Carrie brings campy fun to the Hipp

Carrie opens tonight at the Hippodrome Theatre and runs through Nov. 4
The Hippodrome Theatre is launching what they call a “campy twist” on the Stephen King novel Carrie. The show, which opens tonight and runs through Nov. 4, is a comedic version of the classic King novel involving a young woman dealing with her peers and her fundamentalist mother.
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