145 stories by "Helen Epstein"
Oh God meets all of Guy Ben-Aharon's criteria for Israeli Stage.
There are hundreds of studies to be analyzed and many experts who could have been interviewed in depth, but both authors have chosen to write breezy books that can be characterized as "journ…
The quality of this production of Major Barbara and the seriousness which with the Shaw Festival addresses every aspect of theater makes the long trip from Boston to Niagara-on- the-Lake wel…
Dramatist Jeffrey Hatcher didn't become a working adaptor until the mid-1990s. He saw that some his playwright friends were doing it and he thought: "Why not me?"
The fall is an excellent time to visit the Mount, the splendid home author Edith Wharton built for herself in the Berkshires. The leaves have already begun to turn.
The Lenox Library's annual book sale " drawing on the discards of the area's writers, teachers, performers, psychotherapists and culture-obsessed summer-residences -- is considered one of th…
If you've been thinking of visiting The Mount, the sumptuous writer's retreat Edith Wharton built for herself in the Berkshires at the turn of the twentieth century, now is the time.
From the first clearly projected lines to the last, it's obvious that director Julianne Boyd set out to direct a production of Much Ado where language rules supreme.
Staged readings are a win-win situation for everyone concerned.
To my ears, the Boston Symphony Orchestra -- supplemented by saxophones, guitar, and madolin -- sounded overblown and unbalanced, oddly tinny at times (perhaps because of the amplification),…
It was an unexpected pleasure to stumble onto this one-hour, one-woman show, which explores a fascinating episode in Japanese-American history.
Tanglewood had a stellar opening night on Friday with perfect weather, a large crowd, and melodious concerts of mostly Tchaikovsky.
The Williamstown Theatre Festival's captivating staging of "Animal Crackers" provides two hours of great fun and near-perfect summer theater for the entire family.
In a novel spin on a very old theatrical situation, paranoia rather than lust drives the one-night stand in "Muckrakers."
What fun!! I'm so glad to have seen "On the Town," a hard-to-get-right musical in this lovely, lusty and lithe production.
Pittsfield's Barrington Stage is now giving the play, ably translated by playwright Morwyn Brebner, its American premiere and I admire the theater's choice.
Antonio Tabucchi's "travel book" transcends conventional literary forms: his stories occupy an attractive space between fiction and non-fiction, poetry, biography, short story and journalist…
Early birds will be served what looks like a promising treat when Bashir Lazhar receives its American premiere courtesy of the Barrington Stage Company.
Maybe Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg had no interest in the requirements of a good book -- just its potential use as a marketing tool.
Ultimately, "The Elimination" is less a literary effort than an act of witness by both writer and reader.
American readers will be intrigued by a language for sexuality that is plain but understated, neither vulgar nor coy.
After seeing many flat and boring adaptations of books over the past year, I recommend director Piotr Fomenko's playful adaptation of Tolstoy's Family Happiness to writers and directors want…
The Lyric Stage actors and pianist Catherine Stornetta do an excellent job making all of "33 Variations" intelligible and, sometimes, very funny.
Director Meg Taintor's demands on her five young actors " three women and two men -- are very high, requiring not only daring, but physical stamina and skill, dance training, mime training, …
Instead of exploring his inner life at the time or his adult understanding of the institution that shelters him, NgÅ©gi wa Thiong'o draws a dispassionate and largely predictable report of …
