By Sheila Wickouski In March 2020, the pandemic forced Arena Stage’s production of Celia and Fidel, written by Eduardo Machado, to close the same day it opened. On October 8, the cast and crew will prepare for another opening night of this world premiere production. Set during a critical […]
Thinking About Jazz Celebrates Clark Terry
On Saturday, June 27 from 1:00-3:00 p.m., the bi-monthly jazz education program at Westminster Church, Thinking About Jazz, celebrates the life of master trumpeter, Clark Terry. In addition to being thought of as “the best trumpeter around” by none other than Dizzy Gillespie, Terry was a pioneer in jazz education […]
I Love Being a Part of Voices of Now!
Photo caption: Najeé Eddy (left) and Keniya Brown (right) participate with the Jefferson Academy Ensemble in the 2015 Voices of Now Festival at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater on May 14. Photo by Cameron Whitman Photography Have you ever had the one program, that one […]
‘Fiddler’ Shines on Its 50th Anniversary
(photo caption: Michael Nilo with Jonathan Hadary after the show.) (photo caption: Lyricist Sheldon Harnick speaking after the show.) (photo caption: The Fichandler Stage) If you have not been to Arena Stage, you should go. I have lived within a stone’s throw of the theater for a year now, often walking by […]
Upcoming Events at Arena Stage
WHAT: Healing Wars Arena ends its 2013-14 season with a world premiere dance event. Healing Wars is Liz Lerman’s newest theatrical dance piece, which explores the experiences of healers — medics and soldiers from the Civil War to the present — who are tasked with treating the physical and psychic wounds of […]