Directing CARRIE THE MUSICAL at New York Universtiy
I had never directed anything ever before in my entire life, but I knew that Carriewas a story that I could tell. I was first exposed to the original 1976 film by my mother when I was a pre-teen. She showed that movie to me because I was severely bullied as a child, and it helped me get through a lot of the difficulties that I faced growing up in the public school system in Chicago, Illinois. As I got older, the film…