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Friday, May 15, 2026

Actors Shine in Thrilling 'Becky Shaw' and 'Well, I'll Let You Go' by Helen Eisenbach

Gina Gionfriddo's thrilling revival of 'Becky Shaw' and Bubba Weiler's promising 'Well, I'll Let You Go' offer a lesson in how to make magic

SOURCE: Medium at 10:23AM[SHARE]
Monday, March 23, 2026

A Few Things About Bud Cort: As Our Paths Crossed by Helen Eisenbach

Reminiscences of a too-brief friendship

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:24PM[SHARE]
Monday, March 9, 2026

Calling All Strangers: Two Live Works Bring Hilarity & Communion by Helen Eisenbach

Calling All Strangers: Two Live Works Bring Hilarity & Communion Helen Eisenbach March 9, 2026 - 10:56 Topics Theater Review …

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Calling All Strangers: Two Live Works Bring Hilarity & Communion by Helen Eisenbach

Calling All Strangers: Two Live Works Bring Hilarity & Communion Helen Eisenbach March 9, 2026 - 10:56 Topics Theater Review …

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Sunday, March 8, 2026

Calling All Strangers: Deb Margolin's 'Telephone' and 'Burnout Paradise' Bring Hilarity and Communion by Helen Eisenbach

Two new live works show what happens when innovative artists expand the conventions of performance

SOURCE: Medium at 03:21PM[SHARE]
Friday, June 19, 2020

Holland Taylor dazzles as Ann Richards, a sorely needed voice for our time by Helen Eisenbach

Actor Holland Taylor talks politics, art and acting in a profile on the eve of PBS' Great Performances broadcast of her Tony-nominated play "Ann"

SOURCE: Medium at 03:40PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Editing Larry Kramer, a Man Larger than Life | Literary Hub by Helen Eisenbach

When someone told me Larry Kramer had died, the words were nonsense to my ears; they simply did not compute. The Larry I knew wasn't capable of being felled by anything, including death"he w…

SOURCE: lithub.com at 06:54PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Laughing at Women: Journalistic Bias and the Art We're Encouraged to See by Helen Eisenbach

The hidden cost of bias toward female-themed works is bared in a male reviewer's inability to take seriously the female-centered "After the Wedding"

SOURCE: www.gaycitynews.nyc at 04:11PM[SHARE]
Friday, October 6, 2017

"Mary Jane" Director Anne Kauffman Talks Light and Dark in Life and Art by Helen Eisenbach

An interview with "Mary Jane"'s buzzy theater director Anne Kauffman

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:37AM[SHARE]
Saturday, June 10, 2017

The Urgency of Indecent Art: Paula Vogel on Love, Creation and Injustice by Helen Eisenbach

Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” is many things: an idiosyncratic mix of music, memory and theater magic; a female take on an infamous male intellectual; a Holocaust parable that m…

SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 02:23PM[SHARE]
Friday, June 9, 2017

The Urgency Of Indecent Art: Paula Vogel On Love, Creation And Injustice by Helen Eisenbach

Any progress we make, to me, is fleeting because underneath it there's the smoldering coal about to break out in conflagration of a hatred of women.

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:58PM[SHARE]
Friday, September 23, 2016

Innovative, Acrobatic Twist on The Little Prince Takes Flight in NYC by Helen Eisenbach

(Ezra LeBank, Cynthia Price & Taylor Casas ) Flight 20th New York International Fringe Festival Encore Series Barrow Street Theatre, NYC September 24-30, 2016 A quest…

SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 03:37PM[SHARE]
Friday, August 19, 2016

Slanty Eyed Mama Brings Scathing Wit and Stealth Poignance to New York Fringe Festival by Helen Eisenbach

Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show 20th New York International Fringe Festival  DROM, NYC August 21 & 22, 2016 "Welcome to the dress rehearsal/…

SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 10:16PM[SHARE]
Monday, July 11, 2016

Do You Have What It Takes To Be a Cop? by Helen Eisenbach

1. What does the phrase "protect and serve" mean to you? 2. Are you comfortable shooting a gun? 3. Do you consider people who don't look like you to be human beings? 4. Define the …

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:10PM[SHARE]
Friday, May 6, 2016

Broadway's Secret Weapon by Helen Eisenbach

Drew Hodges is at a loss for words. Asked if he’s surprised at the life he’s leading -- did he imagine he’d grow up to fly around the world orchestrating scenes with great …

SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 05:53AM[SHARE]
Monday, May 2, 2016

Broadway's Secret Weapon: The Man Who Transformed Popular Culture by Helen Eisenbach

You may not know Drew Hodges' name, but you're living in a world he helped create. His new book, On Broadway, is an irresistible adventure that lifts the curtain on the making of the best an…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:47PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Susan Sarandon's Mommy Issues by Helen Eisenbach

What are we to do when the private persona of a performer bleeds over into the public creative sphere? The line is so fragile...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:02AM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Untold Story of America's Wildest Theater Company by Helen Eisenbach

I'd call Memories of the Revolution "invaluable" -- if only that word conveyed how exhilarating it is to read this new book, the inside story of the women's theater corps that infi…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:23PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Holland Taylor Has a Secret (Not) by Helen Eisenbach

Stealth national treasure Holland Taylor sparked headlines recently with a declaration about her love life she was surprised to find people considered news. The 72-year-old Emmy winner and T…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:56PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Musicians Bring the Joy (No Tears) to Star-Studded Show by Helen Eisenbach

The weather was too beautiful, so Judith Owen was depressed. The Welsh singer-songwriter was living in Southern California with...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:26PM[SHARE]

Christmas Comes Early in Star-Studded Show by Helen Eisenbach

Even those who tremble at the phrase "audience participation" end up awash in the bliss of communal exhibitionism -- some even clutching one of the special prizes doled out by ring…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:33PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Death and Comedy in The Hummingbird's Tour by Helen Eisenbach

Fraught family dynamics enliven The Hummingbird's Tour, a decidedly Southern comedy in which three very different siblings confront their own mortality -- and that of their beloved childhood…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:35PM[SHARE]
Monday, November 9, 2015

Holland Taylor Lets It Rip by Helen Eisenbach

The star of David Lindsay-Abaire's new play Ripcord opens up about her long career, where she gets her nerve and the "corruption and ruin of being a politician in America."

SOURCE: nytlive.nytimes.com at 05:38PM[SHARE]
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Grandma's Paul Weitz Talks Secrets, Surprises and Channeling Lily Tomlin by Helen Eisenbach

The new film Grandma tells a story rare for American cinema: a lesbian of advanced years (Lily Tomlin), in mourning for her soul mate and on skittish footing with the much younger woman she'…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:14AM[SHARE]
Monday, July 20, 2015

Amy Schumer and the Broken Promise of Trainwreck by Helen Eisenbach

Amy Schumer's Trainwreck introduces us to a new kind of mainstream film heroine: blunt, thoughtless, more interested in being gratified than likable, one whose boundless appetites are played…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:53PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Love & SCOTUS: Writers on Gay Marriage and the Future by Helen Eisenbach

When the Supreme Court released its ruling on same-sex marriage, I was walking to work, unaware history was being made. I was being given editorial notes over the phone, so my head was full …

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:11PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Religious Freedom and Other Myths: The Trauma of Current Debate by Helen Eisenbach

The virulence with which hateful proclamations -- on all matters of identity -- continue to be publicly aired has a lasting effect, on me, on you, on everyone I know.

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:35PM[SHARE]
Monday, April 27, 2015

Caught in the Act by Helen Eisenbach

I first saw Beth Malone three years ago in a tiny theater in Hell's Kitchen performing a solo show. The actor, who billed herself as "part dude, part lady... all lesbian," examined…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:08PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Life's a Rush by Helen Eisenbach

In the throes of fighting for her life, Margolin revels in vivid memories of her youth, unscheduled raptures far from the enforced multitasking of today. And where she now finds herself is w…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:27PM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Second That Emotion by Helen Eisenbach

Against all odds filmmakers continue to make fine works, adapting or creating stories not from comics or video games but exploring the human experience on our own planet.

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:55PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Represent by Helen Eisenbach

Thursday morning when I learned the Academy's list of nominees, I spent the rest of the day alternating between despair and rage. In fact, I have loved movies unabashedly since I was 18 mont…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:56AM[SHARE]

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