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Helen Epstein

Book Review: “Here We Are” — Philip Roth’s Boswell

This glimpse into the relationship of two American Jewish writers makes for good reading during the pandemic: an intelligent, gracefully written memoir of friendship.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Benjamin Taylor, Culture Vulture, Here We Are, Philip Roth

Book Review: “These Fevered Days” — Exploring an Enigma

From the first page of Martha Ackmann’s new book on Emily Dickinson, you know you’re reading something entirely different.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Culture Vulture, Emily Dickinson, Martha Ackmann, These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson

Book Review: Vivian Gornick’s “Unfinished Business” — Remembrance of Pages Past

Vivian Gornick is an elegist of the transformative experience of reading and writing, what she calls “the companionateness” of books.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Culture Vulture, Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader, Vivian Gornick

Book Review: “Life Isn’t Everything: Mike Nichols, as remembered by 150 of his Closest Friends” — A Frothy, Gossip-filled Bauble

If you are a fan of Mike Nichols’ large and elegant body of work, you’ll regret as I did that the authors did not take the time to create the kind of book he deserved.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Life isn’t Everything, Mike Nichols

Book Review: “Know My Name: a memoir’ — Required Reading

No author has addressed the issue of sexual assault so much on her own terms, and in such a personal and powerful way.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Chanel Miller, Know My Name: a memoir

Theater Review: “Curve of Departure” — A Wonderfully Provocative Comedy

Playwright Rachel Bonds has written an often-hilarious script which nonetheless deals with such serious and widespread issues as spousal and child abandonment, drug addiction, the right to death with dignity, and same-sex adoption of children.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Curve of Departure, Helen Epstein, Keira Naughton, Rachel Bonds

Theater Review: “On the Exhale” — Wild, Angry, and Powerful

On the Exhale is one of the most powerful and uncompromising one-person shows I’ve ever seen.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Culture Vulture, Helen Epstein, On the Exhale, Tara Franklin

Theater Review: “The Children” — Scientists Under Pressure

The production strikes a fine balance between comedy and seriousness, public and private concerns, bringing a complex and compelling play to vibrant life.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Helen Epstein, Jonathan Epstein, Shakespeare & Company, The Children

Theater Review: “Rock and Roll Man” — Ambitious Musical Fun

If you enjoy singing and dancing in your theater seat to the sound of good music while learning a bit about American cultural history and its personalities, you will enjoy this show.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Theater Tagged: Alan Freed, Bershire Theatre Group, Culture Vulture, musical, Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story

Theater Review: “A Raisin in the Sun” — A Great Evening of Theater

To see Raisin in the Sun in post-Obama America is to experience how a classic both remains emblematic of its time and changes resonance as time passes.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A Raisin in the Sun, Culture Vulture, Robert O’Hara, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival

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