05/17/2010 - Carole Shelley

Carole Shelley, actor (currently in BILLY ELLIOT) was interviewed by critic and journalist, Don Shewey on May 17th 2010.

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Carole Shelley, Betty Corwin & Don Shewey


Carole Shelley being interviewed by Don Shewey


Carole Shelley & Don Shewey

BIOGRAPHIES

CAROLE SHELLEY Broadway: Billy Elliot (Tony Award Nomination), Wicked, Cabaret, Show Boat, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Odd Couple (NY debut), The
Miser, Stepping Out (Tony nomination), Noises Off, The Elephant Man (Tony Award, Best Actress), Hay Fever, The Norman Conquests (LADCC Award), Absurd Person
Singular (Tony Award Nomination), Loot. National tours: Broadway Bound, The Royal Family, Noises Off. Various repertory in Great Britain, U.S., Canada. Off-Broadway: The Film Society, London Suite, The Destiny of Me, Richard II (NYSF), Later Life (Drama Desk nom.), Cabaret Verboten, What the Butler Saw, Little Murders, Twelve Dreams (Obie), Tartuffe. Starred in Lettice and Lovage (West End). TV/Films: Frasier, Gabby, Coconut Downs, The Cosby Show, The Odd Couple, Road to Wellville, Jungle 2 Jungle, Devlin, The Super, Quiz Show, Aunt Clara in Nora Ephron's Bewitched. Disney animated: Hercules, The Aristocats, Robin Hood.

DON SHEWEY has been a journalist and theater critic in New York City since 1980. He has written extensively for the New York Times, the Village Voice, Esquire, RollingStone , American Theatre, and other publications. He has published three books about theater, including the biography Sam Shepard and a book of interviews with actors called Caught in the Act: New York Actors Face to Face, a collaboration with photographer Susan Shacter. He has contributed essays to numerous anthologies ranging from Contemporary Shakespearean Criticism to The Politics of Manhood. He writes a blog devoted to cultural commentary called “Another Eye Opens.” He is also a psychotherapist in private practice.