Marin Mazzie, Molly Ranson & More Head to High School in Revamped Cult Musical Carrie at MCC

A reworked version of musical Carrie, adapted from Stephen King’s 1974 novel about a bullied teenager, will bow off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre beginning January 31, 2012. Molly Ranson will play the title character, a shy teenage girl who discovers telekinetic powers and takes revenge on her tormenters, and three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie will play her overprotective mother. Both women are reprising their roles from a 2009 reading of the piece. Stafford Arima will direct the MCC Theatre production; additional casting has yet to be announced.

Carrie first bowed on a Broadway stage in 1988, featuring a score by Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford. The show became a notorious flop and closed after five performances. Arima has been overhauling the show—the new incarnation is reportedly set in the present day—with its original creators: bookwriter Lawrence D. Cohen, composer Gore and lyricist Pitchford.

Mazzie most recently co-starred with husband Jason Danieley in Broadway’s Next to Normal. Other Broadway credits include Enron, Spamalot, Man of La Mancha and Into the Woods, as well as Kiss Me, Kate; Ragtime and Passion, for which she received Tony nominations. Ranson made her Broadway debut in Tracy Letts’ August, Osage County and is currently appearing opposite Mark Rylance in Jerusalem.