BlueRep’s ‘Carrie’ pleasantly odd in parts—but lacks bite
As a vehicle for delivering a bloody spectacle, Ateneo Blue Repertory’s “Carrie” struggles to make a devastating impact.
As a vehicle for delivering a bloody spectacle, Ateneo Blue Repertory’s “Carrie” struggles to make a devastating impact.
The theater community, practitioners and audiences alike, have been abuzz about an actress who learned a lead role in six days.
Chloey Grace Moretz, who played the vigilante Hit-Girl in the superhero spoof “Kick-Ass,” returns to the screen to play another sort of superhero—with telekinetic powers!—in the film remake of the Stephen King debut novel, “Carrie.”
It’s a little bit sad that, despite being decades apart, the theme of Stephen King’s novel “Carrie” is still relevant today, maybe even more so with bullying reaching extreme levels now, no thanks to the Internet and social media.
Stephen King was only 26 when he wrote his first novel, “Carrie,” in 1973, a thriller centered on a teenager who possesses an uncontrollable power of telekinesis.
Calling the revered American critics and other detractors of the musical adaptation of Stephen King’s “Carrie”: This notorious Broadway flop recently had a three-weekend reincarnation in Manila as Atlantis Productions’ season closer—and boy, was it a bloody good production, pun intended.
Atlantis Productions’ “Carrie” was able to open to immediate acclaim last Sept. 20 (ABS-CBNnews.com’s Vladimir Bunoan noted the “prolonged standing ovation” and “ecstatic audience response” at curtain call), but the show had to shut down for the rest of its first weekend when its young lead star, Mikkie Bradshaw, fell ill.
Atlantis Productions will stage the suspense-horror musical “Carrie” in the weeks leading up to Halloween. The musical is based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel (first published in 1974) about a girl who is bullied in school and suffers under a cruel mother. She soon discovers a special power that she wields over her tormentors.
“LES MISÉRABLES.” “Ate Pam, why did they move it?” my younger cousin Ina wailed at me during our Christmas lunch. I couldn’t blame her; I’ve been excited to watch it, too. The wait is almost over. Almost. On January 16, we will finally be able to watch Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russel Crowe, Amanda Seyfried et al in the film version of “Les Misérables” and see what everyone has been raving about.
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