3,343 stories by "Carey Purcell"
Sunday night is the one night each week that Broadway actors have free. After a week of performances, including two-show
Kris Andersson keeps on touring as Dixie Longate, an indefatigable Tupperware queen.
No one can accuse Jake Gyllenhaal of being a slacker. The Oscar-nominated actor is known for playing intense, perhaps tortured characters: Nightcrawler, Brokeback Mountain and Zodiac are jus…
The singer with 20m album sales to his name has realized a dream by making his Broadway debut starring in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812Last year might have been an annus horrib…
"Honestly, I'm so happy you're not mean in real life!" All the time I come out the stage door and try to talk to them. They're
John Oliver ("The Daily Show," "Last Week Tonight") I would watch cartoons. I really like cartoons. You won't know them. "Spot
Raul Esparza - Company, "Law & Order: SVU," "Hannibal" "I don't know about you but I've been a total news junkie. It's like
Cats was, and will most likely again, be the first musical that many young children see. While this critic is reluctant to
Along with providing the only tension of the evening, the character of Grizabella also inspires the most frustration with
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Despite its all-female cast, a new production of The Taming of the Shrew is still a man's story.
Donna Lynne Champlin's big break into television came with its share of concerns " the main one being that someone had been secretly recording her for years. The singer and actress, who bega…
The Fun Home star talks about tackling gender identity onstage and off and how it relates to her style.
American audiences might associate Julian Fellowes with his hit TV show "Downton Abbey," which returns to PBS Jan. 3. But the prolific writer's latest project, School of Rock &…
Don't think that you're the only one whose family gets rowdy 'round the holidays! We get in the spirit by offering a round-up of the most dysfunctional family dinners seen on…
Sheryl Crow has joined the ranks of musical theatre composers with the new musical Diner. As the musical takes shape in its latest out-of-town tryout, we catch up with the busy Gramm…
The timeless musical Fiddler on the Roof is the story of Tevye the milkman coming to terms with a rapidly changing world. The three actresses playing his eldest daughters share thei…
The untold stories of Alexander Hamilton’s children were told at the Nov. 14 Ham4Ham performance, when cast members of Fun Home joined the latest in the series of impromptu concert…
Phyllida Lloyd, director of the all-female Henry IV playing St. Ann's Warehouse, reveals the moment she decided to disrupt the status quo by casting a Shakespeare play completely wit…
How did Bernadette Peters help Gloria Estefan feel better about her hair? How did Joel Grey know Peters was star material when she was only 18 years old? Grey, Sydney Lucas and the current c…
It may seem like Broadway stars can do anything, but even talented folk sometimes need to pad their resumes. Broadway's brightest stars recently confessed to exaggerating a skill or two …
Kristin Chenoweth, Edie Falco and Steve Kazee are among those in the Broadway community who have been effected by breast cancer. As October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) comes to a close, …
Songbird, the new musical at 59E59, is the latest effort by Spring Awakening alum Lauren Pritchard and producer Allison Bressi. The two open up about being young women in charge of …
