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Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops Ken Mandelbaum
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Its commercial failure on Broadway became so notorious that it was the inspiration for the book Not Since Carrie, a chronicle of Broadway musical flops of the latter half of the twentieth century. Aug 16, 2011 - "Not Since Carrie" written by Ken Mandelbaum is probably the most enjoyable and most insightful books about Broadway as a business, an art and an entertainment. After the Oscar-nominated movie made stars of King, director Brian DePalma and Spacek, “Carrie” became a historic Broadway musical flop in the '80s (with Buckley, a Broadway diva, as Carrie's twisted mother); and later a TV movie; an off-Broadway musical revival; and, last fall, . Oct 30, 2009 - It set a new standard on Broadway for camp awfulness. It is still considered to be the most infamous Broadway failure; Broadway historian Robert Mandelbaum framed his study of musical disasters with the show in his book Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops. Feb 20, 2013 - Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops is a lovely ditty from Ken Mandelbaum who happens to be a pretty fantastic theatre historian. Jan 21, 2009 - The Undertaker One of the best big men in the wrestling business, and a solid WWE worker for over twenty years doesn't change the fact that he's a Satan-worshipping, gravedigging zombie cult leader Death Incarnate who was a biker for a while back at the turn of the century. Mar 27, 2014 - The story of “Carrie,” itself a dark twist on the Cinderella myth, has endured for 40 years, since Stephen King published it as his first novel. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Apr 5, 2011 - For that, you can't beat Ken Mandelbaum's Not Since 'Carrie':40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops. In 2006, Theatre Couture launched Carrie: A Period Piece off-Broadway. March 13 2008, 16:52:42 UTC 5 years ago Have you read "Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical flops" by Ken Mandelbaum? Jan 23, 2012 - The failure is so famous that it's used in the title of a book: Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Musical Flops. Jul 27, 2010 - There are many flops in the annals of Broadway history, but none-not even "Anna Karenina"-are as notorious as "Carrie," the 1988 musical adapted from the Stephen King novel and Brian De Palma film. Oct 10, 2012 - If I recall correctly from Ken Mandelbaum's terrific Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Flops, there were multiple attempts at doing this exact thing (a direct musical adaptation of Capote's book) that were hideous failures. Mar 13, 2008 - Sadly, she has not set foot on Broadway since that show.