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Friday, June 19, 2020

Holland Taylor dazzles as Ann Richards, a sorely needed voice for our time by Helen Eisenbach

Actor Holland Taylor talks politics, art and acting in a profile on the eve of PBS' Great Performances broadcast of her Tony-nominated play "Ann"

SOURCE: Medium at 03:40PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Editing Larry Kramer, a Man Larger than Life | Literary Hub by Helen Eisenbach

When someone told me Larry Kramer had died, the words were nonsense to my ears; they simply did not compute. The Larry I knew wasn’t capable of being felled by anything, including death—…

SOURCE: lithub.com at 06:54PM
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Laughing at Women: Journalistic Bias and the Art We're Encouraged to See by Helen Eisenbach

The hidden cost of bias toward female-themed works is bared in a male reviewer's inability to take seriously the female-centered "After the Wedding"

SOURCE: www.gaycitynews.nyc at 04:11PM
Friday, October 6, 2017

"Mary Jane" Director Anne Kauffman Talks Light and Dark in Life and Art by Helen Eisenbach

An interview with "Mary Jane"'s buzzy theater director Anne Kauffman

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:37AM
Saturday, June 10, 2017

The Urgency of Indecent Art: Paula Vogel on Love, Creation and Injustice by Helen Eisenbach

Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” is many things: an idiosyncratic mix of music, memory and theater magic; a female take on an infamous male intellectual; a Holocaust parable that m…

SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 02:23PM
Friday, June 9, 2017

The Urgency Of Indecent Art: Paula Vogel On Love, Creation And Injustice by Helen Eisenbach

Any progress we make, to me, is fleeting because underneath it there’s the smoldering coal about to break out in conflagration of a hatred of women.

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:58PM
Friday, September 23, 2016

Innovative, Acrobatic Twist on The Little Prince Takes Flight in NYC by Helen Eisenbach

(Ezra LeBank, Cynthia Price & Taylor Casas ) Flight 20th New York International Fringe Festival Encore Series Barrow Street Theatre, NYC September 24-30, 2016 A quest…

SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 03:37PM
Friday, August 19, 2016

Slanty Eyed Mama Brings Scathing Wit and Stealth Poignance to New York Fringe Festival by Helen Eisenbach

Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show 20th New York International Fringe Festival  DROM, NYC August 21 & 22, 2016 "Welcome to the dress rehearsal/…

SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 10:16PM
Monday, July 11, 2016

Do You Have What It Takes To Be a Cop? by Helen Eisenbach

1. What does the phrase "protect and serve" mean to you? 2. Are you comfortable shooting a gun? 3. Do you consider people who don't look like you to be human beings? 4. Define the …

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:10PM
Friday, May 6, 2016

Broadway's Secret Weapon by Helen Eisenbach

Drew Hodges is at a loss for words. Asked if he’s surprised at the life he’s leading -- did he imagine he’d grow up to fly around the world orchestrating scenes with great …

SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 05:53AM
Monday, May 2, 2016

Broadway's Secret Weapon: The Man Who Transformed Popular Culture by Helen Eisenbach

You may not know Drew Hodges' name, but you're living in a world he helped create. His new book, On Broadway, is an irresistible adventure that lifts the curtain on the making of the best an…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:47PM
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Susan Sarandon's Mommy Issues by Helen Eisenbach

What are we to do when the private persona of a performer bleeds over into the public creative sphere? The line is so fragile...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:02AM
Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Untold Story of America's Wildest Theater Company by Helen Eisenbach

I'd call Memories of the Revolution "invaluable" -- if only that word conveyed how exhilarating it is to read this new book, the inside story of the women's theater corps that infi…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:23PM
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Holland Taylor Has a Secret (Not) by Helen Eisenbach

Stealth national treasure Holland Taylor sparked headlines recently with a declaration about her love life she was surprised to find people considered news. The 72-year-old Emmy winner and T…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:56PM
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Musicians Bring the Joy (No Tears) to Star-Studded Show by Helen Eisenbach

The weather was too beautiful, so Judith Owen was depressed. The Welsh singer-songwriter was living in Southern California with...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:26PM

Christmas Comes Early in Star-Studded Show by Helen Eisenbach

Even those who tremble at the phrase "audience participation" end up awash in the bliss of communal exhibitionism -- some even clutching one of the special prizes doled out by ring…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:33PM
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Death and Comedy in The Hummingbird's Tour by Helen Eisenbach

Fraught family dynamics enliven The Hummingbird's Tour, a decidedly Southern comedy in which three very different siblings confront their own mortality -- and that of their beloved childhood…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:35PM
Monday, November 9, 2015

Holland Taylor Lets It Rip by Helen Eisenbach

The star of David Lindsay-Abaire's new play Ripcord opens up about her long career, where she gets her nerve and the “corruption and ruin of being a politician in America.”

SOURCE: nytlive.nytimes.com at 05:38PM
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Grandma's Paul Weitz Talks Secrets, Surprises and Channeling Lily Tomlin by Helen Eisenbach

The new film Grandma tells a story rare for American cinema: a lesbian of advanced years (Lily Tomlin), in mourning for her soul mate and on skittish footing with the much younger woman she'…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:14AM
Monday, July 20, 2015

Amy Schumer and the Broken Promise of Trainwreck by Helen Eisenbach

Amy Schumer's Trainwreck introduces us to a new kind of mainstream film heroine: blunt, thoughtless, more interested in being gratified than likable, one whose boundless appetites are played…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:53PM
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Love & SCOTUS: Writers on Gay Marriage and the Future by Helen Eisenbach

When the Supreme Court released its ruling on same-sex marriage, I was walking to work, unaware history was being made. I was being given editorial notes over the phone, so my head was full …

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:11PM
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Religious Freedom and Other Myths: The Trauma of Current Debate by Helen Eisenbach

The virulence with which hateful proclamations -- on all matters of identity -- continue to be publicly aired has a lasting effect, on me, on you, on everyone I know.

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:35PM
Monday, April 27, 2015

Caught in the Act by Helen Eisenbach

I first saw Beth Malone three years ago in a tiny theater in Hell's Kitchen performing a solo show. The actor, who billed herself as "part dude, part lady... all lesbian," examined…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:08PM
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Life's a Rush by Helen Eisenbach

In the throes of fighting for her life, Margolin revels in vivid memories of her youth, unscheduled raptures far from the enforced multitasking of today. And where she now finds herself is w…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:27PM
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Second That Emotion by Helen Eisenbach

Against all odds filmmakers continue to make fine works, adapting or creating stories not from comics or video games but exploring the human experience on our own planet.

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:55PM
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Represent by Helen Eisenbach

Thursday morning when I learned the Academy's list of nominees, I spent the rest of the day alternating between despair and rage. In fact, I have loved movies unabashedly since I was 18 mont…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:56AM
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Ask a Lesbian by Helen Eisenbach

The long-awaited Lesbian ID is now available to American citizens, undocumented residents, and loud if wealthy non-American visitors. To find out whether you are eligible to receive your Les…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:54AM
Sunday, November 30, 2014

The Devil You Know by Helen Eisenbach

When we first meet Frannie, the protagonist of writer-director Liz Tuccillo's debut feature, Take Care, she's fresh from the hospital, arm in a sling, leg in a brace, being wrangled from a c…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:07PM
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Miraculous by Helen Eisenbach

I first met MB Caschetta more than 20 years ago when she was a student at Vassar College attending a reading I'd been invited to give. In a room filled with bright young lights she stood out…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:59PM
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Pure Abandon by Helen Eisenbach

The lush new production of You Can't Take It With You boasts at least a half-dozen such turns, brimming to near-bursting from a piece that juggles slapstick and drama and somehow manages to …

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:17PM
Thursday, September 11, 2014

How to Be a Leading Lady by Helen Eisenbach

A surprise casting coup and an insider's glimpse behind the scenes: Dick Scanlan and Beth Malone discuss the road to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' contemporary reboot of Meredit…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:54PM

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