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.
Remembering Mike Nichols
The master director taught me to find the event in every scene—an easy lesson to remember, since each session with him was an event in itself.
6 Out-of-the-Book Adaptations of ‘Into the Woods’
From little black dresses to jeans, bicycles to balloons, six memorable reinventions of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Into the Woods” from 2014 (not counting the movie).
