This week the theater scene is relatively calm, which makes it easier to check out shows you want to see without offending any of your friends who are in other shows at the same time. Here’s what’s up this weekend:
First, “When It Rains It Pours” and “In Her Absence,” two short plays presented together this …

Meet Alex Timber ’01, a rare breed of Theater Studies major: less than ten years after graduating, he has a fulfilling (and, gasp, remunerative) career directing plays.

Not to be confused with The Last Five Years, the Jason Robert Brown musical, Once Five Years Pass is a play by Federico García Lorca, presented at the Whitney Theater this weekend in a new translation by the director, Gary Jaffe.

Don’t let other bullbloggers fool you into not seeing this wonderful show.