Helen Shaw will be NYMag/Vulture's new Theatre Critic!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/10/19 at 11:19am

Announcement

"Shaw was most recently theater critic at Time Out New York and 4Columns.org, and was awarded the 2018 George Jean Nathan Award for theater criticism. (The previous year’s winner was Sara Holdren, her predecessor in the job, who is leaving the magazine to return to full-time directing.) Shaw has written for ArtForum, American Theatre, The Guardian, Art in America, the New York Times, and TheatreForum, among other outlets. She is an instructor at New York University’s Tisch School of Drama and a member of the New York Drama Critics Circle. She received a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.F.A. from the American Repertory Theatre/Moscow Art Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University."

[Kad]

Posted: 10/10/19 at 11:40am

Fantastic news. I look forward to seeing her take advantage of this larger platform for her criticism.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 10/10/19 at 5:27pm

excellent choice. 

The mags may be holding on by a thread but they certainly know what a critic should be.