New York Times Hires Helen Shaw as Chief Theater Critic

Helen Shaw has been hired as chief theater critic at The New York Times .

Shaw joins the Times after working as a theater critic and staff writer at The New Yorker and working as chief theater critic at New York magazine. Her appointment to the high-profile job comes after the Times announced in July that four of its critics, television critic Margaret Lyons, music critic Jon Pareles, theater critic Jesse Green and classical music critic Zach Woolfe, would be taking on new roles, prompting speculation about the future of criticism at the paper.

Helen Shaw has been hired as chief theater critic at The New York Times .

Shaw joins the Times after working as a theater critic and staff writer at The New Yorker and working as chief theater critic at New York magazine