Carrie: The Master Cut — Erik Champney

Carrie: The Master Cut, a film by Erik Champney; art designed by Pratch P.

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“THANK YOU ♥️♥️“ — Linzi Hateley

“This is EXTRAORDINARY. What an incredible job…so grateful that I was part of it.” — Sally Ann Triplett

“This is an astounding achievement.” — Robbie Rozelle

“This is perhaps one of the most mind boggling acts of modern theatre preservation I’ve ever seen.” — Nathan Lawrence

“It’s fantastic!” — Stephen Dolginoff

“Erik Champney had created the ultimate version of the show. It’s truly something to behold.” — Why? The Podcast

The Master Cut is a cinematic reconstruction of the original 1988 production of the musical, Carrie. It premiered on YouTube 13 February 2022; 8pm Stratford, 3pm New York. Intensively pieced together with a combination of 15 restored video and audio sources and dozens of photographs, The Master Cut is a celebration of the 34th anniversary of the world premiere performance of Carrie on 13 February 1988 in Stratford-upon-Avon. The production was presented by The Royal Shakespeare Company before transferring to Broadway, stunning audieces with an experience that, to this day, continues to be unforgettable. The Master Cut merges together the Stratford and Broadway incarnations to create a stirring assembly of the complete original production of Carrie.

The beautiful Linzi Hateley, who created the role of Carrie White for the stage, with a canvas of the art designed for Erik Champney’s film, *Carrie: The Master Cut.*

The stuff of legend, Carrie changed the game of what commercial theatre can accomplish as a form of art. Michael Gore’s score brazenly fuses together opera and pop, building an untraditional foundation upon which director Terry Hands reshapes Stephen King’s parable of horror into a neoteric Greek tragedy. The electrifying result was a production that challenged audiences through allegorical storytelling, a dramatic structure adapted from Aeschylus for modern musical theatre, and imagery fraught with symbolism. Erik Champney's The Master Cut is a film that captures the magic, the mystery, and the incredible audacity of this unstoppable musical.

Contemporary audiences now have the opportunity to experience Carrie as never before and decide for themselves what they feel about this unprecedented achievement that has sent shockwaves through the world for decades.

Watch Her. Click the art to access the film, Carrie: The Master Cut.

A film by Erik Champney; The Master Cut of The Royal Shakespeare Company/Friedrich Kurz Production of the musical, Carrie; Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford; Book by Lawrence D. Cohen; From the Novel by Stephen King; Directed by Terry Hands; Choreography by Debbie Allen; Set Design by Ralph Koltai; Costume Design by Alexander Reid; Lighting Design by Terry Hands; Musical Direction by Paul Schwartz; Orchestrations by Anders Eljas, Harold Wheeler, and Michael Starobin; Music Supervision by Harold Wheeler; Additional Musical Arrangements by Debbie Allen; The Master Cut Creative Consultant: Noah Garcia; The Master Cut Logo by Pratch P. ; Music for End Credits Arranged and Performed by Matt Walsh; Featuring Linzi Hateley, Betty Buckley, Sally Ann Triplett, Charlotte d’Amboise, Paul Gyngell, Gene Anthony Ray, and Darlene Love; Special Appearance by Barbara Cook; Also Featuring Jamie Beth Chandler, Gary Coburn, Catherine Coffey, Kevin Coyne, David Danns, Matthew Dickens, Michèle Du Verney, Eric Gilliom, Michelle Hodgson, Rosemarie Jackson, Kenny Linden, Kelly Littlefield, Madeleine Loftin, Joey McKneely, Michelle Nelson, Mary Ann Oedy, Mark Santoro, Christopher Solari, Suzanne Maria Thomas, and Scott Wise.