342 stories by "Carey"
6. John McCain’s Air Quotes In response to Senator John McCain speaking derisively of various political concerns, including ones related to abortion and women’s health, Bee thank…
Whoever says women aren't funny hasn't watched The Daily Show. The polarizing topic of gender and comedy was addressed Christopher Hitchen's 2009 article in Vanity Fair, where the late Hitch…
The opening line of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella sets the tone for the majority of the play. When Cinderella, wandering through the misty woods, wistfully sings, "It makes you wish t…
A woman who dares to get onstage, naked and unapologetically confident, to talk about her life, her feelings and her body? Sign me up. Julia Wiedeman isn’t shy. And thank goodness she&…
It is rare that I relate to the characters onstage as much as I did during The Madrid, Liz Flahive's play currently in performances at City Center Stage I. Directed by Leigh Silverman and st…
Tina Packer wants Hamlet to go f**k himself. Well, not exactly. It's said in jest, but there just might be some truth to the statement, Packer laughs, while sitting outside her dressing room…
Audience interaction during shows may bother some people. Fed up with inconsiderate people at the theater, I even penned an article on how to be a bad audience member a few months ago. But A…
"Are you f***ing kidding me?" Jon Stewart asks that question often on The Daily Show, but I don't think it has ever seemed as applicable as when he asked it in response to the state of Virgi…
Many have spoken of the magic of theater, but Franco Moschetti sees a more specific kind of magic – a maternal magic. Moschetti, who has written both plays and screenplays, is the Art …
It was my first time with The Vagina Monologues. And it was fantastic. Somehow, despite my years of writing about theater, I had never seen Eve Ensler's famous play about women, sexuality, a…
Playbill confirmed today that a new staging of Les Miserables will play Broadway in the spring of 2014. Following the success of the film adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, this is har…
I want to be powerful. And what's more, I want to be respected. Why is that such a crazy thing for me to say? As a hard-working young woman in my late twenties, striving to shape my career, …
With Valentine’s Day approaching, I want to know your favorite love songs from musical theater. Do you go for the classics, like “Some Enchanted Evening” from South Pacific…
“It's complacence that is the enemy, not violence,” says Mariah MacCarthy about activism in today’s culture, and she is out to fight this enemy. MacCarthy is a playwright a…
"Why would a card-carrying feminist spend all her time with a dead white male?" Why, indeed? The answer, I am happy to report, can be found in Women of Will, Tina Packer's exploration of wom…
"Someone else is going to be killed!" "Oh, good!" Such a devil-may-care attitude may be surprising in everyday life, but it is completely suitable for Speakeasy Dollhouse, the immersive thea…
SPOILER ALERT I didn’t have high expectations for Love Never Dies, but I still managed to be grossly disappointed. I will admit to being a passionate fan of The Phantom of the Opera wh…
I'm on the phone with two influential women in the entertainment industry. The founders of the Athena Film Festival, a celebration of women and leadership that is now in its third year, Kath…
"Hiraeth," a Welsh word that has no translation, provided great inspiration for playwright Melisa Annis. The word represents the feeling of being homesick and longing for one's homeland, and…
Any show that opens with a man wearing a fanny pack, un-ironically, needs to re-think its approach. And Moose Murders, the revival of the infamous 1983 flop, boats both an un-ironic fanny pa…
The philosopher Aristotle once said, "We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right matter at the right moment and for the right le…
The bed's the thing in this play. Oh, and the woman in it. That much is clear from the first moment of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, currently playing at the Richard Rogers Theater. This revival of…
Cole Porter wrote "Love for Sale," but that's not what Miranda Huba will be auctioning off in Candy Tastes Nice, her one-woman show about a young woman selling her virginity to help pay for …
"It's so hot and still," says one character in Picnic, William Inge's 1953 drama currently in performances at the American Airlines Theater. While the character is speaking of the weather on…
We all have our secret hopes and dreams, and I wouldn't be surprised if many of us share the same dream – to be screamed at from Patti LuPone on a Broadway stage. LuPone, who is known …
