342 stories by "Carey"
* Hearing the phrase "Carpe diem" is sure to bring some misty-eyed memories to audience members at Dead Poet's Society. The new play at Classic Stage Company, is adapted by Tom…
"Be yourself." It sounds simple, but this suggestion is anything but, especially in Dear Evan Hansen, the astonishingly moving new musical at the Music Box Theater on Broadway. This n…
The set is cartoonish but the emotions are anything but in The Hard Nut, Mark Morris' adaptation of The Nutcracker. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the dance performance, playing at th…
Originally published on Salon.com View this story online There was no shortage of scandal surrounding Trump's presidential campaign, when voters witnessed his refusal to release his tax r…
Originally published in The Village Voice View this story online Like many Americans, artist Cecilia Corrigan was expecting to spend the final months of 2016 celebrating Hillary Clinton̵…
Originally published on CafeMom View this story online Lexi Lawson may be a newcomer to Broadway, but she has stepped into the role of Eliza in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton with short…
Originally published on Elle.com View this story online For more than 30 years, Molly Ringwald has been a beacon for teens everywhere, thanks to her endearing and relatable adolescent charac…
On the eve of the 2016 election, Broadway's brightest gathered at the Dramatists Guild Fund Gala at Gotham Hall in New York, NY for Great Writers Thank Their Lucky Stars: The Presidential Ed…
Disappointment is the undeniable and devastating theme of Plenty, David Hare's play that is presented in a lukewarm revival at the Public Theater. And that disappointment is not limit…
"I'm sorry. Was that an unnecessary act of confession?" The answer is yes. For almost 80 minutes straight, yes. The entirety of this play is too confessional and absolutely unnecessary. That…
Originally published on Politico View this story online As the election ticks down to the wire, there's a glaring disadvantage staring the Trump campaign in the face"one that is an explicit …
It's early in the year to blame a weight gain on the holidays, but after seeing Holiday Inn, the new Irving Berlin musical at Studio 54, I was afraid to step on the scale for fear some of th…
First loves are often the subject of works of drama, but the first loves reminisced about in Stuffed differ greatly from those of a Shakespearean tragedy. Instead of a next-door neighbor or …
Originally published in Dame Magazine Read this story online "I'm fluent in Bastard. It's one of my languages," Selina Meyer, the title character in HBO's Veep, states unapologetically. A po…
Being a part of an immersive theater production is one experience, but having an aerialist dangle less than five feet from your head (while the silks that the aerialist hangs from brush your…
The meaning of time is constantly pondered, discussed and perhaps even escaped from by the protagonist of The Encounter, the new play on Broadway by Simon McBurney, but, for th…
"I'm glad I didn't have a drink before seeing this play," was my first thought as I left a performance of Bachelorette, Leslye Headland's dark comedy that was revived at Walkerspace. This se…
It's not all fun and games in The Wolves, the new play by Sarah DeLapppe receiving its world-premiere production from the Playwrights Realm. Despite taking place on a soccer field, an…
A sign at the entrance of The Birds warns audience members that the production contains the use of fog and nudity. However, neither of the two aspects of the play that require warning are sh…
“I worry you think too much,” one character says to anther in Spinoza’s Ethics, the ambitious new play being presented in the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City.…
It looked like it was going to be another quiet night at work for Robert at the small Belfast pub, but he couldn’t have been more wrong…
I appeared on “AM Joy” to discuss my Politico article “I Survived Trump Magazine – Barely.” Watch the interview below.
Originally published on HowlRound.com Read this story online "This wasn't something we had planned for," said Diane Paulus. The director of the Tony-nominated musical Waitress, Paulus and th…
Originally published on Glamour.com Read this story online "Wow, I've had a lot of coffee this morning!" Ani DiFranco laughs. The singer-songwriter and activist has been talking nonstop for …
Originally published on Out.com Read this story online When Michael Cerveris, who pla…
