The Destruction (Stratford Production) 

The people who got to see this live and then slammed it didn't know how lucky they were

One thing I really like about this is that the mocking is much more personal and vindictive. They don't just dump blood on her, they throw her back and forth and scream in her face. Sadly reminds me of things I saw in school playgrounds. It makes her revenge much more satisfying in the end.

I think they should reinsert Carrie singing the "God has seen your sinning just beginning" verses, it's a nice, creepy echo of her mother's power now given to her in a newly sinister way that gives me the chills as Hateley sings it, almost giving the kids a chance to repent to "Pray for your salvation, from damnation", then stretching out the words "He Will Burn You!" into a perfect death sentence for the whole school.

I've always found it much creepier that we can barely see anything going on.

I found the orchestra style of the destruction scene is even more un-nerving and suspenseful than the 2012 version but hey that's just me.

Definitely a big mistake taking out "god has seen your sinning just beginning, pray for your salvation from damnation"of this song in 2012, that was the scariest and spookiest oart, it's ironic because they will burn anyways.

The thing I like the most about how this is done, better than the revival, is the reactions from everyone else. I love how you can see Tommy constantly fighting the other guys to get to Carrie, but they hold him back. And then there's the others; laughing at the horridness of it all.

THE WHITE STAIRCASE. AHH. I did a confessed version of Carrie (we took elements from the original and revival productions) for speech competition and our directors would always talk about the infamous white staircase. I've seen photos, but this, this is something.

1:06 those three notes give me chills.😍 I don’t know why but...

I think the original score for this scene is WAY more engaging. The music for the 2012 destruction has no emotional punch to it, it barely even has a tune...it's just filler. This really feels like a musical SCORE. The brass entrance at 2:35 is full of fury, then the "doesn't anybody" melody returns, and he "pray for your salvation" melody coming back once everyone is dead is absolutely chilling. There was so much right here, that just needed to be polished.

The lasers for the "fire" is so, SO '80s! XD I love it. You can tell from the orchestrations and the set design this was trying to compete with the likes of "Phantom".

I agree with the consensus that the creative team of the 2012 production could have kept the "God has seem your sinning..."etc., however, I think it would have been best if, in the 2012 "The Destruction", she could have done the verse with "they will laugh at you, they will break your heart...... Watching you fall apart", the music break that's there, minus the buildup, THEN sung this version's "God has seen your sinning..."etc, THEN the small music break with a buildup, THEN sung the 2012 key of the final "Doesn't anybody ever get it right? Doesn't anybody think that I hear?" Because I think those two lines are the best and most powerful way to end it, the best final notes and words from Carrie as her absolute final message before she kills everyone.

It's the electric guitar for me. Chef's kiss

How delightfully evil. I would have LOVED to see this. Carrie is one of my favorite stories.

The way the lighter curtain falls at 1:52 is a great addition beacuse it reallys hows that sue is trapped outside and you can see her reacrion in the moment which i love

The lasers didn't make much sense, but the catwalk/beam falling and the electrical sparks were amazing! It didn't seem realistic altogether, though.

omg did he literally run out and dump the blood over her head himself? good lord.

This part of the musical is without doubt the best in the original and the revival. I absolutely love the effects they are just beautiful and add another layer to what is happening. Without doubt this was perfect as it was in the original.

At 1:02 when she sings "Doesn't any body get it right?" I love the bad ass music that follows then with "Doesnt anybody know that Im heeeere!" Is so beautifully haunting. I actually like this more than the 2012 version!

the special effects were WAY ahead of its time wowwwwwwwwww

Even though the stage may be confusing her singing makes this 10 times better

i have to say Linizi and Emily did a great job with their voices on this and the whole musical !

you see, i understand where they were going with the mirrors. I think the idea was that it made the 'auditorium seem more full, and the lasers could bounce off it and make the scene feel more widespread. i think it was a good idea, but iti didnt pan out'

The musical notes at 2:46 give me chills. One can sense how much it must have echoed through the entire theater.

Holy shit. I NEED THIS ON SPOTIFY

Musically, this has lots of potential. The song is powerful and portrays the right emotions. Very effective. Its really the visual that fails. The set reallly makes no sense and the special effects were used poorly. If the set looked more like a gym and there was a better visual of Carrie's power, it very well could have worked. I'm definatly for a revival.

OBSESSED with the staging and the lighting of this production. It's so much more brutal than anything I've ever seen from a revival.

I think he collapsing roof/ descending enormous staircase is the best technical effect and set piece in that show. It's awesome but u really cannot ignore the truly terrible production design of the show.

I'm glad this musical was revived but it really needs this budget, staging, and most importantly this arrangement of the song to shine. The staircase is absolutely spectacular. The pyrotechnics and laser work was perfect. This is DRAMA at so high a level it just couldn't be appreciated in its time.

@kaijumovies96 This is true. Incredibly Terry Hands, THE SHOW'S DIRECTOR also had no idea what a prom was. He had also never directed a musical before. Kinda explains a lot doesn't it?

this is like frigging amazing! for an early 1980s show! look at the technical stuff and the rock underscore before she goes mental! love it!

I love the way they used the screen to keep Sue(?) our.

I love the revival but the one thing that bugs me is that they didn't keep "God has seen you sinning from the beginning! Pray for your salvation from damnation pray or he will burn you"

the 80s guitar shred as she starts rising makes me lose it every time

I think it's so bittersweet that they have her almost angelically glowing. Because all along she hadn't done anything to deserve this. Her murders are still wrong, of course, but it looks almost like righteous indignation from a certain angle. Plus the "God has seen you sinning just beginning...pray for salvation from damnation"...her singing that line almost sounds like "I wield the power of life and death now...pray all you want; you never listened to me begging you to stop, so why would I ever listen to you?!". A good kid who was stepped on her whole life and finally snapped and went mad.

God, the taunting is definitely better than the 2012 revival. The uneven laughing, Carrie got the curse, Scary white, and plug it up really serve the scene.

I just adore the sequence here

Also the special effects in this are PHENOMENAL

FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR BETTER THAN THE NEW ONE!

CHRIS: Now Billy, now! CARRIE: Ohhhh! IT'S BLOOD!!! Why'd they laugh, when they know I'm crying? Mama says "Everybody sins" CHRIS: There's the curse! Carrie's got the curse! CARRIE: And God made Eve from Adam's rib and Eve was weak. And Eve was weak! "His Name's Tommy Ross, he's a very nice boy!" Hopes and dreams can vanish with the dawn. And God made Eve to bear the curse, the curse of blood. "He's not like other boys!" The curse of blood. They make fun of you, then they break your heart, Then they laugh at you, watching you fall apart. Doesn't anybody ever get it right? Doesn't anybody think that I Hear? God has seen your sinning just beginning, pray for your salvation from damnation! Pray or... He will burn you! He will burn you!

Musical people: The music was good, but the set production made no sens- Me, jumping up and down: THAT IS SO FUCKING COOL OH SHIT LOOK AT THE PANE CRASHING DOWN AND ALL THE PEOPLE AND SHES SUCH A STRONG SINGER AND THE STAIRCASE IS SUCH A COOL CONTRAST HOLY SHIT-!

I think the best set design is when Carrie kills everyone. Everything goes from angelic white to blood red. The lasers, and the flashes are cool to look at. And I think the last person she kills is Tommy. It looks like a man, and Sue moves suddenly when he moves onto the platform. Plus, the music there means that person was a valuable part of the story

2:46 the GUITAR OH MY GOD

4:03 . . . (god bless you, lady who sneezes 💕

We're ruined, Andre! RUINED!!!

the blocking may not be the best but this is musically better than the revival by far

Love every moment of this

i like this version over the 2012 one. It’s so much more scary

how did people think this was bad. HOW.

thats pretty cool how they did the lightning effects

What I think would have been great when she begins her revenge have the doors to the theatre shut when she stretches out her arms. And the God has seen ur sinning bit would have been so good in the 2012

“Pray for your salvation” Holy shoot she pulled a Margaret white.

Awesomeness I wish I could have seen the Broadway play in this.

they should have kept this song the same i like it so much better! maybe when the it goes back on Broadway they'll change it back to this

O my god wow.... ive watched the destruction a billion times and NEVER noticed any of thise.... I always wondered where Tommy dissappears to....

I would like the sheet music! I am doing a condensed version of this for my senior direct! And I am using the 1988 Destruction rather then the 2012! I love both but the "He will burn you" part isn't in the revival! So if you could send it to me!

reminds me of hello mary lou prom night 2 1987

1:52 I liked that scene. That thing (don't know what it is, sorry) coming down representing Carrie closing the doors of the prom is a very nice touch, but there is a con though, people can barely see what's going on actually on "The Destruction".

Goes to show how much a pit can change things

Strange as it seems if you speed it up, it sounds and looks really good.

Pray for your salvation!

1:07 I love the music

1:07 chills

@Jimsteinman Ooooh, wait... Maybe it is Chris... The body frame does look kinda small... and now that I rewatch it... near the end (prior to Billy jumping onto the platform) i'm pretty sure Tommy and maybe Gardener are at the scrim with Sue and Carrie 'shoots' whoever the woman is and Tommy picks her up and heads of stage... But I think Carrie then 'shoots' him before he can make it

@writingsketch they used the mirror box to emphisize that there is no possibal way out for the actors in the scean not even by running off stage which i think is a lot better than having a bunch of doors just slam shut

BITCH!!!!!! THAT STAIRCASE!!!!! IM S H A K E N

I don't understand why Carrie was raised on a lift. Is to give the allusion of Carrie rising off the floor?

@RadioCityChristmas And where exactly do you think they could get the insurance to have explosions in the audience? Do you have any idea how dangerous/how much of a liability that would be?

@DrNoYes9 Well right after the blood is poured a couple of the boys drag him up state and in the mirrors you can see him fighting to get to her (rather lamely)... Then once the destruction starts at the very beginning he can be seen up at the scrim that random falls, trying to get to Sue (You can actually her Sue cry 'Tommy look out' or 'get out'... Something like that) And then he is the last person Carrie kills, he crawls onto the platform at the end and she kills him

Wow

the original stephen king book is so good.... i personally didn't expect carrie to kill the kids how she did it O_O i like the use of the gauze :) but she's meant to be wearing a red dress :P (I know the blood shows up better on white though :? ) Linzi Hateley is so awesome and i think they should revive the show :D xx

I still dont get the whole lazer thing, i know its supposed to be kinda like Carrie's power-ish thing but i didnt get the lazers, they seem off to me. Loved the god has seen your sinning part I think everyone agrees they shouldve kept it. I loved the way the "light bulbs" popped several times i just wish they wouldve had it look more like a gym and not just carrie on a platform

im so happy Carrie Got rid of some of her bullies ! :D and the people who just plain ingored her , she did the right thing !

I think the one crawling on the platform at the end is Chris...

It's supposed to be Sue, the one who has her boyfriend ask Carrie to prom, but isn't allowed to go to prom after doing so because you had to have a date. And, yes, those are supposed to be the stairs of the school, but the bigger implication is that Carrie is collapsing the roof of the gym on the participants.

Linzi Hateley should've played Carrie's mother in the revival. She was done dirty in this show.

1:00 YAS

It kind of looks like 1976 film

This gets so epic at 1:02

Im guessing this is the 1980 version............................?

I get that this was the 80’s, but they figured out how to land a helicopter on stage in Miss Saigon. Yet somehow stringing a bucket of blood in the rafters so that it can be properly dumped on Carrie was impossible?? Having Chris and Billy just run on and throw it over her head just looks so silly and dumb. Thank goodness the revival and the new productions have corrected this!

This has to be the most spectacularly awful set design I've seen in my life. Why was everything done in a giant mirrored box when realism would have been even more powerful? Like in "And Eve Was Weak" or the other songs in the White household? I now understand why this show flopped. The score is beautiful, the cast is talented, but there was no way to overcome such strange design.

I do really love the singing, lyrics, and orchestration, but I'm not a fan of the over minimalistic stage or the rock concert effects. The revival, in my opinion, felt more personal with the lights going out and you really only see Carrie illuminated in red lighting. They build the tension beautiful since you just see the shadow of the bucket for a bit before you see it spill over and turning the lights red. You get a moment in her head as her thoughts are racing and she struggles to remain calm or wonders if she should let her powers run wild. Here, I know they had trouble with the mic and the blood dropping on her, but there is just no tension at all, and then when Carrie snaps, it feels unearned.

Wait why id this really good? Better than the revival

Some regional production put it back. :)

Where's Miss Gardner?

@babeandandy I´m not sure but to me the one crawling on the platform after Billy looks like a female shape.. I think you´re right about Tommy and maybe Gardener, he seems to be trying to reach out to Sue before making his (failed) escape..

I have a question. Is it beautiful to put Gregorian chants to the "he will burn you" parts and the rest to make it more sinister yet powerful?

4:03 What is that noise? Was this Barbara almost getting decapitated by the staircase?? I've always heard rumors about this. Some sources say that it happens right now (at 4:03) but some other sources say that it happened at a different time. Does anyone have any info?

@blackberryjuice1 What exactly makes it "obvious" that the person was joking, and not simply speaking without thinking?

From what I can see, it is staged pretty well...

@writingsketch I feel like there are more reasons than that. Just for example, the fact that they never bothered to explain Carrie's powers, leaving everybody in the audience not familiar with the movie/book baffled.

what happened to tommy??

Don't think it's wise to put your email in a public comments place, but at any rate, check your email and enjoy! Wish you the best of luck with your senior direct!

carrie la mirada do put god has seen your sining etc...

Dawg this is so creepy lol

Can someone reply to this explaining the stairs part? Is she imagening herself in heaven or wut lol

@Jimsteinman Really? Cause I see what looks to be white sleeves on 'its' arms lol... I don't see the ridiculous outfit Chris wore

how did they solve the problem with carries micke and the blood

@DarthWill3 I laughed hard with your comment xD A great observation