"In" From "Carrie the Musical"

If you have not taken the time to check out the new Musical of Stephen King's masterpiece "Carrie" You should find a way to watch it. I know you can watch old footage from the musical when it played back in 1988. From what I understand is that version of the musical only lasted through 5 performances. It got such bad reviews that it didn't last but about a week.

I have been looking around at the reviews of the new version of the musical. They are saying that the theme is important. Today our youth are plagued with bullies, Kids are afraid to go to school, or they get into fights that get them into trouble that they normally would not get into. I am not sure what this story brings to the kids other than if you are a bully and you continue to push your classmates, eventually they will break and something bad will happen.

The reviews also say that the music is top notch. The performances are amazing and if they could only make the climax of the play as potent as the novel or even the classic movie, then maybe they will be able to create something that will stand the test of time. The problem with the play is the lack of climax. They can't destroy the set every night. That would be too costly. There are not enough effects to make the scenes believable or even scary. Honestly, I still want to see it. Next time I'm in new york, I will make an effort to go see it, Or I will try to get a copy of the DVD when they release it.

Taking the First Steps to Meet the Man

I have been a Stephen King fan for as long as I can remember. A friend of mine introduced me to "Pet Sematary" when I was in Middle School. I grew up reading his work. Every time a new book would come out, I would go out and buy it. I had designated space on my bookshelf just for his books. For many years I was proud that I had every single book he had ever released. Then after I got married and moved into a house in another state, I made the hard decision to sell my collection of Stephen King books. The only ones I kept were the Dark Tower Series and my first trade edition of Carrie. To this day that decision still stings a bit.

A couple of years ago I discovered 43things.com and started making goals about things I want in my life. I wrote down things like becoming debt free and putting the kids through college. One of the things I have always wanted to do is meet Mr King. I started getting monthly reminders via email from 43things.com one of which wanted to know if I had met him yet. Of course I have not. The reminders did however make me wonder, "What can I do to get myself in the sights of the great author. What can I do to make him want to meet me?" To help me figure that out. I started this blog.