Tickets on Sale Next Week for Environmental Staging of CARRIE in Los Angeles

Producers Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman and The Transfer Group have announced that CARRIE THE MUSICAL will return to Los Angeles at the historic Los Angeles Theatre, the first theatrical musical at that venue.

Tickets are available beginning Monday, August 24 at www.ExperienceCarrie.com or by calling 1-888-596-1027. CARRIE THE MUSICAL begins previews on October 1, 2015 and officially opens on October 8, 2015. Performances are on sale through November 22.

Directed by Brady Schwind and choreographed by Lee Martino, this immersive staging of CARRIE takes the legendary musical off the stage and puts the audience right in the middle of the action, back in the rooms and hallways of high school and, of course, with a prime seat at the prom. This production is based on the acclaimed run this past spring at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, with most of the original La Mirada cast.

Stephen King's original novel has sold over 4 million copies, was the basis of an Academy Award-winning film and four remakes, and is both one of the most beloved thrillers and one of the most banned books in United States schools. The story of 17-year-old Carrie White -- tormented by classmates at school and her bible-thumping mother at home - are continually relevant to audiences today as when the book was first published.

Carrie has a mind-bending secret, and no one to share it with. When she's pushed too far, she turns a high school prom into a terrifying display of bullying gone wrong. Audacious, controversial and completely thrilling, CARRIE comes to the Los Angeles Theatre in this blazing one-of-a-kind production, which puts the audience in the high school gymnasium where blood drops, Jesus flies, people levitate and moving bleachers pull the audience deeper into the heart of the story.

Based on the novel by Stephen King, CARRIE features a book by Lawrence D. Cohen (screenwriter of the classic film), music by Academy Award winner Michael Gore (Fame, Terms of Endearment), and lyrics by Academy Award winner Dean Pitchford (Fame, Footloose).

The cast includes Carly Bracco, Adante Carter, Misty Cotton, Valerie Rose Curiel, Bryan Dobson, Kevin Patrick Doherty, Rachel Farr, Jennifer Foster, Jon Robert Hall, Jonah Ho'okano, Ian Littleworth, Emily Lopez, Lyle Colby Mackston, Garrett Marshall, Chris Meissner, Tiana Okoye, Jane Papageorge, Kayla Parker, Jenelle Lynn Randall, Amy Segal, Michael Starr, Kimberly Ann Steele, and Victoria Strong.

"We are absolutely thrilled that theater-goers in Los Angeles will now get the chance to discover Brady Schwind's unique and dynamic vision of our musical CARRIE and its amazing cast," said creators Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford and Lawrence D. Cohen. "In particular, we're excited by this immersive approach that makes the experience so visceral and emotional - and, at the same time, such enormous fun."

"We are overjoyed that our unique, innovative and groundbreaking production of CARRIE will thrill an even greater audience," said producers Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman. "We are also very excited to be opening up the magnificent and historic Los Angeles Theatre and to be playing a role in bringing first-class entertainment to downtown Los Angeles, where so many dreams have been born."

"The Transfer Group is excited to team with Tony Award-winning producers, Jack W. Batman and Bruce Robert Harris, on this one-of-kind theatrical event," said Suzan Fairchild, Artistic Producer at The Transfer Group. "As an L.A. based entertainment company, we are doubly thrilled to be part of the movement to 'Bring Broadway Back to Broadway,' bringing the panache of CARRIE amidst established Broadway landmarks like the Ace Hotel, Orpheum Theatre, Grand Central Market, the Taper, the Ahmanson and Disney Hall."

Brady Schwind oversees a massive environmental staging, the space reconceived as gymnasium, complete with bleachers that move at key moments into new arrangements, taking us with them. Set designer Stephen Gifford outdoes himself, including a breathtaking coup at the climactic prom reveal. Moreover, Schwind has assembled an agile, avid ensemble, starting with the luminous Emily Lopez as its benighted heroine and a superb Misty Cotton as her psychotic parent."

CARRIE THE MUSICAL features musical direction by Brian P. Kennedy, flying sequence choreographer Paul Rubin, scenic design by Stephen Gifford, costume design by Adriana Lambarri, lighting design by Brian Gale, sound design by Cricket S. Myers, illusion design by Jim Steinmeyer, props design by Terry Hanrahan, hair design by Katie McCoy, casting by Michael Donovan CSA, advertising by creativeXs, production stage manager Lora K. Powell, assistant stage manager John C. Pollard, and company manager Niyia Mack. McCoy Rigby Entertainment serves as General Manager. Co-producers are Joe Everett Michaels and Michael T. Cohen/Robin Reinach, associate producer Dana Kenerson. Blood products sponsored and supplied by AlconeCompany.

CARRIE THE MUSICAL will be the first full scale musical to play the Los Angeles Theatre in its 84-year history. The historic Los Angeles Theatre at 615 South Broadway, was opened in January 1931, and was the last and most extravagant of the ornate movie palaces built on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.

Designed by architect S. Charles Lee with a French Baroque-inspired décor, its majestic six-story main lobby and an auditorium of carved plaster ornamentation, mirrors, and cove-lit murals recall the glamorous days of 1930s Hollywood. The opening of the theatre was planned to coincide with the world premiere of Charlie Chaplin's latest film, City Lights. To ensure that the theatre would open in time, Chaplin ended up investing some of his own money into the project. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Los Angeles Theatre is a proud participant of the Bringing Back Broadway to downtown Los Angeles.

Pictured: Emily Lopez (Carrie White) and Misty Cotton (Margaret White). Photo by Jason Niedle.

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