 Throughout his career, Carr's first love was the stage.He appeared in nearly 100 stage productions on Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway, as well as touring companies, stock, and in regional theaters around the United States.He received the LA Weekly Theater Award for Best Actor in the Theatre East production of "Manhattan Express" in 1987 and garnered a 1995 Dramalogue Award for his role in the Los Angeles Repertory production of Assassins.