It's Back to the Prom for Carrie! MCC Plans to Revive Famed Flop Musical

Carrie, the infamous Broadway musical flop, could be heading back to New York City. Off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre has acquired the rights to the show and will present it during its 2011-2012 season, a production spokesperson confirmed.

Stafford Arima, who directed a 2009 reading of the show which starred Sutton Foster, Marin Mazzie and newcomer Molly Ranson, will helm the full production, which will be staged at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. (Broadway producers Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum, who footed the bill for the reading, are no longer attached.)

Based on the 1974 Stephen King novel of the same name about a telekinetic teen, the $7 million Carrie opened on Broadway in May 1988, received terrible reviews and closed after just five performances. The new production is said to be radically different than what was seen on Broadway, with about half of the show’s score by composer Michael Gore and lyricist Dean Pitchford replaced.

Sorry, flop fans: “Out for Blood,” the high-camp disco number that followed the cool kids on a search for pig’s blood to dump on poor Carrie’s head, is out for good.

Want to see some clips from the original? Check out Pat Collins’ disastrous Channel 9 review below!