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Saturday, September 3, 2016

Quietly by Carey

              It looked like it was going to be another quiet night at work for Robert at the small Belfast pub, but he couldn’t have been more wrong…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:19AM
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Watch Carey Purcell on MSNBC’s “AM Joy” by Carey

I appeared on “AM Joy” to discuss my Politico article “I Survived Trump Magazine – Barely.” Watch the interview below.  

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:11PM
Friday, August 26, 2016

Changing the Script for Women Directors: Diane Paulus and Liesl Tommy by Carey

Originally published on HowlRound.com Read this story online “This wasn’t something we had planned for,” said Diane Paulus. The director of the Tony-nominated musical Waitress, Paulus …

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:44PM
Thursday, August 25, 2016

Ani DiFranco, Lizz Winstead, and Chastity Brown Want You to “Vote Dammit!” by Carey

Originally published on Glamour.com Read this story online “Wow, I’ve had a lot of coffee this morning!” Ani DiFranco laughs. The singer-songwriter and activist has been talking nonsto…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 04:02PM
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Michael Cerveris on the Closing of Fun Home: ‘It Arrived on Broadway in the Moment it Was Most Needed’ by Carey

                              Originally published on Out.com Read this story online When Michael Cerveris, who pla…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 05:46PM
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

The ‘A’ Word: Plays About Not Having the Baby by Carey

Originally published on AmericanTheatre.org Read this story online When Lisa Loomer accepted the invitation to write a play for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s American Revolutions serie…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:09AM
Monday, August 15, 2016

“Pretty Little Liars'” Not-So-Pretty Little “Love” Story by Carey

  Originally published in Dame Magazine Read this story online Seven seasons in and Pretty Little Liars has finally addressed the elephant in the room. No, they have not identified the …

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 01:42PM
Sunday, August 14, 2016

I Survived ‘Trump’ Magazine—Barely by Carey

Originally published on Politico.com Read this story online I had been at Trump magazine for only four months when my first paycheck bounced. We’d heard rumors of the company’s financial…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 08:42AM
Monday, August 8, 2016

Cats by Carey

Because Jellicles do and Jellicles can. At least, the male ones. Cats was the first Broadway musical seen by this critic. At the young age of seven, on a family trip to New York, she was fir…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:18PM
Sunday, August 7, 2016

The Women of Summer by Carey

Originally published on HowlRound.com Read this story online When Ayad Akhtar brought his new play Junk to Powerhouse Theater, the work was an unfinished product. Only two acts had been writ…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:42PM
Thursday, July 7, 2016

Grease: Live! Star Aaron Tveit Says 2016 Election Satire in New Zombie Series BrainDead Hits a Little Too Close to Home by Carey

Originally published on PEOPLE.com View this story online Art is imitating life for Aaron Tveit – for better or worse. Starring in Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King’s new p…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:51AM
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Shrewd Taming by Carey

Originally published on The Nation View this story online The uneasy state of feminism in America is reflected in the well-intentioned but unsteady production of The Taming of the Shrew at C…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 02:30PM
Friday, June 3, 2016

Cat-Calling and Crashing the Set: Performers Sound Off About Street Harassment by Carey

Originally published on HowlRound.com Read this story online Standing ovations and bouquets of roses are common for many performers at the conclusion of a show, but during a recent performan…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:03PM
Monday, May 30, 2016

The Father/A Doll’s House by Carey

It’s not clear who gets the last word in either The Father or A Doll’s House, the two dramas being performed in repertory at Theatre for a New Audience. But with productions this grippin…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 05:33PM

Sara Bareilles on Breaking Into Broadway and Why She Sang The Little Mermaid at Waitress by Carey

Originally published on PEOPLE.com Read this story online A veteran singer-songwriter who has been touring the world for more than 10 years, Sara Bareilles has witnessed plenty of onstage mi…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:55AM
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Hamilton Star Renée Elise Goldsberry on Bringing Feminism and Diversity to Broadway: BUST Interview by Carey

Originally published on Bust.com Read this story online “I Think If She Were a Man, She Would Have Been President” Renée Elise Goldsberry already had a jam-packed resume when she auditi…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:07AM
Friday, May 27, 2016

Lupita Nyong’o Has Star Wars Day Greetings for PEOPLE Readers – And Says She Has ‘So Much More to Celebrate’ by Carey

Originally published on PEOPLE.com Read this story online “May the Fourth be with you!” says Lupita Nyong’o with a big smile. But the actress, who recently appeared in Star…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 01:32PM
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Patina Miller: Fashion Superhero by Carey

Originally published on Broadway Style Guide View this story online Versatility has been a defining aspect of Patina Miller’s career—both onstage and on the red carpet. The Tony winner w…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:04AM
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

WATCH: Drop That Beat! Hamilton Creator and Star Lin-Manuel Miranda Freestyles for PEOPLE by Carey

Originally published on PEOPLE.com View this story online Freestyling is nothing new for Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the smash Broadway hit Hamilton, a musical about the birth of Amer…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 08:12AM
Sunday, May 8, 2016

We Can’t Say Goodbye: 10 Ideas for The Good Wife Spin-offs by Carey

        Originally published on PEOPLE.com Read this story online We’re still mourning the loss of The Good Wife, which aired its final episode May 8. After seven y…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:35PM
Friday, May 6, 2016

American Psycho by Carey

  I never thought I’d have to say, “I can’t tonight. I have to see American Psycho the Musical.” But I have, and I did, although I still don’t know what to make of it. Playing…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 08:33AM
Thursday, May 5, 2016

Good Women: Saying Goodbye to the Fierce Females of The Good Wife by Carey

Originally published on PEOPLE.com Read this story online The title alone makes you think twice. Upon first hearing the words “the good wife,” the phrase sounds like a reference …

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:29PM

Tuck Everlasting by Carey

  There’s nothing quite like being surprised at the theater, and I most assuredly was when I saw Tuck Everlasting, the new musical adaptation of Natalie Babbitt’s popular children�…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 08:07AM
Monday, May 2, 2016

A Streetcar Named Desire by Carey

  Blanche DuBois may be looking for magic, but it’s unforgiving realism that floods the theater at St. Ann’s Warehouse, where a gritty and gripping production of A Streetcar Named D…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:43AM
Friday, April 29, 2016

Bright Star by Carey

“You need to find a sweeping tale of pain and redemption,” one character tells another in Bright Star, the new musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell playing at the Cort Theatre. Unfo…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 01:40PM
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Waitress by Carey

The confection being served up at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre is neither sweet nor savory. In fact, it can’t be summed up in a single word, despite present-day culture’s obsession with c…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:04AM
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Hamilton Star Javier Muñoz’s Secret Cancer Battle: ‘I Had Never Been More Scared in My Life’ by Carey

Hamilton star Javier Muñoz has spoken for the first time about his battle with cancer – admitting: “I had never been more scared in my life.” Muñoz, 40, who is the alternate …

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 04:29PM
Saturday, April 2, 2016

All His Daughters: Arthur Miller’s Strong, Truth-Telling Women by Carey

Originally published on AmericanTheatre.org View this story online When Linda Loman said, “Attention must be paid,” at the end of Death of a Salesman, she was asserting that her husba…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:22PM
Monday, March 28, 2016

Nine Things to Never Say When Someone Loses a Job by Carey

We’ve all been there: either having lost a job ourselves or trying to comfort a friend or family member who has lost a job. And we’ve all been here: having heard or said something insens…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:27AM
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Prodigal Son by Carey

  Absence makes the heart grow fonder in Prodigal Son, John Patrick Shanley’s misty-eyed memory play that is currently in performances at City Center’s Stage II. Also directed by Sh…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:03AM
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Her Requiem by Carey

Life is mirroring art, which is mirroring life, in Her Requiem, the ambitious new play by Greg Pierce. Directed by Kate Whoriskey in an LCT3 production at the Claire Tow Theatre, this famili…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:54AM

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