David Purcell

HTSI editor Jo Ellison © Marili Andre Kyiv’s creatives exemplify a sense of unity and purpose For this…
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“The great thing about David is that he’s the last person you think of becoming a Nazi,” says director Dominic Cooke.This must come as something of a relief for the actor himself.…
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Irish literary icon Edna O’Brien’s new play is called Joyce’s Women. But neither Molly Bloom nor Anna Livia Plurabelle make an appearance. Instead, Joyce’s mother May, wife…
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The stage chandelier will fall for the last time when The Phantom of the Opera, the longest running musical on Broadway, shuts in February after 35 years. The curtain is…
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August 2022. Mid-morning at the St James Theatre, New York City. Outside, a billboard announces the show Into the Woods, the hot-ticket revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical…
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Cedric Morris was prolific both as an artist and as a gardener, painting as many flowers, landscapes and animals as he bred variations of irises in his garden at Suffolk’s Benton…
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“Everyone is a murderer. You just need a good reason and a bad day,” says Jefferson Grieff, who, as a leading professor of criminology and a convicted killer, is something…
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Our personal style signifier is shoes, collar and tie. Gilbert: The responsibility suits of our art. George: That’s what we called it in 1969. It’s deliberate; we dress like this…
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The architect and designer Max Clendinning was a protean talent who turned his hand to buildings, interiors, furniture and art. Neoclassicism, Modernism, Pop Art: he referenced…
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The “Sparkle Beings” of the album’s title are friends, colleagues and historical figures who stimulate the mind and help the imagination fly. For pianist Angelica Sanchez,…
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