Carey Purcell
Journalist - Arts Critic - Author
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About Carey
Carey Purcell is a New-York based reporter, author and theater critic. She writes about entertainment, pop culture, politics and current events from a feminist perspective.
Carey’s work has been published in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Politico, The Guardian, The Nation, American Theatre Magazine, Dame Magazine and numerous other publications.
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Published Writing
The 3 women who’ve played this pivotal Sondheim/Lapine role on Broadway talk about who she is, what she learns, and oh—by the way, does she have a name?
The American theater industry was among the first — and the hardest — hit by the Covid shutdown, closing its doors on Broadway's 41 theatres for a year and a half.
No one can accuse Reneé Rapp, the emerging star of Broadway’s Mean Girls, who brings the scheming Queen Bee Regina George to life onstage, of method acting.
Sex scenes require as much careful choreography as fights or dances, especially in the #MeToo era. Is your rehearsal room ready to go there?
A fat person walking into a doctor’s office can expect lectures, condescension, and misdiagnoses from a medical culture that chalks every health issue up to weight.
Star Donna Lynne Champlin talks Paula’s groundbreaking past — especially that abortion arc — and what’s coming next in Season 3.
15-year-old Lillis makes a big splash as Beverly in the new adaptation of Stephen King’s killer clown classic.
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.
Alerts sound about 10 times an hour on Kris Andersson’s phone, but the multitasking performer may be keeping the paper industry in business, as well.
She never meant to become a symbol of the feminist movement. But throughout her career, which began at the age of eight, Elisabeth Moss has repeatedly taken on iconic and inspiring female characters.
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.
“I’m fluent in Bastard. It’s one of my languages,” Selina Meyer, the title character in HBO’s Veep, states unapologetically.
When Lisa Loomer accepted the invitation to write a play for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s American Revolutions series about the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, she knew she was walking into a minefield.
Seven seasons in and “Pretty Little Liars” has finally addressed the elephant in the room.
Bills went unpaid. They turned off the electricity. Our paychecks started bouncing. I got cancer and they canceled my health coverage. Here’s what it was like to work for Donald Trump’s failed magazine.
Hamilton star Javier Muñoz has spoken for the first time about his battle with cancer admitting: “I had never been more scared in my life.”
Renee Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo and Jasmine Cephas Jones, who star as the pivotal women in Alexander Hamilton’s life in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical Hamilton, discuss laughing on the floor while wearing a corset, feminism during the American revolution and changing the world while holding a parasol.
While in rehearsals for the Broadway debut of the Deaf West production of Spring Awakening, Krysta Rodriguez is also going through treatments for breast cancer. She opens up to Playbill about the Broadway revival mirroring her life and feeling beautiful during radiation treatments.
Working in the theatre and being a parent often appear to be life goals that contradict each other — or even prevent each other from happening.
The Supreme Court's historic ruling on gay marriage June 26, 2015, left many members of the Broadway community singing its praises, including actors who attend religious worship services. Prior to the ruling Broadway veterans and newcomers had weighed in on being people of faith and their support for equal rights.
As part of Playbill's 30 Days of Pride, Boyd Gaines and Bryce Pinkham, respective stars of the original production and recent revival of The Heidi Chronicles, discuss the groundbreaking play, one of the first Broadway shows to address AIDS.
In the latest installment of Playbill's new series focusing on women in theatre, Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron share how their own families influenced the writing of Fun Home, the first musical to feature a lesbian protagonist on Broadway. Continue reading in Playbill.
My phone rings at 8 AM on a Saturday morning. I groggily look at the caller ID and see that it’s one of my good friends from high school. Still half asleep, I answer. I can tell just by the way she says my name how excited she is as she tells me the big news: She got engaged last night.
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Lyricist Nell Benjamin on adapting Tina Fey’s 2004 teen classic without losing the movie’s biting humor — or its heart.