Question: Lawrence D. Cohen's Carrie:The Musical is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel, which centers around a socially awkward teenage girl with what newly discovered powers?
Sentence (from "Carrie (novel)"): Set primarily in the then-future year of 1979, it revolves around the eponymous Carrie White, a misfit and bullied high school girl who uses her newly discovered telekinetic powers to exact revenge on those who torment her, while in the process causing one of the worst local disasters in American history.
Relevant evidence: Yes