Still Aiming to Confound, the Scrappy Brick Turns a Page by Helen Shaw

A new leader is about to take over from the Williamsburg theater's founders. A festival there now offers a sense of her transgressive, slightly bonkers vision (sour cream included).

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 4:32pm on July 18, 2019☆⚑

Life Sucks. | The Wild Project | Theater in New York by Helen Shaw

Despite the lack of a samovar and wistful-looking birches, Aaron Posner's engaging Life Sucks."the period is part of the title"is closely mapped onto Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. In the haze…

SOURCE: Time Out at 8:39pm on April 7, 2019☆⚑

If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka | Playwrights Horizons | Theater in New York by Helen Shaw

Beauty isn't in the eye of the beholder here. It's an accepted, incontrovertible truth that Akim is without blemish or fault, which is why vengeful Massassi (Antoinette Crowe-Legacy), sweet …

SOURCE: Time Out at 11:58am on March 12, 2019☆⚑

Time Out New York review: The House That Will Not Stand by Helen Shaw

Three houses are built into the title of Marcus Gardley's superheated New Orleans drama The House That Will Not Stand. The first is the sumptuous Creole maison onstage, with high shuttered w…

SOURCE: Time Out at 8:39pm on July 30, 2018☆⚑

'There's a real humiliation I feel': the struggle for fair wages off-Broadway by Helen Shaw

Despite high ticket prices, many actors are still fighting for pay equity, with negotiations ongoing and some claiming their careers are financially impossibleFor many of us, there's a time …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:18pm on November 14, 2016☆⚑

A must-see in the new year: Beowulf returns again by Helen Shaw

Banana Bag & Bodice revives rocked-out Beowulf

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Chicago wins another one: Windy City gets Christmas Carol in Klingon by Helen Shaw

Klingon version of Christmas Carol makes chestnut relevant…ish

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Review: Dutch A/V by Helen Shaw

Helen Shaw review Under the Radar: Dutch A/V

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Review: Ouverture Alcina by Helen Shaw

Helen Shaw reviews the Coil festival: Ouverture Alcina

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Review: Being Harold Pinter by Helen Shaw

Being Harold Pinter is brutally efficient about getting its word out

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Looking for a new cook: Debra Singer leaves the Kitchen by Helen Shaw

Curator Debra Singer leaves the Kitchen

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Hetero at the Crossing the Line festival by Helen Shaw

Found in translation: a review of Denis Lachaud's Hetero

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Thank you BAM: Reviews of Pina Bausch's Vollmond and Jan Lauwers's The Deer House by Helen Shaw

Vollmond and The Deer House make for a stunning week at BAM

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Critic's picks: Helen Shaw (January 28) by Helen Shaw

Helen Shaw's recommendations for your theatergoing needs

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Final festival thoughts: Under the Radar and Coil festivals come to a close by Helen Shaw

Shows you missed: the final production reports from Coil and UTR

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Get Out of Town: David Levine's Habit at Mass MoCa by Helen Shaw

Why not drive to North Adams, MA, for a little avant-garde art?

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

How to Brighten a Tuesday: Ohio Theatre returns by Helen Shaw

Robert Lyons's Ohio Theatre rises again as Ohio West

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Critic's Picks: Helen Shaw by Helen Shaw

Helen Shaw shoos you toward aesthetic bliss

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Get Out of Town: Martial Arts in Baltimore by Helen Shaw

A show worth going back to college for: Martial Arts in Baltimore

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Review: (oh my god I am so) THIRST(y) by Helen Shaw

Little Lord's O'Neill leaves us a little parched

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Suffrage not in silence: Gender parity symposium this weekend by Helen Shaw

Gender equity in theater on the docket

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Critic's Picks: Helen Shaw by Helen Shaw

Helen Shaw plans your theatergoing weekend

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Review: Holiday by Helen Shaw

Helen Shaw reviews the Coil festival: Holiday

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Review: Tom Ryan Thinks He's James Mason… by Helen Shaw

Helen Shaw reviews the Other Forces festival

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

A playwright speaks! We interview Carly Mensch by Helen Shaw

The playwright of Now Circa Then talks turkey

SOURCE: Time Out New York at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑