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Douglas Carter Beane Returns to His Childhood ‘Home’. The playwright took a bus from Manhattan to Reading, Pa., to revisit the theater that inspired his new play, “Shows for Days.”. By ...
Apr 16, 2013 · Playwright Douglas Carter Beane says his inspiration to write The Nance, a Lincoln Center Theater production starring Nathan Lane currently on Broadway, came from a handful of burlesque sketches he once wrote for a benefit; Gay New York, the groundbreaking work by historian George Chauncey; and his screensaver that depicted the Irving Place Theatre, a now-demolished New York burlesque theater ...
Jan 1, 1998 · 12 books7 followers. Follow. Douglas Carter Beane has written the screenplays for To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar; Advice From a Caterpillar (Best Film, Aspen Comedy Festival, Best Feature, Toyota Comedy Festival) and Skinner's Eddy. His plays include As Bees In Honey Drown (Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Playwriting Award ...
Douglas Carter Beane has 12 books on Goodreads with 895 ratings. Douglas Carter Beane’s most popular book is The Little Dog Laughed.
Jun 17, 2007 · Douglas Carter Beane is having a Broadway moment. His play “The Little Dog Laughed,” a Faustian tale about a closeted actor navigating the demands of Hollywood hustlers, was nominated for a ...
Douglas Carter Beane weaves a captivating tale around Chauncey Miles, a charismatic burlesque performer whose on-stage persona, "the nance," is as flamboyant as his off-stage life is secretive. Set against the backdrop of a changing society, where it is easy to play gay but dangerous to be gay, Chauncey grapples with the complexities of ...
Aug 6, 2021 · Rodgers & Hart's Babes in Arms, with a fresh, witty and relevant script by acclaimed playwright, Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane, is the quintessential 'Hey, kids, let's put on a show ...
