Originally published in American Theatre magazine View this story online Adam Noble had been teaching an advanced scene study class for just one month when he faced a startling encounter wit…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:45AMOriginally published on TDF Stages View this story online Breaking new ground for women in theatre is nothing new for Emily Mann. The 66-year-old playwright and director, who has served as t…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 01:14PMOriginally published on Electric Literature View this story online Where is Narnia?” I joked as I stepped through the back of the large wooden wardrobe featured in the center of a Lower …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:52AM“Welcome to the human social ritual known as theater,” intones the pre-recorded voice before the curtain rises on Be More Chill. But theater is just one of the social rituals featured in…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:37PMOriginally published on TDF Stages View this story online Working on two shows simultaneously has driven Andy Sandberg to drink — large quantities of Pepsi Max. “The actors fre…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:34PMThe lanky man in the blonde wig has the right idea. The lights in the club are suitably dim, but he keeps his sunglasses on for almost his entire time onstage. Audience members at This Ain�…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 04:46PMThere’s a reason why some shows have never succeeded. As much as fans might love them in spite of – or because of – their flaws, their creators simply cannot make them work. And, despi…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:12PMOriginally published on ShareCare.com View this story online
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 02:59PMHow does one take a noted problem play by Shakespeare filled with abuses of political power and flagrant inequality between the sexes and somehow transform it into a two-hour musical comedy …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 07:00PMOriginally published on Forbes.com View this story online “It’s almost like I had a crystal ball,” Van Dean reflected. “If you look at a lot of the things I’ve …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 02:38PMOriginally published on ShareCare.com View this story online
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:02PMOriginally published on TDF Stages View this story online Irish Rep revives Conor McPherson’s Tony-nominated play The Seafarer, Conor McPherson’s tale of despair and redemption…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 01:00PMOriginally published on The Culture Trip View this story online Now in revival, Tony Kushner’s shattering diptych proves as relevant as it was in 1991. Angels in America is a confusing …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:15AMOriginally published on Forbes.com View this story online When asked about the future of R.Evolución Latina, founder and director Luis Salgado answered without hesitation: His plan for t…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 05:13PMRegarding my piece for the Washington Post on interfaith relationships: I am truly sorry I offended so many. It was never my intention to disrespect the Jewish faith or anyone who engages i…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 02:59PMOriginally published on Vanity Fair Hollywood View this story online “Bitches get shit done!” Coming from soft-spoken Nell Benjamin, this foul language is slightly surprising. But …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:26AMOriginally published on The Culture Trip View this story online An aura of mystery surrounds Flight. It begins with the quiet, wood-paneled elevator inside the McKittrick Hotel that trans…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:21AMOriginally published on TDF Stages View this story online Martyna Majok conjures an all-female immigrant community in queens — It’s fitting that Martyna Majok’s new play …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 04:31PMOriginally published on The Village Voice View this story online The world is not suffering from a shortage of thinkpieces and essays about urban millennial women. Analyses of relationship…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:38PMOriginally published on Forbes.com View this story online Playwright Robert Anderson famously said, “You go into show business to make a killing, not a living.” But Cynthia von B…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:29AMOriginally published on Alternet.org View this story online The morning after a date, Hannah* woke up with what she described as “all the feelings.” She and Greg* had met the night befor…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:22PMOriginally published on The Culture Trip View this story online The everyday becomes enthralling in Say Something Bunny!, a surprising new show that discovers compelling mysteries where t…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:34PMOriginally published on The Culture Trip View this story online The definition of what constitutes a good party differs from person to person. For some, top-shelf liquor makes the night. For…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 04:11PMOriginally published on Forbes.com View this story online Robin Sokoloff wears many hats: dancer, choreographer, lighting designer, construction worker, activist and producer are some of the…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:45PMOriginally published on Playboy.com View this story online FeatureflashSHM/REX/Shutterstock Natalie Portman is easily one of the more accomplished women in Hollywood, with many titles and …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:12AMOriginally published in the Village Voice View this story online In Matthew Lombardo’s one-woman show Who’s Holiday! (directed by Carl Andress), Cindy Lou Who is all grown up — and …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:21AMOriginally published on MarieClaire.com View this story online Look at any given Hallmark holiday movie poster, and you’ll see the same thing: a woman dressed in an unbuttoned winter c…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:56AMOriginally published in the Washington Post View this story online January is a month of disciplined eating for many attempting to drop extra pounds gained during two months of holiday parti…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:41AMOriginally published in the Washington Post View this story online Dating is rarely easy, but it was a lot easier for me before 2015. Not because I was younger, thinner or less cynical. Rat…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:47PMOriginally published on The Huffington Post View this story online “Apparently, we’re all chasing corn muffins,” Bryce Pinkham laughed, before adding in a more serious tone, “Hopeful…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:16PMOriginally published on Longreads.com View this story online A fat person walking into a doctor’s office can expect lectures, condescension, and misdiagnoses from a medical culture that ch…
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