This is the voice of a wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, patient, and author who wrote a memoir on her own terms. I can’t wait for Sarah Ruhl’s next play.
Helen Epstein
Book Review: “Mike Nichols: A Life” — Portrait of a Protean Artist
This nearly 600-page text is a closely detailed, comprehensive portrait by a biographer riveted, as many of us are, by his charismatic subject.
Book Review: “Franci’s War” — A Very Relevant Holocaust Memoir
Here we have the story of a young Czech woman who could not only take a piece of fabric and shape it into a gorgeous dress, but could also take her experiences during WWII and shape them into a compelling 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.
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.
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.
Book Review: Anne Frank’s Diary — The Graphic Version
I’m impressed with the new adaptation and depressed that it’s considered necessary.
Theater Review: “A Doll’s House, Part 2” — A Not So Subtle Sequel
The action is set in an incongruous and ahistorical no-man’s land, adrift between realistic drama and farce.
Visual Arts Review: “Women Artists in Paris 1850-1900” — A Fabulous Surprise
Who knew that there were dozens of first-rate female American, Scandinavian, German, Swiss, French and Russian painters in Paris in the second half of the 19th century?
Theater Review: “The Cake” — Not a Sugary Culture Clash
The Cake is a smart, stinging, and eerily timely comedy that feels timeless.