U.S. Theater Chiefs Protest Firing Of D.C. Artistic Director Ari Roth
Artistic directors of some 60 of the country's most prominent nonprofit theaters responded swiftly and forcefully to the firing last Thursday of Ari Roth, a playwright and a.d. of Theater J, a prominent Washington D.C. company funded by the Jewish Community Center. In their letter, the chiefs -- including Oskar Eustis, who leads New York's Public Theater and organized the letter campaign with Tony Taccone of Berke…