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“Rebecca” the musical was supposed to be the next “Phantom of the Opera”, Broadway’s multi-billion dollar hit. Instead, “Rebecca” turned into one of the wildest, most bizarre, true-crime scandals the stage has ever seen. When a multi-millionaire stranger suddenly dies, a fire is lit that ends up consuming everyone involved in the show. In Burnt, the story of “Rebecca” winds its way through secret stings, many courtrooms, prison and freedom — and when the smoke finally clears, we’re left to w ...
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CARRIE THE MUSICAL has long been considered the Queen of Broadway Flops. It closed in record time, losing millions of dollars. But can the rumors of backstage chaos, on-stage accidents, audience hysterics and killer reviews really be true? Prepare to discover the surprising story behind the show’s creation and its infamously disastrous run as two obsessive fans, Chris Adams and Holly Morgan, dust off their bootleg VHS tape and decide to find out the truth. They meet the cast, crew and creato ...
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Listen Now - Singular Sensation: The Podcast
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Join us for an extraordinary deep dive inside the most transformative decade on Broadway through gripping behind-the-scenes accounts of shows such as Sunset Boulevard, Rent, Angels in America, Chicago, The Lion King, and The Producers - shows that changed the history of the American theater. Host Michael Riedel, author of the best-selling book Sing…
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Listen Now - Singular Sensation: The Podcast
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Join us for an extraordinary deep dive inside the most transformative decade on Broadway through gripping behind-the-scenes accounts of shows such as Sunset Boulevard, Rent, Angels in America, Chicago, The Lion King, and The Producers - shows that changed the history of the American theater. Host Michael Riedel, author of the best-selling book Sing…
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Bonus! The Wrong Cat Died x Out for Blood
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"You know when people say they can taste colors… I kind of get that with CATS in a weird way." This episode of THE WRONG CAT DIED features fellow Broadway Podcast Network podcast host Chris Adams who hosts a show called Out For Blood about the infamous Carrie musical. Hear Chris share the similarities between Carrie and CATS, how the 80s musicals a…
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Chris and Holly are BACK in your ears once again! WHY? Well, Chris's book Out for Blood: a Cultural History of Carrie the Musical is out today! In a hideously meta twist, Holly sits down to interview Chris about how the book came to be, discuss some of the shiny new interviews and photos in it, and find out what inspired him to take the Carrie stor…
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Chris and Holly are BACK for another packed Carrie the Musical catch-up! It's been 35 years since the very first performance of Carrie, so what better excuse to find out what's been going in the Carrie-verse since our last episode? They're joined in the studio by a very special new member of the gang, as well as Sadie Kempner and Ellie McWilliam fr…
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Ep9: Burnt Bonus: 'Out For Blood' Crossover!
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Two of your favorite Broadway mystery podcasts unite for a cross-Atlantic comparison of all the craziness that haunted Rebecca, Carrie, and even this very podcast! Join Chris and Holly (Out for Blood) and Blake (Burnt) to discuss how things could go so horribly wrong for two very different musicals. Listen to OUT FOR BLOOD: The Story of Carrie the …
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We catch up with 'Burnt' host Blake Ross to share notes on our two favourite Broadway disasters - Blake's amazing podcast tells the twisted tale of 'Rebecca' which, unlike 'Carrie', didn't even make it to the stage. Join us as we discuss our favourite flops and some of the intriguing connections between the two shows. Plus, find out which theatre w…
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Ep8 - Burnt Bonus: Broadway's Sunset Boulevard Soap Opera
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Today we chat with Sunset Project's own Broadway Bob to touch down on the soap opera-like drama that followed the making of Sunset Boulevard. From Patti LuPone V. Glenn Close to the infamous "Andrew Lloyd Webber Memorial Pool" to the Normas that never were (i.e. Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand, Faye Dunaway, etc.), Blake and Bob do a deep dive into …
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Introducing: This is Reality - The Reality Winner Podcast
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The latest True Crime / Broadway crossover podcast from Broadway Podcast Network: THIS IS REALITY. A completely true story, still unfolding. How and why did a 25-year-old with a Pikachu bedspread become the #1 terrorist in the United States? In 2017, REALITY WINNER, a highly decorated former Air Force linguist was charged with leaking proof of Russ…
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Ep7 - Burnt Bonus: A Murder at the Theater with Marc Tumminelli
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Blake continues the spiral down the Theater-Meets-True Crime rabbit hole when she asks, "Has there ever been a murder on a stage?" Enter the case of Daniel Wozniak, a community theater actor who manages to commit several heinous crimes before shockingly going onstage to perform in Maury Yeston's famous Fellini musical Nine. Joined by fellow True Cr…
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Ep6 - Burnt Bonus with Patrick Hinds from True Crime Obsessed!
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Patrick Hinds of True Crime Obsessed and DissapearedPod chats with Blake about some more crazy theater's scanDALs. Including the true story behind Patti LuPone and WHO. DO. YOU. THINK. YOU. ARE?! The many oofs of Shia Labeouf and Broadway, and a deep dive into a real-life Broadway murder. The Life and Death of a Broadway Producer, https://www.nytim…
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Jeremy Piven and Sushi Gate. Adela Holzer, one of Broadway’s greatest grifters. James Barbour in Riker’s. And the return of Broadway’s own mini Madoff, Garth Drabinsky. Take a listen to some of Broadway’s other great true crime scandals. Episode 5 features an interview with Robert Viaga (Encore Magazine). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg…
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This episode contains discussions of child abuse and child pornography and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. After years of litigation, Ben Sprecher finally settled the last of his cases involving Rebecca. With a new show brewing and a new career aim of being a restaurateur, things seemed like they were getting back…
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Journey through the 1980s-1990s New York City theater scene. The days of Little Shop, Larry Kramer, and Lucielle Lortel. At the center of a burgeoning Off-Broadway scene sat Ben Sprecher, an ambitious theater owner who was determined to make a name for himself. Twenty years later, it was all gone. Episode 3 features interviews with Kevin Stites, Si…
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When a few years passes and producers still haven’t cooked up enough money to get their show on Broadway, a man named Mark Hotton enters the picture. With a yacht, his and hers Bentleys, and a waterfront mansion on Long Island, it seemed like Hotton was the answer to Rebecca’s money woes. But, you’d be wrong. Marc Thibodeau, the show’s publicist, t…
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Mystery. Hidden identities. Con Men. Secret sting operations. Money vanishing into thin air. Even death plagues the players of Rebecca, the musical. What was supposed to be a big Broadway musical, complete with a spectacle that included burning a house to the ground, turned into one hell of a true crime story, where everyone got burnt. Rebecca was …
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“Rebecca” the musical was supposed to be the next “Phantom of the Opera”, Broadway’s multi-billion dollar hit. Instead, “Rebecca” turned into one of the wildest, most bizarre, true-crime scandals the stage has ever seen. When a multi-millionaire stranger suddenly dies, a fire is lit that ends up consuming everyone involved in the show. In Burnt, th…
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We just can’t tear ourselves away. We called out for messages from fans of Carrie the Musical - and the fans delivered! Here’s a montage of messages about how this infamous musical changed lives, and how this very podcast reignited a passion for all things Carrie! Join us on our social channels for lots more Carrie content! Instagram Facebook Twitt…
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You ain’t seen nothing yet! It’s gonna be a night you’ll never forget! Chris and Holly are back with a special all-new bonus update, partly because they haven’t got anything else to do, and partly because so much has happened in the Carrie-verse since the series launched! Think of it a bit like the megamix at the end of your favourite jukebox music…
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In this special mini episode featuring bonus interview footage, Holly and Chris chat with six of the talented performers who have played Carrie in the landmark productions of this legendary show, and find out what it’s like to bring to life this iconic character to life on stage. Featuring Annie Golden (workshop production), Linzi Hateley (original…
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Chapter 10: Someday, someone will know my name
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It’s been quite a journey. Holly and Chris look back at their Carrie adventure and try and answer some burning questions. We ask an expert, author of ‘Flop Musicals of the Twentieth Century’ Stephen Purdy, if Carrie really can be defined as a flop compared to some prominent recent mega-failures. We also find out from writer Peter Michael Marino, cr…
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Carrie the Musical is back. It’s been revived in New York, it has an official cast recording with millions of streams, and it’s about to hit the mainstream. How did this famous flop end up being the focus of a big-time teen drama series? Riverdale showrunner and Chief Creative Officer of Archie Comics Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa joins us to explain all.…
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Chapter 8: A sturdy little battleship
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By 2012, over two decades had passed since Carrie the Musical’s high-profile Broadway car crash, and the last thing its creators wanted was to resurrect the show that haunted them. But the requests for a revival kept coming in. We find out why Director Stafford Arima was determined to give the show a new life, and how he persuaded the writers to gi…
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With an epic standing ovation on closing night, and urban legends already forming about its turbulent journey to the stage, Carrie the Musical had become an instant cult classic. If you’d missed Carrie’s all-too-brief run on Broadway, you just weren’t ‘in’. But the show was over and - like most flops - it might have slowly faded into oblivion. But,…
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Chapter 6: Act Two: Sh*t! Look at all these pigs!
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We continue our deep, deep dive into Broadway’s most infamous flop as we charge head-first into the madness and mayhem of Act Two! And mayhem it really is! Leather outfits! Dead pigs! Is that a medieval sword? A rap! A giant disco ball! Lasers! Oh my! As the audience cracks up at the infamous line ‘it’s a simple little gig, you help me kill a pig, …
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Chapter 5: Act One: Cardboard cars and unitards
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In the first of two special episodes, we take a close look at the original 1988 staging of Carrie, examining it song by song and scene by scene to try and work out exactly where things go wrong and why this show became so infamous in Broadway history. We’re re-assessing Carrie from all angles! First up, Act One - and the audience is perplexed to be…
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Chapter 4: Broadway: They’ll make fun of you, they will break your heart
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The eager Carrie cast arrives in the Big Apple only to discover that very little has been done to address the show’s major problems, and that the show’s set has been lost in transit. But there is one major addition: Betty Buckley, a big-name Broadway star has joined the company. As the team nervously prepares for opening night, will New York audien…
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Chapter 3: Stratford: Doesn't anybody ever get it right?
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Rehearsals for Carrie the Musical continue in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. But as the show hurtles towards its opening night, the cast soon feel like they’re working on two very different shows, and the frustration of the writing team grows as they’re cut out of the creative process. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing behind the scenes as musical legen…
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Holly and Chris’s dreams come true as they chat with members of the original cast of Carrie the Musical over wine, including Charlotte D’Amboise (Chris), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue) and legendary OG Carrie White herself, Linzi Hateley, not to mention several members of the half-British, half-American ensemble and crew. The cast share their audition st…
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In 1988 the Royal Shakespeare Company teamed up with the creators of Fame to turn Stephen King's horror novel ‘Carrie’ into a musical. The result was one of Broadway's most infamous disasters. For fans Holly and Chris, an obsession was born. In episode 1, having rediscovered a dusty VHS bootleg of the show in the midst of a global pandemic, they di…
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Out now! Join hosts Chris Adams and Holly Morgan (Big Diva Energy), as they deep dive into their 20-year obsession with Carrie: The Musical, unearthing the unlikely story behind the show’s creation and its infamously disastrous run, only to discover how Carrie rose from the dead to truly embrace its title as Queen of Flops. Insta: @outforbloodpod T…
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An exclusive preview of Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical. New: Chris's book Out for Blood: a Cultural History of Carrie the Musical is published this July! Pre-order now from the publisher or all good book stores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Broadway Podcast Network
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