Bayan 'yan watannin da suka gabata, tirela ta farko ta ragu don Cats, wani kidan Andrew Lloyd Webber, kuma intanet gaba daya hankalinsa ya tashi. Makon da ya gabata, ya buɗe a cikin silima kuma mutane sun sake rasa ta.

Abubuwan da suka faru sun kasance masu ban tsoro cewa tunanina a bayyane ya juya zuwa wani kida daga 1980s wanda ya juya sama da aan kawuna kuma ya sami kusan irin wannan yanayin na firgita daga masu sukar da masu sauraro ba tare da taimakon intanet ba. Ina magana ne game da Carrie: Mai Kiɗa, Nunin da zan yarda na kasance damu tun lokacin da na fara jin akwai shi shekaru ashirin da suka gabata.

Carrie: Musical ya fara…

An samo daga littafin Stephen King, Carrie ta fara tafiya zuwa matakin Broadway a shekarar 1981 – a wannan shekarar Cats da farko sun yi fice a wasan da aka yi a West End – bayan Lawrence D. Cohen da Michael Gore sun halarci wasan kwaikwayo na Alban Berg na avante-garde opera, Lulu. Barin Gidan Opera na Gidan Gida, ɗayan ya gayawa ɗayan cewa wannan menene Carrie zai yi kama da dai idan da wasan opera ne.

Lokaci ne na walƙiya wanda ya saita su akan doguwar hanyar hawa zuwa matakin.

Cohen ya riga ya saba sosai da tushen kayan. Ya rubuta labarin fim din Brian de Palma na Carrie tauraruwa mai suna Sissy Spacek da Piper Laurie kuma ya fara aiki akan littafin don kidan nan take. (Ga waɗanda ba sa halartar gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa sau da yawa, “littafin” na kiɗan shi ne duk abin da ake faɗi tsakanin waƙoƙin.)

A halin yanzu, Gore ya nemi abokinsa Dean Pitchford – su biyun sun yi aiki tare a fim ɗin fame–Don fara rubuta wakoki don wasan kwaikwayo.

Zai ɗauki shekaru bakwai kafin ya ga aikin sati huɗu a bayan gari a Stratford-upon-Avon.

Sabon shiga Linzi Hateley ya sami nasarar matsayin Carrie White da kuma mashahurin wasan kwaikwayo na kida Barbara Cook ya ɗauki matsayin mahaifiyarta, Margaret. Har ila yau an nuna mawaƙa Darlene Love a cikin wasan kwaikwayon yayin da malama mai tausayin Carrie da Debbie Allen suka shiga aikin waka.

Ya kasance yana da dukkanin abubuwan da ke da ban mamaki da kuma ban mamaki mutane a mataki da waje don aiki don yin hakan. Amma kamar yadda mashahurin mai wasan Broadway Elaine Stritch ya ce, "Ka sani, ba ku sani ba."

Matsaloli sun fara kusan nan da nan don samar da fasaha mai nauyi. Don masu farawa, ba za su iya amfani da Carrie da jinin karya a ƙarshen wasan ba tare da rage makirfon ta ba.

Sannan akwai lokacin da Cook ya kusan datse kansa ta wani yanki yayin canjin yanayi. Jarumar ta yi murabus a wannan daren amma ta yarda ta ci gaba da zama har sai an sami wanda zai maye gurbinsa.

Kiɗan kiɗa da kiɗa sun kasance ba daidai ba. Wurare da waƙoƙi tsakanin Carrie da Margaret sun kasance masu ɗaukaka tare da girma, kusan aiki, suna jin daɗin su tare da karin waƙoƙi da motsa rai. A halin yanzu, waƙoƙin waƙoƙin abokan karawar ta Cardi sun kasance waƙoƙin ƙarfi da kuma waƙoƙin pop, tare da duka waƙoƙin wauta marasa juyawa suna mai da kowa ya zama mai wasa maimakon cikakkiyar halayyar gaske.

A kan hanyar Broadway

Duk da bayyane da matsalolin da ke faruwa – sake rubuta rubutattun abubuwa suna gudana bayan kowane irin wasan kwaikwayon – wasan kwaikwayon ya canza zuwa Broadway akan kusan dala miliyan 8. Yawancin kuɗi ne a lokacin don nuna Broadway.

Betty Buckley, wacce ta fito a matsayin Miss Collins a cikin fim ɗin Carrie kuma wanda ya kasance sanannen tauraron wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa bayan fitowar sa a 1776 kuma – jira shi –Cats, ya shiga cikin rawar Margaret White yayin da Hateley da Love suka canza wuri tare da wasan kwaikwayon.

Buckley ya kawo ƙarfi da kuzari wanda Cook ba shi da kuzari a cikin ayyukanta, kuma al'amuran da ke tsakaninta da Hateley sun zama masu birgewa, musamman a cikin waƙar "Kuma Hauwa'u Ba Ta da rauni." Lambar tana faruwa lokacin da Carrie ta dawo gida bayan lokacin da ta shiga cikin ruwan wanka kuma ta yi ƙoƙari ta gaya wa mahaifiyarta abin da ya faru.

Bidiyon da ke ƙasa na waƙar ya haɗu da rakodi daga allon sauti na Broadway haɗe tare da bidiyon da aka ɗauka yayin duka wasannin Ingilishi da na Amurka don ba ku ra'ayin abin da masu kallo suka gani lokacin da aka buɗe wasan kwaikwayon a ranar 28 ga Afrilu, 1988.

Masu sauraro da halayen sukar sun gauraya. Buckley ta yi magana a bayyane game da masu sauraro suna kuwwa a ƙarshen wasan kwaikwayon har sai ita da Hateley sun miƙe daga inda suka “mutu” a kan fage a lokacin da masu sauraro suka tsaya a matsayin ɗaya a cikin ƙwayayen kwayayen da suka ɗauki tsawon mintoci.

Mafi yawan kamar Cats wanda kawai ya buɗe a cikin wasan kwaikwayo, shi ne kiɗa kowa da kowa yana magana ne game da, duk da haka, masu saka jari suna cikin fargaba. Duk da nunin da aka siyar a duk faɗin farko, sun fara cire kuɗinsu daga wasan kwaikwayon kuma ranar 15 ga Mayu, 1988, bayan samfoti 15 da wasanni biyar, wasan kwaikwayon ya rufe.

Rashin mutuncin ta ya ci gaba tsawon shekaru, kuma da yawa sun ce idan da duk wanda ya yi iƙirarin ganin wasan kwaikwayon a lokacin aikin sa na farko da gaske ya kasance a wurin, wasan kwaikwayon zai zama babban rabo mara ma'ana.

Ya ɗauki matsayin al'ada. Bootlegs na rikodin rikodin sauti na Broadways sun rarraba, kuma da yawa sun tambaya, shin zata taɓa ganin hasken rana kuma?

Amsar ta zo a cikin 2009 lokacin da ƙungiyar masu kirkirar suka taru don kallon abin da suka yi. Sun fara sake nuna wasan kwaikwayon, suna cire shi daga wanda ya gabace shi da fasaha, suna yin watsi da tsoffin wakoki da rubuta sababbi.

Sun gudanar da karatun wasan kwaikwayon wanda ke haifar da wani taron bita da wani kuma shekaru 24 bayan nasarar sa, Carrie: Mai Kiɗa an sake buɗewa, wannan karon Off-Broadway, tare da Molly Ranson a matsayin Carrie da Marin Mazzie a matsayin Margaret.

Nunin, bayan shekaru da yawa, a ƙarshe an karɓi wasu hankalin da ya cancanta kamar yadda ingantattun bita suka birge don nunin da taurarin. Hakanan ya karɓi rikodin saiti na farko wanda aka samo akan iTunes, Amazon, da sauran yan kasuwa na kan layi.

Kuna iya sauraron ɗayan waƙoƙin, "Sallar Magariba," wanda ke zuwa bayan Margaret ta fito da Carrie daga cikin ɗaki bayan rikicin da suka yi a lokacin "Kuma Hauwa'u ba ta da ƙarfi" a ƙasa.

Tun farkon sauyawarsa a cikin 1976, Carrie ya dauki hankalin masu sauraro kuma wannan shine watakila shi yasa aka kawo shi zuwa ga babban allo da talabijin sau da yawa fiye da kowane littafin na King.

Har ila yau, akwai tattaunawa har yanzu da wani karbuwa wanda ke gudana a yanzu.

Kide-kide da wake-wake na fina-finai suna dawowa, duk da haka, kuma lokaci ya yi da za a yi magana game da kawo wannan takamaiman labarin ga manyan masu sauraro.