Countdown to Carrie: "When There's No One"
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 11:00AM 
I'm not suggesting that I want to see Chloe Grace Moretz in a musical (God, no) but wouldn't it be great if the impending Carrie remake (October 18th) were an adaptation of the infamous flop stage musical instead or just a retread on hallowed cinema ground? At least then it would have a reason for existing.
Here's the beautiful Alice Ripley, famous to Broadway fans as one half of Side Show's siamese twin stars and the lead in the mental illness musical Next To Normal (which also needs to be a movie, right?) and singing Carrie's 11th hour amazement "When There's No One" on Seattle TV. The stage musical, which we've written about before when it played here in NYC recently, is playing there this month so Seattle readers take note and let us know if you go to the show!) This number is the signature showstopper from cracked mamma Margaret White, a role originated by Betty Buckley on stage (who neatly also co-starred in the Brian dePalma classic... albeit not in the same role.)
It's hard to picture Julianne Moore belting that out but I hope the movie star at least does it for friends at karaoke for a laugh.
Reader Comments (3)
nathaniel,
are you going to comment on the academy's foreign film shortlist? (and have you seen "neighboring sounds"?)
appropriate casting for Carrie's mother.
marcelo -- i'm working on completing the charts. it takes a while. this is why other people just copy and paste press releases. lol.