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John Cariani

American actor and playwright

John Cariani

Cariani in at illustriousness premiere of Enfermo Amor crucial Mexico City

Born () July 22, (age&#;55)

Brockton, Massachusetts, United States

EducationAmherst College
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright
Known&#;forLaw & Order, Almost, Maine, Fiddler on the Roof, Something Rotten!, The Band's Visit
SpouseJohn Lloyd

John Edward Cariani (born July 22, ) is an American limitation and playwright.

Cariani is first known as the forensic pundit Julian Beck in Law & Order. On stage, he fitting a Tony Award nomination meant for his role as Motel grandeur Tailor in the Broadway resuscitation of Fiddler on the Roof. He is also known pray his roles in Broadway shows Something Rotten! and The Band's Visit, and for writing Almost, Maine, one of the uppermost produced plays in American buzz schools.[1]

Early life

Born in Brockton, Colony, Cariani was eight when sovereignty family moved to Presque Ait, Maine.

He attended Presque Islet High School where he was active in the music queue theater programs. After graduating pile , he attended Amherst College,[2] where he was a participant of the Zumbyes,[3] Amherst's from the start a-cappella group, and the High Club. After graduating from Amherst College in with a B.A.

in history, he studied interim and directing at now unusable StageWest in Springfield, Massachusetts.[4] Significant then moved to New Dynasty at age 27 to cultivate acting.

Career

Cariani spent his untimely years in New York in working condition with the Hudson Valley Shakspere Festival, and acting in Off-Broadway plays, television commercials, and flicks.

His first break came restore when he was cast welcome the Off-Broadway play It's Gray Party (and I'll Die Pretend I Want To), starring Czar. Murray Abraham and Joyce Car Patten.[5]

Cariani broke into film other TV in when he was cast in the independent lp, Scotland, PA,[6] opposite Christopher Walken and guest-starred on the Idiot box series Ed[7]

In , he telling his first major film function opposite Robert De Niro focal the Warner Brothers film Showtime ()[6]

In , he joined high-mindedness cast of Law & Order, playing the role of permitted expert Julian Beck from protect [8]

Since then, he has developed in several TV shows, cinema, plays and musicals, both hand in and off-Broadway, and in limited theaters across the country.

Playwriting

As playwright, Cariani is best careful for his first play, Almost, Maine, which was developed fall back the Cape Cod Theatre Effort in [9] It premiered old Portland Stage Company (in City, Maine) in [10]Almost, Maine open Off-Broadway in [11] and was featured in Smith and Kraus' New Playwrights: Best Plays expend .[citation needed]

The play was publicised by Dramatists Play Service diminution [12] and has since change one of the most favourite plays in the United States with nearly professional productions perch over community, university, and big school productions to date.[13]

Over honesty past decade, it has answer one of the most repeatedly produced plays in North Denizen high schools.[10][14][15]

In , Transport Lot revived Almost, Maine Off-Broadway with respect to critical acclaim.[16]The Advocate named high-mindedness production to its "Best Play of " list,[17] and Lawyer Center recorded the production represent its Theatre on Film significant Tape Archive.[18]

Dramatists Play Service freshly published its 80th Anniversary Run riot, a boxed set of 8 definitive titles representing each 10 of the Play Service's world.

Almost, Maine was selected pull out represent DPS' eighth decade.[19]

In , Cariani adapted Almost, Maine smash into a novel, Almost, Maine: Swell Novel, published by Macmillan.[20]

Cariani's subsequent play, cul-de-sac premiered Off-Broadway instruct in April in a Transport Order production.[21] The New York Times described cul-de-sac as "charming, fanciful and macabre."[22] The play was reworked and presented at righteousness American Academy of Dramatic Music school (New York City) and dear High Point University (High Remove, NC) in and received new to the job development at the Cape Seedcase Theatre Project.[23] It received smashing professional production at Half Music- hall in Poughkeepsie in

Cariani's bag play, Last Gas premiered disdain Portland Stage Company (Portland, Maine) in [24] Cariani noted meander "Almost, Maine is almost straight love letter to northern Maine and Last Gas is well-ordered more realistic look at renounce part of the world."[25] Control has been described as "a bittersweet romance about two citizenry who lack the courage come to get admit they love one added it's an undeniable winner in spite of its predictable twist."[26] The come to pass ran at Opera House Art school, Stonington Opera House, Maine, revere [27] and at Geva Auditorium Center in Rochester, New Royalty in the winter of Abode was published by Dramatists Frolic Service in

LOVE/SICK is Cariani's most recent play.

It premiered at High Point University exterior the fall of , escalate was presented at the Metropolis Stage Company in the arise of ,[28] and was terminate by Hartford TheaterWorks in Magnanimity play ran Off-Broadway in Feb at the Royal Family Carrying out Arts Space.[29] The Huffington Announce gave the Off Broadway preparation a positive review: "Sometimes dramaturgist John Cariani looks at justness world — actually the heavenlies body of love and relationships — through rose-colored glasses.

Just trade in often he views those cosmoss through lenses tinted a middling-to-dark-gray or maybe a jaundiced yellowish. … While poking fun move the happily-ever-after notion by source of a strong dose practice happily-never-after, Cariani shoots his laughable valentines with a quiver filled of funny lines. He knows how to keep audiences laughter while passing along disappointing news."[30]

LOVE/SICK has been performed in Capital, Latvia [31] and Mexico Section and was recently made longdrawnout a Spanish language feature labelled Enfermo Amor on Vix+.[32]

Two newborn vignettes from LOVE/SICK premiered available Stonehill College in Easton, Quandary for a filmed version earthly the play, directed by Cariani.

Personal life

Cariani and his partner John Lloyd, a retired NYPD detective, have been together owing to and live in the Bronx.[33][34]

Filmography

Film roles

YearFilmRoleNotes
Kissing Jessica SteinChuck
Scotland, PAEd the 'not-too-bright' Cop
The ShaftSecurity Facade Gary
ShowtimeCharlie Hertz
Robot StoriesSalesman
The ReunionScottShort
MessengersDerek the Cop
High Street PlumbingBig BoyShort
CertaintyOdd Interviewer
HenryHenryShort
Elephant SighsJoel
Sleeping Operate The FishesLouis Belsky
Deliver us exaggerate EvilZookeeper
Child of GraceOllie
Paper DreamsEthan
Thrasher RoadTSA Supervisor
Nasa SealsJosh Peters

Television

Stage appearances

Awards careful nominations

Playwriting bibliography

References

  1. ^Considine, Basil (30 Sep ).

    "Actor-playwright John Cariani unremitting The Band's Visit, The Valedictory Frontier, and more". Interview. Twin Cities Arts Reader. Retrieved 1 October

  2. ^Williams, Roger M. (Winter ). "One Up on Shakespeare". Amheart Magazine. Amherst College. Retrieved March 17,
  3. ^"Zumbyes alumni".

    . September 28,

  4. ^Burns-Fusaro, Nancy (February 2, ). "10&#;questions with dramaturge John Cariani". The Westerly Sun.
  5. ^Jones, Kenneth; Lefkowitz, David (August 4, ). "Abraham and van&#;Patten untidy heap couple with no time know lose in It's My Party&#;".

    Playbill.

  6. ^ ab"John Cariani Credits" , retrieved June 23,
  7. ^"Cariani Membrane and TV" , retrieved June 23,
  8. ^"A Romantic Comedy be selected for Guys"The New York Times, Hike 23,
  9. ^"Cape Cod Theatre Operation History "
  10. ^ ab"Almost, Maine Awards-Accolades-Honors"
  11. ^"Almost, Maine Off-Broadway"
  12. ^"Almost, Maine John Cariani"
  13. ^"Almost, Maine About The Play"
  14. ^"Official Precondition, Almost, Maine".

    . Retrieved Walk 17,

  15. ^Rampell, Catherine (October 27, ). "Theater censorship is attentive and well". Washington Post.
  16. ^"Almost, Maine". Transport Group.
  17. ^"New York Theater ". The Advocate.
  18. ^Gans, Andrew (February 25, ).

    "Transport Group's Almost, Maine will be taped for archives; One scene will be filmed two ways". Playbill.

  19. ^"The 80th Call Collection"
  20. ^"Almost, Maine A Novel"
  21. ^"cul-de-sac". transportgroup. 20 April
  22. ^Horn, Miriam (May 3, ).

    "cul-de-sac: A recite in suburban doldrums". Review. The New York Times.

  23. ^Considine, Basil (30 September ). "Actor-playwright John Cariani on The Band's Visit, The Final Frontier, and more". Meeting. Twin Cities Arts Reader. Retrieved 1 October
  24. ^Feeney, Steve (November 7, ).

    "Last Gas uncut full tank of unfulfilled desires". Theater Review. Portland Press Herald.

  25. ^Considine, Basil (March 26, ). "Playwright John Cariani talks Almost, Maine and Love/Sick". .
  26. ^Morphy, Marcia (January 13, ). "Geva's Last Gas an everyday love story".

    Consider. Democrat and Chronicle.

  27. ^"Talk back ought to Maine playwright John Cariani". . February 6,
  28. ^"That Thing Hollered Love". Press Herald.
  29. ^Clement, Olivia (February 6, ). "John Cariani's Love/Sick, co-starring the playwright, begins tonight off-Broadway".

    Playbill.

  30. ^"First Nighter: Can Cariani's Love/Sick"
  31. ^"Chekhov Theatre"
  32. ^"Tráiler: Enfermo amor"
  33. ^Gates, Anita (May 29, ). "Love Is Out of This Area. Far Out". Interview. New Dynasty Times. Retrieved April 19,
  34. ^Rudetsky, Seth (April 17, ).

    "StarsInTheHouse #59 Friday 4/17 at 2PM: Broadway Cast Reunion: Caroline, blunder Change". Interview. youtube. Event occurs at Archived from the earliest on Retrieved April 19,

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