382 stories from Carey Purcell
Originally published on The Culture Trip View this story online The play opens with 55-year-old Linda declaring to an unseen group of other middle-aged women, "We know you're out there! …
Originally published on Mic.com View this story online Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim’s musical about revenge, lust, murder and cannibalism, has found yet another home in New York City…
Originally published on Vice.com View this story online Should we lose hard-won anti-discrimination protections and healthcare access, an already marginalized community may suffer tragic con…
Originally published on Paste Magazine View this story online An admittedly anxious person who often copes with stress or uncertainty by cleaning, I was curious as to how I would feel during…
Originally published in Paste Magazine View this story online "Mom doesn't dance too much," Karen Ziemba says, a bit wistfully, of her latest performance. The statement, and how the Tony-win…
Originally published on Mic.com View this story online No one can accuse Jake Gyllenhaal of being a slacker. The Oscar-nominated actor is known for playing intense, perhaps tortured characte…
Originally published on The Culture Trip View this story online In Caryl Churchill's latest play, four aging women chat away an afternoon. How scary can it be? Â The answer, it turns out, …
Originally published in Paste magazine View this story online Blame it on Donald Trump, but this critic was not enthralled by spending 2 ½ hours watching yet another story about a childis…
Originally published on Storia.me View this story online Apple got it wrong. When the company aired its controversial "Lemmings" commercial back in 1985, showing people grimly marching off a…
The struggles to control people and the situations surrounding them, and the dynamics between masters and those they enslave, are integral to Shakespeare's canon"as they are to American citi…
Originally published on Mic.com View this story online Betty Buckley has come a long way since she saw her first scary movie. On a family outing to see The War of the Worlds in 1953,…
Originally published on The Guardian View this story online ast year might have been an annus horribilis for most, but for Josh Groban, 2016 couldn't have gone much better. The multiplatinum…
Originally published in Paste Magazine View this story online "Anything doing?" asks a reporter placing a call to a police station in The Front Page. Watching this riotous revival of this di…
Originally published on Paste Magazine View this story online When asked, "What is scarier"doing live theater or giving birth?" Mariah MacCarthy responds without hesitating, "Doing live thea…
Originally published on Politico View this story online Ten years ago, I worked at Trump magazine, the short-lived publication that aimed to attract a readership of wealthy men with an unend…
* Hearing the phrase "Carpe diem" is sure to bring some misty-eyed memories to audience members at Dead Poet's Society. The new play at Classic Stage Company, is adapted by Tom…
"Be yourself." It sounds simple, but this suggestion is anything but, especially in Dear Evan Hansen, the astonishingly moving new musical at the Music Box Theater on Broadway. This n…
The set is cartoonish but the emotions are anything but in The Hard Nut, Mark Morris' adaptation of The Nutcracker. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the dance performance, playing at th…
Originally published on Salon.com View this story online There was no shortage of scandal surrounding Trump's presidential campaign, when voters witnessed his refusal to release his tax r…
Originally published in The Village Voice View this story online Like many Americans, artist Cecilia Corrigan was expecting to spend the final months of 2016 celebrating Hillary Clinton̵…
Originally published on CafeMom View this story online Lexi Lawson may be a newcomer to Broadway, but she has stepped into the role of Eliza in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton with short…
Originally published on Elle.com View this story online For more than 30 years, Molly Ringwald has been a beacon for teens everywhere, thanks to her endearing and relatable adolescent charac…
On the eve of the 2016 election, Broadway's brightest gathered at the Dramatists Guild Fund Gala at Gotham Hall in New York, NY for Great Writers Thank Their Lucky Stars: The Presidential Ed…
Disappointment is the undeniable and devastating theme of Plenty, David Hare's play that is presented in a lukewarm revival at the Public Theater. And that disappointment is not limit…
"I'm sorry. Was that an unnecessary act of confession?" The answer is yes. For almost 80 minutes straight, yes. The entirety of this play is too confessional and absolutely unnecessary. That…
