Helen Shaw

The New York Times

Catch New Faces in These Long-Running Shows (On and Off Broadway)

By: Helen Shaw, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Laura Collins-Hughes

Ethan Slater and Betsy Wolfe star in “Little Shop of Horrors,” and new casts also charm in “Just in Time” and “Maybe Happy Ending.”

Hypnotherapy Directory

Finding confidence from within

By: Helen Shaw

Sometimes we look at other people and wonder how they seem so confident. How do they speak freely, make decisions and trust themselves, while we question what we have said or worry about getting something wrong?

The New York Times

Josh O’Connor's a Knockout in ‘Golden Boy,’ Plus Cate Blanchett and More

By: Helen Shaw

Tilda Swinton (in “Man to Man”) and Billy Crudup and Gillian Anderson (in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”) are among the titans making a meal of London.

Counselling Directory

Emotional abuse: the slow drip that makes you doubt yourself

By: Helen Shaw, Counsellor Mncps

At first, they may have seemed kind, supportive and interested in you. They listened. You felt understood. You began to trust them.

The New York Times

‘Anon’ Review: Anne Washburn’s Satire Gets Lost in the Storm

By: Helen Shaw

The playwright tries to strike a middle path in this comedy about QAnon far-right conspiracy theories, which stars the reliably zany Crystal Finn.

BLOX Digital

'Anon' Review: Anne Washburn's Satire Gets Lost in the Storm

By: Helen Shaw

NEW YORK -- Crystal Finn is one of our finest theatrical clowns. She excels at being somehow featherbrained and self-assured at the same time; she

BLOX Digital

'Other Desert Cities' Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Smashing Debut

By: Helen Shaw

NEW YORK -- When the curtain rises on Jon Robin Baitz's 2010 drama "Other Desert Cities," we see a family in tableau.

Arizona Daily Sun

‘Other Desert Cities’: Louis-Dreyfus’ smashing debut

By: Helen Shaw

NEW YORK — When the curtain rises on Jon Robin Baitz’s 2010 drama “Other Desert Cities,” we see a family in tableau. The actors are laughing and talking, but there’s

The New York Times

In ‘School Pictures’ and ‘Two Girls,’ the Tweens Are Not All Right

By: Helen Shaw

Milo Cramer’s excellent lo-fi song-cycle and Eliya Smith’s verbatim play about a notorious video both reveal how young minds are made.

The Daily Gazette

'Midnight' and 'Benjamin Button': New Musicals Preoccupied With Time

By: Helen Shaw

(Critic's Notebook)