Whoever thinks tales such as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood can’t teach adults something never saw Into The Woods. In Steven Sondheim’s beloved fractured fairy tale, the underlying themes of these universal stories become even more apparent: Jack’s journey up the beanstalk becomes a metaphor for growing older. Rapunzel’s story is a cautionary tale for the sheltering of children from the evils of the world. And Into The Woods is unafraid to show us…

It’s official: we’re going to have no social life this January, as there are too many great productions premiering this month for us to do anything else but plays, plays, plays. We’ve got a ridiculous amount of Shakespeare, a beloved Sondheim musical, a new work by an old favorite, and we haven’t even gotten to Kathleen Turner. It’s a good month to be a theater lover. We adore Neil LaBute here at DCist, even though…

We know, we know. It’s not a break-up. It’s an indefinite hiatus. But doesn’t that just mean, “Breaking up sounds too divisive, and we’re kinda done, but we don’t want anyone to accuse us of cashing in on the whole ‘reunion’ bandwagon if we do decide to play again. Plus we all like each other and think we’ll probably miss playing together in a few years, and we know the fans will want us to…