Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, i-trailer yokuqala yehlile Cats, umculo ka-Andrew Lloyd Webber, kanye ne-intanethi ngokuhlanganyela balahlekelwa yingqondo. Ngesonto eledlule, ivulwe ezindaweni zemidlalo yeshashalazi futhi abantu baphinde balahlekelwa yiyo.

Ukuphendula bekukubi kakhulu kangangokuba imicabango yami ngokwemvelo iphendukele komunye umculo kusuka kuma-1980s aphenduke ngaphezu kwamakhanda ambalwa futhi athola cishe ukusabela okufana nokweqile kwabagxeki nezethameli ngaphandle kosizo lwe-inthanethi. Ngikhuluma ngani UCarrie: Okomculo, umbukiso engizovuma ukuthi ngiwuthanda kakhulu kusukela ngezwa okokuqala ukuthi ukhona eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule.

UCarrie: I-Musical iqala…

Ishintshwe kule noveli nguStephen King, Carrie yaqala uhambo lwayo oluya esigabeni seBroadway ngo-1981 – ngawo lowo nyaka Cats baqala ukubamba inkundla eWest End yaseLondon – ngemuva kokuthi uLawrence D. Cohen noMichael Gore behambele umdlalo we-opera ka-Alban Berg ye-avante-garde, Lulu. Shiya iMetropolitan Opera House, omunye watshela omunye ukuthi yilokhu Carrie bekuyobukeka sengathi ngabe bekuyi-opera.

Kwakuyisikhathi sombani esasibabeka endleleni ende nejikajika esiteji.

UCohen wayevele ejwayelene kakhulu nomthombo wolwazi. Ubhale i-screenplay yenguqulo yefilimu kaBrian de Palma Carrie Kudlala uSissy Spacek noPiper Laurie futhi waqala ukusebenza encwadini yezomculo khona lapho. (Kulabo abangahambeli imidlalo yaseshashalazini kaningi, "incwadi" yomculo iyikho konke okushiwo phakathi kwezingoma.)

Khonamanjalo, uGore ubhalise umngani wakhe uDean Pitchford – laba bobabili basebenze ndawonye kwi-movie Fame–Ukuqala ukubhala izingoma zohlelo.

Kungaba yiminyaka eyisikhombisa ngaphambi kokuthi ibone ukuzama kwayo kwamasonto amane ngaphandle kwedolobha eStratford-upon-Avon.

Umuntu omusha uLinzi Hateley uzuze indima yokufiswa nguCarrie White kanti inganekwane yaseshashalazini yomculo uBarbara Cook uthathe indawo kanina, uMargaret. Umculi uDarlene Love naye ubekhona kulo mdlalo njengoba uthisha onozwela kaCarrie noDebbie Allen bengena kwi-choreograph.

Kwakunazo zonke izinto zabantu abaziwayo nabamangazayo bobabili esiteji nangaphandle kwesiteji abasebenza ukukwenza kube njalo. Kodwa njengoba umdlali odumile we-Broadway u-Elaine Stritch esho, “Uyazi, ngeke wazi.”

Izinkinga ziqale cishe ngokushesha ukukhiqizwa kobuchwepheshe obunzima. Okokuqala, abakwazanga ukucasula uCarrie ngegazi elingamanga ekupheleni kohlelo ngaphandle kokunqamula imakrofoni yakhe.

Kwabe sekukhona umzuzu lapho uCook ecishe wanqanyulwa isiqeshana ngesikhathi sokushintshwa kwesigcawu. Umlingisikazi wesulile ngalobo busuku kodwa wavuma ukuhlala kuze kutholakale ozongena esikhundleni sakhe.

Okomculo nomculo bekungalingani. Izigcawu nezingoma phakathi kukaCarrie noMargaret zazikhazimula ngomuzwa omkhulu, ocishe usebenze, kubo ngezingoma ezikhuphukayo nangomzwelo omkhulu. Khonamanjalo, izingoma zalabo afunda nabo uCarrie zazifakwe emadwaleni ama-ballads nezingoma ze-pop, nazo zonke izingoma ezingenangqondo zihlanganisa wonke umuntu abe yi-caricature kunokuba abe ngumlingiswa oqondwe ngokuphelele.

Iya ku-Broadway

Naphezu kwezinkinga ezisobala neziqhubekayo-ukubhala kabusha kweskripthi bekuqhubeka ngemuva kokusebenza ngakunye – umbukiso wenze ukudluliselwa ku-Broadway ngemali engange- $ 8 million. Kwakuyimali eshisiwe ngesikhathi sohlelo lweBroadway.

UBetty Buckley, owavela njengoMiss Collins enguqulweni yefilimu ka- Carrie futhi ngubani owayeyisihlabani somculo waseshashalazini ngemuva kokubonakala ku 1776 bese – ulinde–Cats, ungene endimeni kaMargaret White ngenkathi uHateley noLove benza ukuhanjiswa ngombukiso.

UBuckley waletha ukuqina namandla uCook ayentula ekusebenzeni kwakhe, futhi izigcawu phakathi kwakhe noHateley zazijabulisa, ikakhulukazi engomeni ethi "And Eve Was Weak." Inombolo yenzeka lapho uCarrie efika ekhaya ngemuva komzuzu wakhe omubi emashaweni futhi uzama ukutshela umama wakhe ngokwenzekile.

Ividiyo engezansi yengoma ihlanganisa okuqoshiwe okuvela kubhodi yomsindo ye-Broadway kuhlanganiswe nevidiyo ethathwe phakathi kokudlala kwe-English ne-America ukukunika umbono walokho okwabonwa yizethameli lapho uhlelo luvulwa ekubukeni kuqala ngo-Ephreli 28, 1988.

Ukusabela kwezethameli nabagxeki bekuxubile. UBuckley ukhulume ngokusobala ngezethameli ezishaya isifuba ngokuphela kokudlala kuze kube yena noHateley basukume lapho "bafele khona" esiteji ngaleso sikhathi izethameli zime njengeyodwa ekuvuthweni okwathatha imizuzu eminingana.

Kufana kakhulu Cats evula nje emathiyetha, bekuwumculo wonke umuntu wayekhuluma ngakho, nokho, abatshalizimali babenovalo. Yize kudayiswe yonke imibukiso kukho konke ukubuka kuqala, baqala ukukhipha imali yabo embukisweni kwathi ngoMeyi 15, 1988, ngemuva kokubuka kuqala okungu-15 nemidlalo emihlanu, umbukiso wavalwa.

Udumo lwayo lwahlala iminyaka, futhi abaningi bathe uma ngabe wonke umuntu owathi ubonile lo mbukiso ngesikhathi uqala ukusebenza ubekhona ngempela, lo mbukiso ubuyoba yimpumelelo engenakuphikiswa.

Kuthathe isimo sehlelo. Ama-bootlegs wokuqoshwa kwebhodi yomsindo we-Broadways asatshalaliswa, futhi abaningi babuza, ngabe kuyoke kuphinde kukhanye ukukhanya kosuku?

Impendulo yeza ngo-2009 lapho ithimba lezobuciko lihlangana ukuze libheke ukuthi lenzeni. Baqale ukubhala kabusha lo mbukiso, bewukhumula kumuntu obengaphambi kwakhe kwezobuchwepheshe, bekhuhla izingoma ezindala futhi bebhala ezintsha.

Babambe ukufundwa kombukiso okuholela komunye umhlangano wokufundela kanye nomunye futhi eminyakeni engama-24 ngemuva kokwenza kahle kwawo, UCarrie: Okomculo ivulwe futhi, kulokhu i-Off-Broadway, noMolly Ranson njengoCarrie noMarin Mazzie njengoMargaret.

Umbukiso, ngemuva kwamashumi eminyaka, ekugcineni uthole ukunakwa kokuthi uwufanele njengoba ukubuyekezwa okuhle kwafakwa kulo mdlalo nezinkanyezi zawo. Iphinde yathola ukuqoshwa kwayo kokuqala okusemthethweni okutholakala ku-iTunes, Amazon nakwabanye abathengisi abahlukahlukene online.

Ungalalela omunye wamathrekhi, i- "Evening Prayers," oza ngemuva kokuthi uMargaret akhiphe uCarrie emgodini ngemuva kwengxabano yabo phakathi kwe- "And Eve Was Weak" ngezansi.

Kusukela yaqala ukujwayela ngo-1976, Carrie ihehe izethameli futhi yingakho-ke ilethwe esikrinini esikhulu nakumabonakude kaningi kakhulu kunamanye amanoveli eNkosi.

Kukhona nezingxoxo zokunye ukulungiswa okuqhubekayo njengamanje.

Umculo womculo wama-movie uyabuya, kodwa-ke, manje sekuyisikhathi sokukhuluma ngokuletha le ndaba ethile kubabukeli abaningi.