"Constellations" by Nick Payne, at the Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre through Feb. 15. Pictured: Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson.

On U.S. Stages: 2022-2023 January 5, 2015 American Theatre Editors Leave a comment

Onstage This Week: Jan. 5-12

2015 kicks off with (mostly) affairs of the heart, both strange and intimate, on canvases big and small, in tones both light and dark.

By American Theatre Editors

“Airline Highway” by Lisa D’Amour, at Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago through Feb. 8. Pictured: Tim Edward Rhoze and Caroline Neff. (Photo by Michael Brosilow)

“The Book Club Play” by Karen Zacarias, at Dallas Theater Center through Feb. 1. Pictured: Christie Vela. (Photo by Karen Almond)

“Constellations” by Nick Payne, at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre through Feb. 15. Pictured: Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson.

“Deathtrap” by Ira Levin, at the Everyman Theatre in Baltimore. Pictured: Danny Gavigan and Bruce Randolph Nelson. (Photo by ClintonBPhotography)

Dael Orlandersmith in “Forever” at Long Wharf in 2015.

“Grounded” by George Brant, at Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC) in Boulder, Colo. through Jan. 18. Pictured: Laura Norman.

“The Last Night of Ballyhoo” by Alred Uhry, at the Red Barn Theatre in Key West, Fla., through Jan. 18.

“Morality Play,” adapted from Barry Unsworth’s novel by Tony Estrella, at the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, R.I. through Feb. 1.

“The Mystery of Irma Vep” by Charles Ludlam, at Third Rail Repertory in Portland, Ore., through Jan. 10. Pictured: Leif Norby and Isaac Lamb.

“Or,” by Liz Duffy Adams, at Off the Wall Theater in Pittsburgh through Jan. 10. Pictured: Robin Abramson and Erika Cuenca.

“Our Town” by Thornton Wilder, at Shotgun Players in Berkeley, Calif. Pictured: Madeline H.D. Brown. (Photo by Cheshire Isaacs)

“Peter Pan” by Carolyn Leigh and Morris Charlap, at New Stage Theatre in Jackson, Miss. through Jan. 18.

“Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins” by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel, at Lyric Stage Company of Boston through Jan. 31. Pictured: Karen MacDonald. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe)

“The Stinky Cheese Man,” from the book by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith (used by permission), by Paul Mesner Puppets of Kansas City, Mo., playing at Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta through Jan. 11.

“A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, S.C. through Jan. 10. Pictured: Debra Capps and Justin Walker. (Photo by Patrick Cox)

“The Tempest” by William Shakespeare, at the Shakespeare Theatre Co. in Washington, D.C., through Jan. 11. Pictured: Avery Glymph, Rachel Mewbron and ensemble. (Photo by Scott Suchman)

“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” by Christopher Durang, at the Huntington Theatre in Boston through Feb. 1. Pictured: Martin Moran, Candy Buckley, Marcia DeBonis and Tyler Lansing. (Photo by Jim Cox)

“The Whipping Man” by Matthew Lopez, at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, Calif. through Jan. 25. Pictured: Adam Haas Hunter, Charlie Robinson and Jarrod M. Smith.