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.

6/22/13 6/22/13

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.

6/20/13 6/20/13

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.

6/13/13 6/13/13

Ashley Marinaccio and Brady Amoonclark Talk About ‘Good Shape’

What would happen if everyone woke up tomorrow and loved the body they were in?

6/4/13 6/4/13

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

5/30/13 5/30/13

Tucker Max on Broadway? An Interview with ‘I Hope They Serve Beer on Broadway’ Director Christopher Carter Sanderson

5/23/13 5/23/13

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.

5/19/13 5/19/13

‘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.

5/16/13 5/16/13

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.

5/15/13 5/15/13

Pippin

The revival of Stephen Schwartz’s musical, currently in performances at the Music Box Theatre, is a cumulative theatrical treat — sweet and savory, with just the right amount of salty.

5/9/13 5/9/13

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.

5/8/13 5/8/13

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.