He also currently covers comedy for the paper. He will take up his new post in October.
Purves took over the position in 2010 from Benedict Nightingale, who had occupied the chief critic seat for 20 years.
Maxwell, who has been on the paper's staff for a number of years, previously worked for Time Out London.
After years of camaraderie, the two friends are finally opposite each other in Broadway's longest-running musical.
The biomusical following the life of the artist and exiled aristocrat comes to Broadway from Williamstown Theatre Festival and La Jolla Playhouse.
The production previously enjoyed a Leicester run in 2021.
Directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, the production will play the Chichester Festival Theatre before arriving in the West End.
Original cast members Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielsen, and more will reunite for the one-night-only event.
The Tony-winning musical opened April 17, 2019.
The Off-Broadway premiere officially opened April 16.
Tony winner De Shields will be honored with The Moth's Storyteller of the Year award.
The event will honor hip-hop improv theatre group Freestyle Love Supreme and SAY Executive Director Noah Cornman.
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