Women Center Stage - An Interview With Lauren Whitehead
Lauren Whitehead directs her original work A Tribe Called Blessed: Songs toward the Advancement of (T)history.
Women Center Stage - Introduction
For the next week, CareyPurcell.com will feature interviews with the participants of Director's Weekend, where 10 directors create 15-minute pieces on the prompt of media narrative.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
This production of Tom Stoppard’s absurdist, existentialist tragicomedy inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet is being performed in repertory with the tragedy of the Danish prince.
The Comedy of Errors
The delightfully entertaining production of The Comedy of Errors offers the complicated combination of a thoroughly humorous show that also provides a glance at some darker and frustrating themes in Shakespeare’s work.
Ashley Marinaccio and Brady Amoonclark Talk About ‘Good Shape’
What would happen if everyone woke up tomorrow and loved the body they were in?
9mm America
A production of Girl Be Heard, this intimate and personal performance of documentary theater about gun violence in America is deeply moving and incredibly upsetting — in the best way possible
Sexism Onstage and Off: Why I Am Glad "Smash" is Cancelled
I am one of the biggest musical theater geeks in the world, but even I am glad “Smash” is being cancelled.
‘Cuff Me:’ The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” book series.
The Trip to Bountiful
Currently in performances at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, Horton Foote’s play, directed by Michael Wilson, offers up a bounty of emotion, both joyful and bittersweet.
I'll Eat You Last
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 Mengers and starring a delicious Bette Midler, is in performances.
Old-Fashioned Prostitutes (A True Romance)
This play, if you can call it that, is also directed by Foreman, who has come out of a self-declared retirement from the theater, to helm it at the Public.
Orphans
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 excellent duo of Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge, this play is crackling with the threat of danger, both physical and emotional.
An Interview with ‘'night, Mother’ Stars Joy Franz and Laura Siner and Director Cyndy A. Marion
“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. I
The Big Knife
A series of missed opportunities for tension and laughter, Clifford Odet’s The Big Knife is a story of compromised ideals in old-time Hollywood, featuring a talented ensemble that falls victim to some serious misdirection.
An Interview with ‘Wanda's Monster’ Creators Laurie Berkner and Barbara Zinn Krieger
“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.