Helen Epstein

Theater Review: A Dated “Company”

August 16, 2017
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Director Julianne Boyd is faced with a difficult challenge — dramatizing an outdated psychological travelogue.

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Theater Review: Berkshires Stage Round-up — Minimal Cheers

August 9, 2017
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Theater in the Berkshires has now entered a less than sparkling mode with a group of offerings that left me wondering why they were chosen for production.

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Theater Review: A Superb “Clean House” at The Williamstown Theatre Festival

July 25, 2017
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This is a masterful production of Sarah Ruhl’s sparkling update of Commedia dell’arte.

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Theater Review: CTC’s “Skeleton Crew” — The Working Class Blues

July 15, 2017
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Dominique Morisseau’s monologues and dialogues draw you into the details of American working class life.

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Theater Review: At WTF — “The Roommate” and “The Model American”

July 4, 2017
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The Model American is a powerful reminder of how deep theatrical pockets can be used to develop deeply significant new work.

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Theater Review: A Pretty Ragged “Ragtime”

June 26, 2017
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Barrington Stage director Joe Calarco has come to the material with a radically different production idea.

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Theater Review: “4000 Miles” — A Perceptive Look at the Generation Gap

May 30, 2017
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4000 Miles is charming, insightful, and moving, an enjoyable anthropological study of contemporary American life across the generations.

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Theater Review: “Kunstler” — A Radical for the Defense

May 23, 2017
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Barrington Stage has kicked off its summer season with a smart, funny, and very timely show about radical defense attorney William Kunstler.

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Theater Review: “17 Border Crossings” — Journeys to Nowhere

April 21, 2017
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Was this trip really necessary?

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Book Review: Roxane Gay — A Writer of Unusual Sensibility

April 4, 2017
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Roxane Gay is a bold writer of impressive range who experiments with magic realism, dystopia, and fantasy.

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