In July 2025, The New York Times reassigned chief theater critic Jesse Green to culture correspondent. As of late December, the paper designated Helen Shaw to the former titled position. Ms. Shaw was previously the theatre critic at the New Yorker.
“In the United States the full-time theatre critic’s job has been a casualty of the economic crisis facing American newspapers. Consequentially, in most American cities there are fewer reviews than ever being published, and a dearth of criticism has developed.”
— Russell T. Warne
Cleveland is not immune to the decline in newspaper circulation with the increased use of the internet. We should examine what we’re losing and what comes next.
Here are some past reviews that help validate our work.
