him Grease not Greece, the white set and the costumes were horrible, and they should have looked like high school kids not like MTV dancers or wearing Greek togas, in the 1980's. its the Directors decision and he from what i understand of the making of it was horrible to work with and focused on the wrong parts of the show.

This is so scary… the performance is outstanding…

Fierce is the only word I can come up with whenever I see/hear this scene. Thanks for the upload!

This is so amazing....listen to it every couple of months and love it each time!

Is it just me, or does anyone else think just that chair in the house alone is kind of terrifyingng

1:39 "GO TO THE CELLAR AND PRAY WOMAN! PRAY TO HEAVEN FOR YOUR WICKED SOUL!" That was terrifying! I got chills! 😳

Who else gets “Hellfire” vibes from this song?

I wish Betty Buckley could have reprised her role as Margaret White in the revivial. I saw the original and I still remember her performance 24 years later. I saw the new production last weekend. Marin Mazzie was ok, not crazed enough and her voice lacked the power required.

@Stu21202

Жыл бұрын

Funny to see this comment 11 years later. I also saw the Carrie revival and was blown away. Marin was a goddess but they had to move songs so far down to stay in her chest/belt range, it didn’t have quite the same oomph as Buckley.

Obsesssssssssed

that was badass

Love the original ^_^

I'm not a Broadway fan at all, but this is really a remarkable song. I've seen other parts of the musical that looked terrible though. I think it is the right time for a new version of the musical -- if they take out the cheesy numbers and have more powerful songs like this one, and with talented performers on the level of Betty Buckley. Wouldn't it be amazing if they took one of the most notorious "flops" in Broadway history and turned it into one of the most successful?

This scares me-

@subliminal5543

3 жыл бұрын

As it should

Gosh. This was terrifying!

Bow your head and pray...

@SergeantLuke I just saw it two nights ago. Fantastic revival. Blew the original production away!

i WISH i couldve seen this live

OMIGOD if this comes back to broadway with marin id b sooo happy

omg that margaret

WOW!!!

The only person that comes anywhere near Buckley is Debra Byrne in the failed australian revival, you can listen to it hear, its only a rehearsal track but still really powerful! carriemusicalaustralia(dot)tumblr(dot)com

What?! How could that seriously be? Poor Carrie the young girl! 🙁

I guess it's just a difference in opnion, I suppose. I just found it rather odd considering how this song really blew me away the first time I saw it. And I enjoyed most of the lyrics, although I agree to some point that half of it seemed like they were just writing filler.

as much as the director fucked up this show and fucked over Linzi, you must admit that these women bring these characters to life so well. Linzi sounded legit terrified. (Fair though, because on opening night the woman who originally played Margaret almost got beheaded during evening prayers.)

Dayyum That singing makes me wanna be a Christian

@mjp7671

3 жыл бұрын

How does this song make you want to be a christian? It's about horrific religous abuse

@jaedaq8336

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjp7671 right!! even tho i’m christian and this is one of my favorite musicals

Alice Ripley as Margaret White in the Seattle production was AMAZING

@aidanprice9794

5 жыл бұрын

bellakiwi12 she’s an unbelievable actress but I hate her voice. I’m curious what others think though, maybe it’s just personal preference. Or maybe I’ve listened to Marin Mazzie too much haha cuz she’s the best motherly actress of all time imo

@jvanness90

5 жыл бұрын

Aidan Price I wouldn’t say I hate her voice, but I get why you would. I’m not sure how she normally sounds, but in the show she sounded like a really well trained church singer. I know that voice. I heard it every Sunday growing up. Ultimately I think it mostly worked for the role, but it’s not a voice I’d want to listen outside of that show.

In the book does Carrie go to her closet or seller ??

@tobyfinney768

6 жыл бұрын

The closet

@michaelsaylorceo135

4 жыл бұрын

Closet

@gejo1251 Marin Mazzie did a GREAT job. She has her own take on it and her voice is different from Betty's. She did a phenomenal job. Don't judge her unless you've actually SEEN what she does in person. The audio on YT doesn't do Marin's Mrs. White justice.

Buckley. No other. Saw this in premiere before it closed in NY original cast. The audience all but rioted. To see a B'way show close with an angered audience was scarier than the premise of the show. Bringing in the likes of Debbie Allen ruined this show: the choreography, the lighting, the prom scene was a joke but Buckley and Hately were amazing -- they should have done it in chamber setting .

@ive8er i agree. what would solve it is if she didnt open with it, but waited to see if it would work and then hopped on to blow everyone out of the water

@TheBwayBoy Stephanie in anything would be amazing. I wish she was in more!!! the recording i have of her i love. she might be a little young though, in my mind.

That blocking was just terrible. I don't think the real problem here was with the music (I can't speak to the book), but the direction. It's just way too showy and grandiose. Carrie should be small an intimate, slowly building the pressure until you find yourself personally involved in the slaughter.

@jb7644

4 жыл бұрын

It was proposed to rival all other musicals at that time that had huge productions and orchestra set. So the thought of intimacy was thrown out and they went full out with this. it was a hot mess as a result!

@tomshea8382

4 жыл бұрын

@@jb7644 Small is also not exactly what Stratford and Broadway were ever about. Of course, when it was written, small shows were a rarity on Broadway anyway.

@fatak5106

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree, Carrie is not something small. And Broadway is not a place for a small local theater styled production

@gasparmarino75 I agree completely. I just missed the original (had tickets but it closed before I got to see it!) but have been a bit obsessed with the audio recording, particularly Betty's performance, all these years. Marin acted the part well but the vocals were extremely underwhelming. Very disappointed in that casting choice...

@omnigeek13 on second thought, i think her vocals would be perfect here

@highbelter really? awww, what a bummer. i'd like to see what they did for the revival, but i don't have money for a ticket... but anyhoo, if you'd ever like the sheet music to the original song here, i have it!

It is a matter of taste. Personally, I´d agree with you on the lyrics, but I think the music is amazing here...

@mjp7671

3 жыл бұрын

You agree with the lyrics?

@Jimsteinman

3 жыл бұрын

@@mjp7671 I think that was meant as an answer to a previous comment. It was about a comparison between different versions of the song. I do not personally agree with the content of the lyrics ;-)

@mjp7671

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jimsteinman oh thank God lol

@pacr11397 I would love Alice in this role. Her vocals in N2N are wonderful.

@TheBwayBoy really? i love stephanie but do you think she could sound this cruel? im not sure, but id love to see it!

@spiritvox75428 it opened off-broadway a couple days ago. it's might do better after 24 yrs :)

@gejo1251 I was thinking the same thinggg, Alice Ripley would be greatt!

terrifying.

Carrie sounds like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz

So who played Mrs. White here?!

@catfish1616

6 жыл бұрын

Fadhil Ramadhani Betty Buckley. She's amazing isn't she ?

@tearoses9940

5 жыл бұрын

For the first half of the video (when it’s a shot of the whole stage) it’s Barbara Cook’s footage, but with Betty Buckley’s audio being played over it. When the video switches to the more close-up shots, it’s footage of Betty Buckley (still her singing).

@michaelsaylorceo135

4 жыл бұрын

Betty Buckley, who also played Miss Collins in the 1976 film adaptation

anyone else get shirley Phelps roper vibes from margaret/betty?

@TheBwayBoy she would be amazing but idk if she would really want 2 be associated with something that might flop again like 9 to 5 and Pirate Queen, even though she was great in both. The audience would eat her up (in a good way) but so would the critics, in a bad way. I love me some SJB saw her just 2 weeks ago perform Grizabella in Cats, absolutely pitch and power perfect. I hope she comes back to Broadway again in something epic.

How did this show flop? Explain!!

@fatak5106

3 жыл бұрын

The producer fled to another country and left the show like that.

@piecesofme8531

3 жыл бұрын

@@fatak5106 This show is a masterpiece, quite frankly!

@fatak5106

3 жыл бұрын

@@piecesofme8531 It is! Sadly the Critics didn't understand its avant Garde style and halfway destroyed the show. The audiences enjoyed and laughed. The fun ride would continue longer if the producer didn't fled (and later imported Starlight Express to his country )

@Wyrd__cat

Ай бұрын

Broadway people were snobby biatches back then.

@TheBwayBoy or mabey Alice Ripley from next to normal.

@Blue-xt7kc

4 жыл бұрын

Speaking of which.

There is a change about half way through...is the second mother Betty Buckley?

@alexhong01

5 жыл бұрын

johntlew this is 8 years late but yeah, the whole audio is Buckley but the footage is Barbara Cook until that change thing, then it is Betty Buckley

does anyone no if this show is out for licenses. and if so where can you get it.

@willerpelding9924

Жыл бұрын

Concord Theatricals holds the license to it

@clamman27 Awesome have there been any press releases yet?

for myself 1:01

Google.com

This is a better version of Hellfire from hunchback

how come this musical is getting so much praise when this became one of the worst musical productions

@eirikastokes9652

5 жыл бұрын

Because half the score of the original production was amazing - basically everything with Carrie and Margaret. I don't think anyone can possibly say that this version of Eve Was Weak is anything but thrilling. The original run had lots of problems, but the part of the score focused around Margaret was GENIUS.

@fatak5106

3 жыл бұрын

@@eirikastokes9652 I'd say most of the orchestration and scores are amazing on their own, Do me a favor , wotta night, Out for blood have rather cool lyrics and music. It's just the other creative parts that destroyed a good show.

Just a matter of taste. I agree with the critics. I think the lyrics are amateurish and below Miss Buckley's talent.

Sounds a lot like Angela Lansbury.

I now understand why this show closed. Great voice, dreadful song.