Helen Epstein

Theater Review: “Typhoid Mary” — Surprisingly Apt for Our Times

May 29, 2018
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This tautly-directed, well-cast production is filled with contemporary medical, political, and social resonances.

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Book Review: “Hunting the Truth” — Models of Activism

May 14, 2018
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Hunting the Truth is a handbook on how to become an effective activist and an exciting, often awe-inspiring read.

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Theater Review: “Top Girls” — As Brilliant and Harsh As Ever

May 1, 2018
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Top Girls’ conflicts and political themes seem more relevant than ever in this excellent production.

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Book Review: “Show Trial” — Not Ready for Primetime

April 15, 2018
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Thomas Doherty’s fragmented, stop-and-start-again style dilutes narrative authority and further complicates an already very complicated story.

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Opera Review: BLO’s “Threepenny Opera” — Neither Fish Nor Fowl

March 22, 2018
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It would have been wonderful to have seen either a faithful version of Threepenny Opera in German or a boldly conceived contemporary version.

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Visual Arts Review: “Then They Came for Me” — Pictures of Deportation

February 16, 2018
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Then They Came for Me is an invaluable exhibition that packs a considerable  (and necessary) wallop.

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Reviewer weighs in on #MeToo

December 20, 2017
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Polling classmates from her all-girls high school, Helen Epstein hears them remember their experiences facing sexual predators on the subway. 

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Book Review: “Oriana Fallaci: The Journalist, the Agitator, the Legend”

November 2, 2017
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De Stefano tracks the evolution of a cabinet-maker’s daughter into a famously bombastic, chain-smoking political reporter and author.

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Theater Review: Shakespeare & Co’s “The Wharton Comedies” — Polished Storytelling

August 22, 2017
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Veteran Shakespeare & Company members Corinna May, Diane Prusha, and David Joseph contribute satisfyingly polished performances.

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Theater Review: “At Home at the Zoo” — Edward Albee’s Perfect Pairing

August 19, 2017
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To see a production of this quality in a small theater was a privilege.

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