Helen Shaw Joins The New York Times as Chief Theater Critic
Helen Shaw has joined The New York Times' Culture desk as chief theater critic.
Date of Birth: July 08, 1913
Date of Death: October 09, 1996 (83)
Birth Place: Evanston, IL, USA
Helen Shaw has joined The New York Times' Culture desk as chief theater critic.
As someone who studies and plans to work professionally in theatre, you might assume that the magic of live performance would eventually wear off for me.
The national tour of Hadestown will visit the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend for a limited engagement from December 19–21, 2025.
Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach will stage A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder from January 9 through February 1, 2026 on the Stark Stage.
What did our critic think of AMÉLIE THE MUSICAL BY WITCH MUSIC THEATRE at The Hannah?
What did our critic think of HADESTOWN at Providence Performing Art Center?
Watch Morgan Dudley and the Hadestown cast perform songs from the Tony Award-winning show at The Greene Space with Alison Stewart.
Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will return by popular demand to the Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee for three performances only and we've got all the details on how to get the best p
Hadestown will play Houston’s Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in February of 2026! Tickets will go on sale on October 31.
The Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical HADESTOWN will play Austin’s Bass Concert Hall February 20–22, 2026, as part of the Texas Performing Arts Broadway in Austin 2025–26 Season.
Experience Hadestown in Baltimore at the Hippodrome Theatre for three performances only from March 13-14, 2026.
Five new souls are traveling way down to Hadestown this fall! That's right, for the first time since the beloved musical opened in 2019, new actors are entering the show at once, taking on the iconic principal characters.
Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will come to Green Bay.
The Cumberland Theatre will continue their 37th season with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play Doubt.
The American Theatre Guild will bring Hadestown, winner of eight Tony Awards and a Grammy Award, to the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend, Indiana, December 19–21, 2025.
Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will make a return to Atlanta Nov.
The first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning ART by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, is now in previews.
Following curtain call, the cast gave a speech, as well as a special performance of “Cups,” the show’s final number, including surprise guests from the Hadestown family to celebrate the show’s 2000th performance.
HADESTOWN will return to the Providence Performing Arts Center as part of the 2025/2026 Encore Series.
Hadestown will welcome a new principal cast to Broadway in September.