(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 […]
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 […]
The 2014-15 Southwest Nights are as follows: The Shoplifters – Sept. 9, 2014 – 7:30pm Fiddler on the Roof – Nov. 28, 2014 – 2pm Five Guys Named Moe – December 26, 2014 – 8pm Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery – January 21, 2015 – 7:30pm King Hedley II – February […]
The world premiere of The Shoplifters by the noted Canadian playwright and director Morris Panych will open Arena Stage’s 2014-15 season. The comedy is a merry spin as three oddball characters battle wills and confront significant issues. It starts when a steak that Alma, a career shoplifter, has applied her “five finger discount” to […]
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 […]
Just how long can popular music stay popular? Two musical events occurring in Southwest DC in May feature music that has long since proven that the answer might be “forever.” It’s hard to imagine American pop music without “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Stand by Me,” and “Love Potion #9.” What […]
Save the dates for the final two SW Nights of the season at Arena Stage: Sunday, April 20th, at 6:00 p.m. Camp David Tuesday, May 27th, at 7:30 p.m. Smokey Joe’s Café Southwest DC residents may buy discounted tickets for specially designated performances of each production. Tickets are $35 for musicals and […]
