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Musical Revue 'CARRIE' THAT TUNE Brings the Flops to Los Angeles

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Proof Doubt Closer Theatre Company presents 'CARRIE' THAT TUNE: HIT SONGS FROM FLOP MUSICALS at BAR FEDORA starting Feb. 2

Conceived, written and directed by Trace Oakley, Musical Direction by Alena Bernardi, Choreography by Averi Quinn Yorek. Presented by Proof Doubt Closer Theatre Company.

Bar Fedora

710 W 1st St

Los Angeles, CA. 90012

Feb. 2, 8, 15, 22, March 2 @ 8:00pm, Feb. 12, 19, 26 @ 2pm (8 total performances)

The show will run approximately 120 minutes (including one intermission)

Tickets are $10.00 general admission, plus two-drink minimum and can be purchased online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2771404.

A musical revue of great songs, many of them classics from the Great American Songbook. These songs came not from hit musicals, or from Tin-Pan-Alley songwriters. Each song was a bright spot in a Broadway musical that flopped. For every LES MIS, MY FAIR LADY and ANNIE, there's at least one PIPE DREAM, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, or THE BAKER'S WIFE, proving that even Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz can write a flop show.

For every blockbuster smash like BOOK OF MORMON or PHANTOM, there's a notrorious counterpart, such as SPIDER MAN, or that flop by which all others are measured, CARRIE. But many of these also-ran shows contained extraordinary songs, many of which became hits in their own right. 'CARRIE' THAT TUNE' is a tribute to those songs: buried treasures, some kept alive by the recordings of Sinatra, Bennett or Ella Fitzgerald, others largely forgotten, other residing firmly in the "I had no idea that song was from a musical...which one?" category.

Starting with a recreation of the notorious publicity stunt pulled by producer David Merrick on the opening eve of his flop SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING, this one-of-a-kind musical revue revives some of Broadway's greatest songs that got away, such as "Who Can I Turn To?", "What Did I Have?" and "One Night in Bangkok."

The cast includes: Alena Bernardi, Brayden Hade, Stephen Juhl, Laney Keeshin, Skye LaFontaine, Philip McBride, Ashley Rose McKenna, Sydnee Ortiz, Chelsea Pope, Rick Simone, Averi Quinn Yorek.

Theater Fans' Choice Awards
2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats
Best Scenic Design - Top 3
1. Dane Laffrey - The Lost Boys
38.5% of votes
2. Soutra Gilmour - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
14.1% of votes
3. Scott Pask - Schmigadoon!
11.3% of votes

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