Onstage This Week: Dec. 22-29
Stages are crowded with Christmas shows, both familiar and strange, along with some outlying fairy tales, sketch comedy and Johnny Cash.
Heated Dialogue, Onstage and Off, at Theater J
As the leader of D.C.’s Jewish theatre, Ari Roth works to keep the dialogue going, even—or especially—when it’s contentious.
Top of the Pods
This week, a trio of podcasts to send you into the holidays with thoughts on gender parity and theatre reviews.
Ian Tresselt Stepping Down As Managing Director of Everyman
The Baltimore theatre’s managing director is stepping down to pursue a Master’s degree; the theatre will begin search for his replacement.
Actors Theatre of Phoenix to Close After 29 Years
The longtime Arizona theatre will shut its doors for good due to cash-flow issues.
Ari Roth Let Go From Theater J
The longtime artistic director has been let go from Theater J, due to programming conflicts between the theatre and the DC Jewish Community Center.
2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Cast Albums, Bios and Sondheim!
For the theatre fan in your life (or in your mirror), here are bios, books, cast albums, DVDs and other stocking-stuffer ideas.
Offscript: Bengal Tiger With a Santa Hat On
It’s the Grinch edition of Offscript! This week, our editors talk about holiday shows and the people who watch them (hint: it’s not us). Plus, Suzy interviews 10-year-old Chicago theatre critic Ada Grey (a.k.a. the smartest 10-year-old you will ever meet).
The Ferguson Theatre Syllabus
This is clearly a teaching moment about race and justice in the U.S. Here’s a list of plays—new and old, all of them eerily timely—that speak to this essential American struggle.
Encores! Off-Center Summer Season Announced
Ellen Greene returns to the “Little Shop of Horrors,” Sutton Foster and Joshua Henry throw a “Wild Party,” and Jonathan Groff sings about “A New Brain” at City Center’s Off-Broadway series.
