Carrie Opening Night Broadway Playbill & Rare Priceless Bonus 1988
Carrie Opening Night Broadway Playbill & Rare Priceless Bonus 1988
SOLD $499.99 Sold: Oct 20, 2023 on eBayOriginal Listing Description
eBay Carrie Opening Night Broadway Playbill May 12, 1988 plus Priceless BonusRemastered soundboard recording of Carrie the Musical from the final performance on Broadway on May 15, 1988. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carrie is a musical with a book by Lawrence D. Cohen, lyrics by Dean Pitchford, and music by Michael Gore. Adapted from Stephen King's 1974 horror novel Carrie, it focuses on an awkward teenage girl with telekinetic powers whose lonely life is dominated by an oppressive religious fanatic mother. When she is humiliated by her classmates at the high school prom, she unleashes chaos on everyone and everything in her path out of vengeance. Originally premiering in the U.K. in 1988, Carrie opened on Broadway at the Virginia Theatre the same year, but closed after 16 previews and five regular performances. Due to the passionate response from both its critics and its fans, the show is considered one of the most notable failures in Broadway theatre history; a 1991 book written by Ken Mandelbaum, which chronicled the history of flop Broadway musicals, was partially entitled Not Since Carrie, and a 2021 podcast and subsequent 2023 book, Out for Blood, documented its creation and development.
Note: This item has been sold and is no longer available. This page serves as a historical price reference for Playbill collectors and appraisers.
Original Listing Description
eBay Carrie Opening Night Broadway Playbill May 12, 1988 plus Priceless BonusRemastered soundboard recording of Carrie the Musical from the final performance on Broadway on May 15, 1988. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carrie is a musical with a book by Lawrence D. Cohen, lyrics by Dean Pitchford, and music by Michael Gore. Adapted from Stephen King's 1974 horror novel Carrie, it focuses on an awkward teenage girl with telekinetic powers whose lonely life is dominated by an oppressive religious fanatic mother. When she is humiliated by her classmates at the high school prom, she unleashes chaos on everyone and everything in her path out of vengeance. Originally premiering in the U.K. in 1988, Carrie opened on Broadway at the Virginia Theatre the same year, but closed after 16 previews and five regular performances. Due to the passionate response from both its critics and its fans, the show is considered one of the most notable failures in Broadway theatre history; a 1991 book written by Ken Mandelbaum, which chronicled the history of flop Broadway musicals, was partially entitled Not Since Carrie, and a 2021 podcast and subsequent 2023 book, Out for Blood, documented its creation and development.
Note: This item has been sold and is no longer available. This page serves as a historical price reference for Playbill collectors and appraisers.