342 stories by "Carey"
Anyone who loves and longs for juicy gossip but feels a bit shamed by the desire should hurry to the Booth Theatre, where I'll Eat You Last, the new play about Hollywood superagent Sue Menge…
"I certainly do exist. Help me," a character pleads in Old-Fashioned Prostitutes: (A Love Story), the new play by Richard Foreman currently in performances at the Public Theater. I’m s…
"Everybody's looking for love" in The Nance, Douglas Carter Beane's moving new play in performances at the Lyceum Theater. This lyric, crooned onstage in a vaudeville performance, applies to…
The threat of violence hovers in the air at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, where Lyle Kessler's Orphans is in production. Directed by Daniel Sullivan and starring Alec Baldwin and the excell…
"The clock is ticking," is not necessarily a phrase a feminist writer likes to hear, but when discussing the upcoming production of 'night, Mother, an exception can be made. In this case, th…
This knife is too dull. While the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Clifford Odet's The Big Knife has the potential for suspense and sizzle, this show is lacking substantially in bo…
"There's a monster in the closet!" might not inspire thoughts of rock music or friendship, but that's exactly what Laurie Berkner and Barbara Zinn Krieger have created just that. Adapting Ei…
"I brought consommé!" the hostess says brightly as she enters the room. Never mind that the room is dimly lit, plagued by leaks and almost empty of people. Every course of this gourmet meal…
Matilda may boast of revolting children, but this musical is anything but revolting. Based on Roald Dahl's best-selling children's book and imported from London, where it originated with the…
Mariah MacCarthy is no stranger to women and sex. The founder of Caps Lock Theater, who is also a playwright and director, is mounting her original work Lysistrata Rape Play in a fully-stage…
A little spring may be in your step after seeing Kinky Boots, the musical adaptation of the 2005 movie currently in performances at the Al Hirschfeld Theater. With a book by Harvey Fierstein…
"You're born, you die. Everything between is subject to interpretation," according to one of the journalists in Lucky Guy, the affectionately nostalgic biography of New York City reporter an…
Everyone’s a star on The Ride, the bus tour of Midtown New York that doubles as an improv show – even the bus itself. Created by Michael Counts, written by John Bobey and directe…
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare in 90 Minutes is one thing, while the Complete Works of William Shakespeare in one weekend is entirely another. But that is exactly what Company's M…
Originally published on NewYork.com View this story online In Matilda The Musical, Gabriel Ebert and Lesli Margherita play Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood, the neglectful, TV-obsessed parents of every…
Hearing "Let's do the time warp again" might inspire more thoughts of Rocky Horror Picture Show than a vaudeville burlesque show, but Speakeasy Moderne, currently in performances at Stage 72…
"It's much more than a truck," the characters sing to the audience in the opening song of Hands on a Hardbody, the ambitiously simple new musical currently playing at the Brooks Atkinson The…
Frozen yogurt shops of New York, be warned: Leslie Kritzer will probably be coming your way very soon. The actor, who has been seen on Broadway in Hairspray and Legally Blonde: The Musical, …
For Christiane Noll, music is a family thing. The musical theater actor, who has been seen on Broadway in Jekyll and Hyde, It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues, Ragtime and Chaplin, and who has re…
One of the first rules taught in writing classes is to show, don't tell. Unfortunately, the creative team behind Breakfast at Tiffany's did not heed this rule when penning this play. The slu…
She may be sitting in the dark, but she is a beacon of light in this show. That would be Danielle Skraastad, who plays Delia, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict forced to recuperate in t…
Holland Taylor was last seen on Broadway 30 years ago in Moose Murders. I'm happy to say her latest production seems to be a bit more steady. Rooted in low, white and certainly sensible shoe…
If you live in New York, chances are you have seen signs about teen pregnancy plastered across the city. My (least favorite) features a sad-eyed child next to the copy, "Honestly mom…chanc…
Originally published on NewYork.com View this story online At these interactive shows, audiences don’t just passively watch"they’re part of the action. Whether it's diving into t…
Originally published on NewYork.com View this story online It might just come from abroad. Our roundup of the most promising candidates from across the pond. Where else can a theatergoer cho…
