381 stories from Carey Purcell
Published April 28, 2026 How do you spell wholesome?The excellent revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical, is both nostalgic and i…
Published April 27, 2026 “We all need to be more careful with our words,” says one of the well-meaning but misspoken characters in The Balusters. David Lindsay-Abaire’s new play at the…
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Originally published on Vogue.comView this story onlineBeing pulled across the stage by a phone cord whi…
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Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney have gon…
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Playing a real-life person is nothing new for Adrien Brody. The acclaimed actor earned his first Oscar for his performance as WÅ‚ad…
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One night at Chess will make a critic crumbleThe songs are great but the book's unwieldy The story's s…
David and Jackie Siegel's 90,000-square-foot replica of the French palace is still unfinished, but it is the subject of a new Broadway musical
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It took 15 years for Liberation to open on Broadway, but playwright Bess Wohl knows it's finally the right time.
Wohl had works…
Published October 11, 2025
Yes, a disturbed, disorganized "hot mess" of a woman is center stage again. And yes, again, she is absolutely delightful.
This time, she is Stacey, the title cha…
Why Tony nominee Kerry Butler and Elizabeth Teeter love performing in the cult musical comedy
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The plot of Heathers"the popular mu…
As the Tony Award winner returns to Broadway, he remembers what his mother once told him: 'God's delay is not denial.'
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The timing is…
Roger is the first to tell you, he's a good guy. The main character and narrator of Penelope Skinner's play Angry Alan makes his child support payments to his ex-wife on time, even though he…
It's a common assumption people take things slower in the South. They're more relaxed, they spend more time chit-chatting, sipping sweet tea and manners are crucial " everyone says, "sir" an…
Midori Francis and Rajesh Bose in Bus Stop.
Bus Stop, William Inge's slice-of-life drama set during a snowstorm, has no sh…
One could be forgiven for thinking John Proctor Is the Villain is a two or three-hour long production. Once Kimberly Bellflower's vital, gripping play comes to an end, it wouldn't be surpris…
Robyn Hurder and the company of SmashPhoto by Richard Termine
In the middle of Season Two of Smash, the character of Stefon ap…
For a musical named after a provocative male fantasy, it sure is wholesome.
Boop!, a new musical inspired by Max Fleischer's curvaceous cartoon character of Betty Boop, has arrived on Broad…
Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran
If Blanche duBois were in the audience, she wouldn't sit through this production. Â
Blanche, as played by some actresses, would refuse. She would demand, ind…
Cask finishing can completely change a whiskey's character. This taste test proved it.
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Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk
I lost track of the number of times I thought, "It was a different time," while watching Gleng…
Alyah Chanelle Scott, Kathryn Gallagher, Julia Lester, Havana Rose Liu and Kristine FrosethPhoto by Sara Krulwich
"It was a ve…
Jon Michael Hill and and Namir Smallwood in Pass OverPhoto by Jeremy Daniel
Originally published in the Lincoln Center Theate…
The cast of Liberation. Photo by Joan Marcus.
"The personal is political" was one of the many rallying cries of the second-wa…
Idina Menzel returns to Broadway in a new musical.
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Life-altering tr…
The ensemble of Sunset Blvd.
When Sunset Boulevard scribes Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett wrote, "All right, Mr. DeMille, …
