Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will host the Voices of Now festival, a four-day event featuring original works of theater written and performed by 11 different youth ensembles from the internationally renowned community engagement program. The festival will bring together more than 100 artists, ages 11-25, from […]
Opera in the Outfield 2015
WHAT: Washington National Opera announces the return of M&M’S® Opera in the Outfield Cinderella WHEN: Saturday, May 16 at 7 p.m. at Nationals Park COST: Free community event WHAT: live broadcast of family-friendly production of Rossini’s charming opera “Pregame” entertainment and family events begin at 5 p.m. The most popular […]
A Date with Justice Scalia
Currently running at Arena Stage is one of the strongest performances of the season in The Originalist. Likely the most famous stage actor in the District, Edward Gero plays the iconoclast Justice Antonin ‘Nino’ Scalia. Through the single act, one hour and 45 minute play, Gero takes on a mentor role to a young […]
‘The Originalist’ Coming to Arena Stage
WHAT: The Originalist by Charles MacArthur Award winner John Strand and directed by Molly Smith. WHERE: Arena Stage’s Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle WHEN: March 6 – April 26 There is controversy about exactly what an “originalist” is and certainly Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is controversial. But there is no question as […]
‘Five Guys Named Moe’ Opens at Arena Stage
WANT TO GO? Five Guys Named Moe WHERE: Arena Stage WHEN: Nov. 14 – Dec. 28 TICKETS: Tickets may be purchased online at arenastage.org, by phone at 202-488-3300, or at the Sales Office at 1101 6th St. SW. SOUTHWEST NIGHT: Dec. 26 at 8:00 pm Who is Louis Jordan? Called “The King of the […]
‘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 […]
Arena Announces Full Company for “Fiddler”
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Broadway production this fall, Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater mounts a new staging of Fiddler on the Roof, the iconic musical that has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide. Helmed by Artistic Director Molly Smith, the production features […]