Ari Roth's firing: What happened and what's next for Theater J and Mosaic Theater Company

DC Theatre Scene: “Things fall apart,” as Yeats said, and sometimes it seems like there is nothing we can do about it. The theater community watched a falling apart recently at Theater J with the abrupt firing of Ari Roth, Artistic Director of 18 years at that organization, and a new theatrical landscape has emerged. The news of these events has come fast, furious and piecemeal, often confusing and contradictory. But even through this cloud, a second coming has become clear, a new beginning for both Theater J and Mr. Roth, who will now both make theater a different way, without each other.