Embedded Files
It's bootleg recordings that have kept Carrie the Musical alive and building momentum for decades. Below is a list of much of the merchandise and recordings that are known/alleged to exist, though this list is a little outdated and doesn't include 2012 Off-Broadway listings. This is not a sale/trade list and I don't personally have all of this stuff, it's merely offered as a checklist for overzealous fans who are looking to track down more Carrie stuff.
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Audio Recordings
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Demos
1983
Sung by the authors.
Includes "Crackerjack," which is the original version of "Out for Blood" and "Once I Loved a Boy," which was replaced with "When There's No One" prior to the premiere performance in Stratford. The date cited by online sources is 1985, which is implausible.
Track list:
1. In
2. Unsuspecting Hearts
3. Crackerjack
4. Once I Loved a Boy
5. Heaven
6. Carrie
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Workshop
August 1984
Complete performance of the workshop production, which was only the first act.
There seems to be a huge discrepancy in the date of release. The book "Not Since Carrie" cites this staging in August of 1984, while some online sources cite this production as 1985, others 1986. Some minor research proved that the recordings were copyrighted in 1984.
Stars: Maureen McGovern (Margaret White), Annie Golden (Carrie White), Laurie Beechman (Mrs. Gardner), Laura Dean (Sue Snell), Liz Callaway (Chris Hargensen), Todd Graff (Tommy Ross), Peter Neptune (Billy), Donna Murphy.
Track Listing
01. Author's Introductions
02. The Lord's Prayer
03. Ain't It a Bitch?
04. Dream On
05. I Can Hear My Heart
06. Open Your Heart
07. And Eve Was Weak
08. Don't Waste the Moon
09. Evening Prayers
10. An Eagle's Just Another Bird
11. Scene at the Gym
12. Do Me a Favor
13. It Only Has to Happen Once
14. I Never Dreamed/I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance
15. Curtain Call
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Rehearsal
1988
Main Cast: Barbara Cook (Margaret White), Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), and ??
I've seen numerous references to this but know very little about it. Some of the preliminary rehearsals for the show were captured on tape. I know for certain that "I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance" is circulating (it's surfaced on a bootleg of the closing night performance) but I have no clue if any other tracks appear on this tape. "I Remember..." is comprised of numerous rehearsals -- the track tops off at a whopping 18+ minutes.
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Stratford-Upon Avon
February 1988
(Exact Date Unknown)
Main Cast: Barbara Cook (Margaret White), Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), Darlene Love (Mrs. Gardner), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue Snell), Charlotte D'Amboise (Chris Hargensen), Paul Gyngell (Tommy Ross), Gene Anthony Ray (Billy).
Early performance of the show with Barbara Cook. I don't have any specifics on this recording.
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Stratford-Upon Avon
March 8, 1988
Main Cast: Barbara Cook (Margaret White), Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), Darlene Love (Mrs. Gardner), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue Snell), Charlotte D'Amboise (Chris Hargensen), Paul Gyngell (Tommy Ross), Gene Anthony Ray (Billy).
Complete performance from the initial run of the show with Barbara Cook. Soundboard recording.
Disc One
01. Overture
02. In
03. Dear Lord
04. Dream On
05. Taunting
06. Carrie
07. Her Mother Should Have Told Her
08. "Are You Going to the Drive-In Tonight?"
09. Open Your Heart
10. And Eve Was Weak (Intro)
11. And Eve Was Weak
12. Jesus Watches from the Wall
13. Don't Waste the Moon
14. Don't Waste the Moon (Outro)
15. Evening Prayers
16. "Have You Got a Date?"
17. Apologies (Intro)
18. Apologies
19. Unsuspecting Hearts
20. Do Me a Favor (Intro)
21. Do Me a Favor
22. Invited
23. I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance
Disc Two
01. Crackerjack (aka Out for Blood)
02. Dream On (Reprise)
03. White Star
04. I'm Not Alone (Intro)
05. I'm Not Alone
06. Carrie (Reprise 1)
07. When There's No One
08. When There's No One (Outro)
09. Wotta Night
10. Unsuspecting Hearts (Reprise, Intro)
11. Unsuspecting Hearts
12. "Voting"
13. Heaven
14. "A Tie"
15. Heaven/White Star (Reprise)
16. Alma Mater
17. The Destruction
18. Carrie (Reprise 2/Finale)
19. Bows
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Broadway
April 28, 1988 (1st Preview)
Virginia Theatre
Main Cast: Betty Buckley (Margaret White), Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), Darlene Love (Mrs. Gardner), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue Snell), Charlotte D'Amboise (Chris Hargensen), Paul Gyngell (Tommy Ross), Gene Anthony Ray (Billy).
It's rumored that this exists. According to my source, if it does, it's not heavily circulating in fandom.
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Broadway
April 29, 1988 (2nd Preview)
Virginia Theatre
Main Cast: Betty Buckley (Margaret White), Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), Darlene Love (Mrs. Gardner), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue Snell), Charlotte D'Amboise (Chris Hargensen), Paul Gyngell (Tommy Ross), Gene Anthony Ray (Billy).
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Broadway
April 30, 1998 (3rd Preview)
Virginia Theatre
Main Cast: Betty Buckley (Margaret White), Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), Darlene Love (Mrs. Gardner), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue Snell), Charlotte D'Amboise (Chris Hargensen), Paul Gyngell (Tommy Ross), Gene Anthony Ray (Billy).
Soundboard recording. It sounds like the tape was transferred slightly faster, because Buckley gets a bit chipmunky at times.
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Broadway
1988
(Exact Date Unknown)
Virginia Theatre
Main Cast: Betty Buckley (Margaret White), Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), Darlene Love (Mrs. Gardner), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue Snell), Charlotte D'Amboise (Chris Hargensen), Paul Gyngell (Tommy Ross), Gene Anthony Ray (Billy).
Highlights from the show.
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Broadway
May 15, 1988 (Closing Night)
Virginia Theatre
Main Cast: Betty Buckley (Margaret White), Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), Darlene Love (Mrs. Gardner), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue Snell), Charlotte D'Amboise (Chris Hargensen), Paul Gyngell (Tommy Ross), Gene Anthony Ray (Billy).
Recorded from the audience.
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Broadway
May 15, 1988 (Closing Night)
Virginia Theatre
Main Cast: Betty Buckley (Margaret White), Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), Darlene Love (Mrs. Gardner), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue Snell), Charlotte D'Amboise (Chris Hargensen), Paul Gyngell (Tommy Ross), Gene Anthony Ray (Billy).
Soundboard recording.
I can't say for certain if it stems from the master tapes or not, but the main version of this that's circulating is riddled with heavy clicks and pops, as if it's been dubbed from a vinyl record. I've found rips of varying bit rates -- it's implausible that they were all ripped from the same tape by the same person -- and all of them include the clicks. I presume this probably happened in an early (bad) transfer which was copied countless times.
Act I
01. Overture
02. In
03. Taunting and Carrie Prelude
04. Dream On
05. Shower Scene
06. Carrie
07. Hey Tommy
08. Open Your Heart
09. Eve Was Weak
10. Jesus Watches/Don't Waste the Moon
11. Evening Prayers
12. You're Going to Tell Carrie White
13. Unsuspecting Hearts
14. Do Me a Favor
15. I've Been Invited
16. I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance
Act II
17. Out For Blood
18. It Hurts to Be Strong
19. I'm Not Alone
20. Carrie (reprise 1)
21. When There's No One
22. Wotta Night
23. Unsuspecting Hearts
24. Heaven
25. Heaven (reprise)
26. Alma Mater/The Destruction
27. Carrie (Reprise 2)
28.10 Bows
29. Exit Music
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"When There's No One"
Betty Buckley first released a studio recording of "When There's No One" on her 1993 album "Children Will Listen;" it later surfaced on "Betty Buckley's Broadway." Both albums are now out of print.
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"Carrie"
Linzi Hateley, the star of the Stratford/Broadway show, released the title song on her 1994 album "Sooner or Later." Presumably the disc didn't get a massive release, it's practically impossible to find today.
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"Carrie"/"And Eve Was Weak"
June 10, 1996
In 1996, Betty Buckley invited Linzi Hateley to make a surprise appearance at an AIDS benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall. Hateley sang the title song from "Carrie" and the pair dueted on "Eve Was Weak." Hateley later stated that the appearance provided her some closure that she never got when the show was prematurely yanked off Broadway. The concert was recorded and later released as Buckley's album "An Evening at Carnegie Hall" -- unfortunately Linzi wasn't present on the disc. It's speculated that the recording was omitted because the orchestra was a bit askew during their duet. Audience recordings on both audio and video have been circulating; I'm uncertain whether or not the soundboard recordings have ever been leaked into fandom.
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"Unsuspecting Hearts"
Broadway Stars Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley released the song on their 1999 album of the same name. It appears the album is now out of print, but it's not hard to find.
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March 2001
In 2001, there was an allegedly authorized performance of the play at a high school in Denmark. A 2-disc soundtrack was available at the school, marking the only official recording of the full play. However, the songs are in Danish and the CDs are difficult to come by.
Track Listing
Disc 1:
1. Ouverture
2. In
3. Herre
4. Drom los
5. Han
6. Carrie
7. Tag nu imod - intro
8. Tag nu imod
9. Og hun var svag
10. Jesus ser
11. Lad os nyde natten
12. Aftenbon
13. Miss Gardeners tale
14. To hjerter uden svig
15. Gor mig en tjeneste
16. Finale 1 akt
Disc 2:
1. Syndebuk
2. Pigerne og Sue
3. Det' svaert at vaer' staerk
4. Vaek ensomhed
5. Bliv her hos mig
6. Helt alene
7. Sikken' nat
8. To hjerter uden svig (reprise)
9. Himlen
10. Alma mater
11. Haevnen
12. Finale 2 akt
13. Bows
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Green Room Radio
February 25, 2006
Green Room Radio is a site with online podcasts featuring interviews with people from the world of entertainment. In their their third February 2006 show, the subject was "Broadway Flopz." The show featured an insightful interview about 'Carrie' with Linzi Hateley conducted by Erich Bergen, and the interview opened with Hateley's hard to find album cut of the title song.
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TheatreRadio
May 25, 2007
TheatreRadio is another podcast site featuring interviews with actors who grace the stages of England. Linzi Hateley was interviewed while promoting 'Mama Mia' and spoke a bit of her experience in 'Carrie.' Unfortunately, it appears that the site's done away with their mp3s.
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Carrie the Musical
(2009 Workshop)
01. Intro/Our Father
02. In
03. The Shower/In (contd.)
04. Her Mother Should Have Told Her
05. Carrie
06. After Basketball Practice
07. Open Your Heart
08. Something Awful Happened
09. And Eve Was Weak
10. We Were Kids
11. The World According to Chris
12. Evening Prayers
13. Fourth Period English
14. Tommy's Poem
15. Comments/The Aftermath
16. Apologies
17. Unsuspecting Hearts
18. Parent/Teacher Conference
19. Do Me a Favor
20. The Invitation
21. Invited
22. I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance
23. A Night We'll Never Forget
24. What About Us?
25. You Shine
26. Why Not Me?
27. Carrie (reprise)
28. When There's No One
29. A Night We'll Never Forget (reprise)
30. Unsuspecting Hearts (reprise)
31. Tommy's Poem (reprise)
32. I Believe in Getting Even
33. Alma Mater/The Destruction
34. Trail of Destruction
35. Carrie (reprise)/Our Father (reprise)
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Video Recordings
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1988
Rehearsal footage of the song filmed prior to the opening of the show in Stratford. Multi-camera, complete song.
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February 13th, 1988
First performance in Stratford-Upon Avon, filmed by an in-house camera with a full, stationary view of the stage. Complete performance.
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April 1988 (?)
Bizarre commercial that aired prior to the opening of the show on Broadway. Those who didn't understand the staging of the show would doubtlessly be further confused by this TV promo.
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B-Roll Footage
1988
Footage filmed for use by television stations for review of the Broadway show. Excerpts of "In," "Evening Prayers," "Carrie" and "Wotta Night" are featured. Betty Buckley appears in the "Evening Prayers" portion; an extended version of "Carrie" is circulating that combines the b-roll footage with a portion of the Broadway bootleg, which makes it a seemingly complete performance of the song. Footage of "Don't Waste the Moon" appears in reviews (below); unaltered b-roll footage of this song has yet to surface online -- that I am aware of.
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Broadway
April/May 1988
Act One from one of the Broadway performances, which includes Betty Buckley. Filmed from the audience, it features a view from the left side of the stage. The second act was not recorded, as the battery on the audience member's video camera died.
It long been rumored that there is a tape in existence of both acts of the Broadway show. Allegedly Ken Mandelbaum, who wrote "Not Since Carrie" (see the Memorabilia/Print page), holds a video copy but refuses to leak it into fandom.
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April 1988
Taped from the evening news, a brutal -- but fun -- review of the Broadway premiere. Siegel was so chipper that it was hard to dislike him, even if you disagreed with his opinion. Though I must admit, pretty much everything he said about "Carrie" was right on the nose...
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Pat Collins Review
April 1988
In case the screen-cap above didn't clue you in, this is another nasty review of the Broadway staging; Collins concludes by saying it ranks amongst the worst musicals its ever been her displeasure to view. Not nearly as fun as Joel Siegel's review (above).
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"And Eve Was Weak"
June 10, 1996
Betty Buckley did a charity concert to raise money for AIDS research at Carnegie Hall and invited Linzi Hateley to join her. The duo performed "And Eve Was Weak," though I'm not certain if more songs from 'Carrie' were performed. I do, however, know that it was filmed and has wound up in the hands of collectors.
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Stagedoor Manor
1999
The complete performance of the Stagedoor Manor version of the show with Julie Kleiner as Carrie and Erin Alexis Evers as Sue. Filmed in-house with multiple cameras.
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Year Unknown
Complete performance of the only American amateur production that was allegedly authorized by one of the playwrights.
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Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium
2001
Complete performance of the show that was staged at a high school in Denmark.
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2006
Way Back on Broadway's staging of the song with Mandy Radick and Jesse Vishy.
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"When There's No One"
2007
In 2007, I came across a then-recent video online of Betty Buckley performing "When There's No One," introduced by an enthusiastic fan of the musical. Unfortunately, I lost my bookmarks soon after, and can't seem to locate the clip again. I know it wasn't on You Tube -- if somebody knows where to find it, please let me know.
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2007
Natalie Weiss performs the song for the Penn State Broadway Jukebox.
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Another performance, presumably from 2007, with Katie Pelkey as Carrie and Jordan LeGaux as Margaret. If there was ever a doubt that someone besides Betty Buckley could pull off Margaret's songs, take a listen to LeGaux. Wow. Fantastic performance.
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2008
John Moauro soulfully croons the song at Kent State University's Boo5 Theatre.
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2008
Performance of the song at Tupelo High School in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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February 26, 2008
At the "Broadway Backwards 2" benefit, Betty Buckley told the story about being booed during a performance of 'Carrie,' and she was then coerced by host (and rabid 'Carrie' fan) Seth Rudetsky into singing "Open Your Heart."
Memorabilia
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R.S.C. Poster
Poster for the initial production, featuring Barbara Cook in the cast list.
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Oversized program for the Royal Shakespeare's initial production of the play. Includes lots of behind-the-scenes, black and white photos of the cast at rehearsals, though the photos are oddly cropped and there's no photos of the cast in character. 36 pages (including cover), 15 pages about the play, 21 pages of advertisements.
For purists, the R.S.C. logo is actually placed further up on the program cover; I had to do heavy photo correction to the pic after I scanned it.
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R.S.C. Flyer
1988
The flyer from the R.S.C. production of the play.
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Broadway Flyer
1988
An early flyer for the Broadway run of the show. It's not unusual for these sorts of flyers to show up in lobbies months in advance of a production, which explains why Barbara Cook appears on it. Cook quit during the U.K. run and was replaced on Broadway by Betty Buckley. It's most probable that another variation of this flyer exists with Buckley on it.
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Broadway Posters
1988
There are several variations of the poster from the Broadway version. The one above features the cast list, just like the U.K. poster, but it features Buckley's name and The Virginia Theatre. I believe that photo came from an eBay auction, and it was an oversized Subway poster (though I could be wrong). Another version is identical to the front of the Broadway flyer (further above), with the words "There's Never Been a Musical Like Her."
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Playbill
The Virginia Theatre
1988
Playbills are a piece of theatre memorabilia that frequently survive and are highly collectible. They're given away at most professionally staged performances, and include scene and cast lists, bios, plot, and frequently, a page or two about the specific production, as well as ads and other stories about the theatre world.
The playbill includes one photo of Linzi Hateley and Betty Buckley. Two different versions exist: the one from the initial previews has a black-and-white logo, the one from the handful of official performances has the normal red logo.
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Broadway Souvenir Program
Unlike the RSC program, this one features a bevy of full color pictures of the cast in character, performing numerous scenes from the show.
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Stephen King: Carrie
1988
There have been countless editions of King's novel over the years. Sissy Spacek's mug graces the cover of many, there are artists renderings of Carrie on most -- and one was marketed as a tie-in with the musical.
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Theater Week Magazine
1988
Theater Week devoted an entire issue to Carrie, which included profiles on Hateley, Love and Allen. If someone could provide a scan of the cover, or at least a specific date/issue number, it would be appreciated.
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By Ken Mandelbaum
1992, 372 pages
Using "Carrie" as the mold for Broadway's all-time worst musical, Mandelbaum goes on to document the details of countless other "flop" musicals. 16 pages of the book (the first chapter and most of the last) are devoted to "Carrie," with 9 black and white photos, as well as the colour cover photo of Hateley. The book is out of print but can be purchased for reasonable prices by online retailers who sell second-hand merchandise.
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My Name Is Love: The Darlene Love Story
1998
Oft-neglected songstress Love discusses her role as Miss Gardner in her autobiography. Apparently it's more technical information (rigorous rehearsal, her own weight loss, etc.) than juicy details about the goings on behind the scenes of the play.
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Workshop Script
1984
Complete script for the play as it was originally envisioned... which barely resembles what it became.
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1988
Text script for the Stratford version which was once owned by ensemble player Scott Wise. Quite a few copies of this have sold on eBay. This version includes the dialog and lyrics that were dropped when the show moved to Broadway as well as "Her Mother Should Have Told Her" and "White Star"... but strangely, it jumps right from the reprise of "Heaven" to the final reprise of "Carrie," skipping "The Destruction."
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March 3, 1988
Score for the play as staged in Stratford Upon Avon. Huge chunks of this one are hand written.
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Score
1988
The unused score that was written as the show transitioned from England to New York.
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May 1988
Score for the show on Broadway. This version is professionally typed and appeared in a plastic binding (which is quite evident in the crooked scans that are floating around) complete with cast list and a song title index.
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Act 1 Broadway Transcript
Fan-written transcription that has appeared for many years on the Unofficial Carrie [the musical] Site.
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(New) Workshop - Act 1
2006
This one is very iffy, but I have seen numerous references to a new workshop (most recent rumors say it will be workshopped in late 2008) and there are supposedly scripts floating around. This new version is said to bear more of a resemblance to the original workshop than what the Stratford/Broadway version became -- several songs have been dropped, new scenes have been written and "In" has been replaced with "Ain't It a Bitch," which was in the original workshop in 1984. Here's the song list from the 2006 script that's alleged to exist:
Overture, Ain't It a Bitch?, Dear Lord, Unnamed Shower Scene Song, Carrie, The Light That Guides Me (Margaret), Eve Was Weak, Don't Waste the Moon, Evening Prayers, Unnamed English Class Song (Tommy), Unsuspecting Hearts, Do Me a Favor, Revenge So Sweet (Chris, Billy & Norma), I've Been Invited to the Prom, I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance.
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