Thursday, June 13, 2013
What would happen if everyone woke up tomorrow and loved the body they were in? That is a good question. And one that is being asked in the upcoming documentary theatre production Good Shape…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:14PMTuesday, June 4, 2013
Anyone suffering from desensitization regarding gun violence as a result of oversaturation of the media should hurry to the Gene Frankel Theatre, where 9MM America is currently playing. A pr…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:18AMThursday, May 30, 2013
Tucker Max…on stage. Right. Adapted for the stage by a gay man who doesn’t drink. Right. That was my first thought when I heard about I Hope They Serve Beer on Broadway, the stage ad…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 08:13PMThursday, May 23, 2013
I am one of the biggest musical theater geeks in the world, but even I am glad Smash is being cancelled. The NBC drama about putting on a Broadway show, starring Katharine McPhee and Megan H…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:28AMSunday, May 19, 2013
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of the Fifty Shades of Grey book series. Having read all three, I wrote a blog post sharing my opinions on the relationship in the book – which I …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 08:27PMThursday, May 16, 2013
A trip to the theatre may not feel like a trip to the bountiful for some, but the production of Horton Foote’s play by the same name is certainly a bounty of pleasure. Currently in perform…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 05:33PMWednesday, May 15, 2013
I knew I was in for a treat from the first moment of Pippin, when a sexy silhouette of a certain pair of hands appeared, along with a sultry invitation to, “join us.” The revival of this…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:01AMThursday, May 9, 2013
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 Men…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:04PMWednesday, May 8, 2013
“I certainly do exist. Help me,” a character pleads in Old-Fashioned Prostitutes: (A Love Story), the new play by Richard Foreman currently in performances at the Public Theater. I’…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 01:58PMThursday, May 2, 2013
“Everybody’s looking for love” in The Nance, Douglas Carter Beane’s moving new play in performances at the Lyceum Theater. This lyric, crooned onstage in a vaudeville performance, ap…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:46AMMonday, April 29, 2013
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 exce…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:28PM“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. In this ca…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:46AMSaturday, April 27, 2013
This knife is too dull. While the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Clifford Odet’s The Big Knife has the potential for suspense and sizzle, this show is lacking substantially i…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:07AMFriday, April 19, 2013
“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 just that. Ada…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:53AMThursday, April 18, 2013
“I brought consommé!” the hostess says brightly as she enters the room. Never mind that the room is dimly lit, plagued by leaks and almost empty of people. Every course of this gourmet …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 01:13PMMonday, April 15, 2013
Matilda may boast of revolting children, but this musical is anything but revolting. Based on Roald Dahl’s best-selling children’s book and imported from London, where it originated with…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:43AMThursday, April 11, 2013
Mariah MacCarthy is no stranger to women and sex. The founder of Caps Lock Theater, who is also a playwright and director, is mounting her original work Lysistrata Rape Play in a fully-stage…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 07:13AMWednesday, April 10, 2013
A little spring may be in your step after seeing Kinky Boots, the musical adaptation of the 2005 movie currently in performances at the Al Hirschfeld Theater. With a book by Harvey Fierstein…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 01:50PMMonday, April 8, 2013
“You’re born, you die. Everything between is subject to interpretation,” according to one of the journalists in Lucky Guy, the affectionately nostalgic biography of New York City repor…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:48PMEveryone’s a star on The Ride, the bus tour of Midtown New York that doubles as an improv show – even the bus itself. Created by Michael Counts, written by John Bobey and directe…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:48AMThursday, April 4, 2013
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare in 90 Minutes is one thing, while the Complete Works of William Shakespeare in one weekend is entirely another. But that is exactly what Company’s…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:03AMWednesday, April 3, 2013
Originally published on NewYork.com View this story online In Matilda The Musical, Gabriel Ebert and Lesli Margherita play Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood, the neglectful, TV-obsessed parents of every…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:16AMTuesday, April 2, 2013
Hearing “Let’s do the time warp again” might inspire more thoughts of Rocky Horror Picture Show than a vaudeville burlesque show, but Speakeasy Moderne, currently in performances at St…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:04AMFriday, March 29, 2013
“It’s much more than a truck,” the characters sing to the audience in the opening song of Hands on a Hardbody, the ambitiously simple new musical currently playing at the Brooks Atkins…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:35AMWednesday, March 27, 2013
Frozen yogurt shops of New York, be warned: Leslie Kritzer will probably be coming your way very soon. The actor, who has been seen on Broadway in Hairspray and Legally Blonde: The Musical, …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:02AMTuesday, March 26, 2013
For Christiane Noll, music is a family thing. The musical theater actor, who has been seen on Broadway in Jekyll and Hyde, It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues, Ragtime and Chaplin, and who ha…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:29AMSunday, March 24, 2013
One of the first rules taught in writing classes is to show, don’t tell. Unfortunately, the creative team behind Breakfast at Tiffany’s did not heed this rule when penning this play. The…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 06:21PMThursday, March 21, 2013
She may be sitting in the dark, but she is a beacon of light in this show. That would be Danielle Skraastad, who plays Delia, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict forced to recuperate in t…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:14AMTuesday, March 19, 2013
Holland Taylor was last seen on Broadway 30 years ago in Moose Murders. I’m happy to say her latest production seems to be a bit more steady. Rooted in low, white and certainly sensible sh…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 02:56PMWednesday, March 13, 2013
If you live in New York, chances are you have seen signs about teen pregnancy plastered across the city. My (least favorite) features a sad-eyed child next to the copy, “Honestly mom…cha…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 04:48PMOriginally published on NewYork.com View this story online At these interactive shows, audiences don’t just passively watch—they’re part of the action. Whether it’s diving in…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 04:30PM 
