Sam Shepard

Book Review: “Coyote” Bio Focuses on Sam Shepard’s Turbulent Life but Skims Lasting Impact of His Work

November 5, 2025
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The biographer puts far too much emphasis on Sam Shepard’s louche life, neglecting to provide much analysis about the value of his stage work, particularly on whether it will endure.

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Jazz Album Review: A Splendidly Spiritual Conversation — “Promises” with Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders

May 7, 2021
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Dedicated to experimentation and creative collaboration, Promises delivers an otherworldly, dreamlike experience.

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Theater Review: “True West” — American Anarchy

April 18, 2018
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Hub Theatre Company’s True West is a joy to watch.

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Theater Remembrance: Sam Shepard — An Appreciation

August 1, 2017
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Throughout Sam Shepard’s oeuvre one can find ample evidence of his struggles with demons, some of them distinctively American.

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Theater Review: “A Lie of the Mind” – Trinity Rep’s Excellent 50th Anniversary Gift

June 13, 2014
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Critic Eric Bentley valued the theater of audacity above all, and that is just what is on glorious display in Trinity Rep’s marvelously nervy A Lie of the Mind.

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