3,824 stories by "Carey"
Even the best garnishes can't save a badly-baked treat. Thus is the case of Benny and Joon, the latest movie-to-musical adaptation to take the stage. This pleasantly pleasing but unfulfillin…
As a teenager, playwright and performer Heidi Schreck visited many American Legion Halls, giving speeches on the Constitution that "drew a personal connection between your own life and the d…
Originally published at TDF Stages View this story online  Halley Feiffer and Trip Cullman discuss collaborating on The Pain of My Belligerence at Playwrights Horizons " "We joke t…
Originally published in TDF Stages View this story online Where to see female artists and women's stories on stage " According to the Broadway League, women make up 66% of Broadway au…
Originally published on TDF Stages View this story online A new musical comedy celebrates an unfairly maligned genre Fans of so-called chick flicks " cinematic stories centering on romance, …
Originally published in TDF Stages View this story online The co-creator of Next to Normal debuts Superhero Off-Broadway " Superhero at Second Stage Theatre is a homecoming fo…
Originally published in TDF Stages View this story online Marin Ireland is all fired up in Abby Rosebrock’s Blue Ridge In 2015, Abby Rosebrock‘s mentor said he was worr…
It was the phrase "unsung heroes" that captured Cara Reichel's attention. The hour-long PBS documentary spotlighting women in the military only devoted about two minutes to the Hello Girls, …
Originally published in American Theatre Magazine View this story online "I'm such a nerd," laughs Robert Serrell, executive director of the Barrow Group Theatre Company and School, t…
Originally published in American Theatre magazine View this story online Adam Noble had been teaching an advanced scene study class for just one month when he faced a startling encounter wit…
Originally published on TDF Stages View this story online Breaking new ground for women in theatre is nothing new for Emily Mann. The 66-year-old playwright and director, who has served as t…
By Howard Shalwitz, Carey Perloff. Howard Shalwitz, co-founder of Woolly Mammoth, talks with Carey Perloff, longtime director of American Conservatory Theater, about their decades-long tenur…
Originally published on Electric Literature View this story online Where is Narnia?" I joked as I stepped through the back of the large wooden wardrobe featured in the center of a Lower …
"Welcome to the human social ritual known as theater," intones the pre-recorded voice before the curtain rises on Be More Chill. But theater is just one of the social rituals featured in thi…
Originally published on TDF Stages View this story online Working on two shows simultaneously has driven Andy Sandberg to drink — large quantities of Pepsi Max. “The actors…
The lanky man in the blonde wig has the right idea. The lights in the club are suitably dim, but he keeps his sunglasses on for almost his entire time onstage. Audience members at This Ain't…
There's a reason why some shows have never succeeded. As much as fans might love them in spite of " or because of " their flaws, their creators simply cannot make them work. And, despite dev…
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How does one take a noted problem play by Shakespeare filled with abuses of political power and flagrant inequality between the sexes and somehow transform it into a two-hour musical comedy …
Originally published on Forbes.com View this story online “It’s almost like I had a crystal ball,” Van Dean reflected. “If you look at a lot of the things I’ve …
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Originally published on TDF Stages View this story online Irish Rep revives Conor McPherson’s Tony-nominated play The Seafarer, Conor McPherson’s tale of despair and redempti…
Originally published on The Culture Trip View this story online Now in revival, Tony Kushner's shattering diptych proves as relevant as it was in 1991. Angels in America is a confusin…
Originally published on Forbes.com View this story online When asked about the future of R.Evolución Latina, founder and director Luis Salgado answered without hesitation: His plan…
Regarding my piece for the Washington Post on interfaith relationships: I am truly sorry I offended so many. It was never my intention to disrespect the Jewish faith or anyone who engages…
