12/2/16 12/2/16

Performance Artist Cecilia Corrigan Kisses Her Muse, Hillary Clinton, Goodbye

Like many Americans, artist Cecilia Corrigan was expecting to spend the final months of 2016 celebrating Hillary Clinton's election to the presidency.

12/1/16 12/1/16

How ‘Hamilton’ Star Lexi Lawson Brings One of History's Inspiring Moms to Life

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 notice and apparent ease.

11/17/16 11/17/16

Molly Ringwald on the "Mystery" of Hollywood's Gender Inequality

For more than 30 years, Molly Ringwald has been a beacon for teens everywhere, thanks to her endearing and relatable adolescent characters in “16 Candles” and “The Breakfast Club.” These movies — and her inclusion in the group of young stars in the 1980s known as the Brat Pack — easily cemented her star status.

11/8/16 11/8/16

Aaron Tveit, Hamilton Stars and Wicked Creator Imagine Election 2016: The Musical

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 Edition.

11/4/16 11/4/16

Plenty

Disappointment is the undeniable theme of Plenty, David Hare’s play that is presented in a lukewarm revival at the Public Theater. And that disappointment is not limited to just the characters onstage.

11/1/16 11/1/16

Heisenberg

A one-act, bare-bones look at the baffling interactions between two underwritten characters, Heisenberg offers a pretentiously philosophical take on the myth of the maniac pixie dream girl.

Carey Purcell 10/29/16 Carey Purcell 10/29/16

Trump Is Losing Educated GOP Women — and Splitting Up Families Along the Way

Not everyone can bring themselves to report a rape. But those who do will be punished by Senate Republicans, who are trying to ram through their gruesome AHCA bill.

10/20/16 10/20/16

Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn, which was written by Chad Hodge and Gordon Greenberg, follows a song-and-dance team who part ways when Jim, determined to escape showbiz, buys a farm in Connecticut.

10/19/16 10/19/16

Stuffed

First loves are often the subject of works of drama, but the first loves reminisced about in Stuffed differ greatly from those of a Shakespearean tragedy. Instead of a next-door neighbor or a classmate in school, these loves are food. Sugary, fatty, deep-fried and almost always forbidden.

Carey Purcell 10/13/16 Carey Purcell 10/13/16

Why Don't We Like Real "Unlikable" Women?

“I’m fluent in Bastard. It’s one of my languages,” Selina Meyer, the title character in HBO’s Veep, states unapologetically.

10/12/16 10/12/16

Slumber

The first full-length, live production from the circus and theatrical production company Hideaway, Slumber walks the tightrope of balancing style and substance, and, unlike its skilled and talented cast, it is unable to maintain the necessary equilibrium.

10/2/16 10/2/16

The Encounter

The meaning of time is constantly pondered, discussed and perhaps even escaped from by the protagonist of The Encounter, Simon McBurney’s new play on Broadway, but, for theatergoers at this overstimulating and exhausting production, it is never forgotten.

9/20/16 9/20/16

Bachelorette

Leslye Headland’s searing portrayal of toxic female friendships, accompanied by copious amounts of alcohol and drugs, leaves the audience exhausted and perhaps feeling a bit intoxicated – or hungover.

9/19/16 9/19/16

The Wolves

The Wolves consists of the conversations between the teenage girls on the team while they warm up for their games. Their conversations intertwine and overlap as they talk about everything from international news to the quirky behavior of their newest team member.

9/17/16 9/17/16

The Birds

A sign at the entrance of The Birds warns audience members that the production contains the use of fog and nudity. However, neither of the two aspects of the play that require warning are shocking or frightening, despite the clear intention that they are.

9/5/16 9/5/16

Spinoza's Ethics

Written by Emily Claire Schmitt, this ambitious new play fuses philosophy with humanity in an engaging, if sometimes confusing, story.

9/3/16 9/3/16

Quietly

Quietly presents confrontation decades in the making, in which grief and rage are served up in equal amounts and the past and the present combine all too easily.

8/31/16 8/31/16

Watch Carey Purcell on MSNBC's "AM Joy"

I appeared on "AM Joy" to discuss my Politico article "I Survived Trump Magazine - Barely."

8/26/16 8/26/16

Changing the Script for Women Directors: Diane Paulus and Liesl Tommy

Diane Paulus, the director of the Tony-nominated musical Waitress, became a part of theatre history when they announced that the creative team for the musical adaption of the popular film would be comprised of women.

8/25/16 8/25/16

Ani DiFranco, Lizz Winstead, and Chastity Brown Want You to "Vote Dammit!"

“Wow, I’ve had a lot of coffee this morning!” Ani DiFranco laughs. The singer-songwriter and activist has been talking nonstop for more than five minutes about the upcoming presidential election when she realizes she needs to catch her breath.