Erma Bombeck was the pithy, and prolific humorist who lifted the veil of 1950s housewifery, lampooning “the world’s second oldest profession” of raising a family in the suburbs. If you were not a follower of her newspaper column, At Wit’s End offers a crash course… Read More
So you might not want to admit that the reason you’re jonesing to see Arena Stage’s newest play — Dear Evan Hansen — is because you’re in love with Pitch Perfect’s Ben Platt. (It’s ok. We are, too.) He’s oh-so-good at playing that nerd who… Read More
From first glimpse of the enchanting set, audiences will be wholly transported into Olivier Award-winning playwright and Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater inaugural resident artist Katori Hall’s fierce comedy-drama The Blood Quilt. The world premiere play threads together the past and… Read More
Three-hour performances are hard to pull off, but time flies when you’re having fun — and you’ll hardly see it go by — at Arena Stage’s production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” now playing through May 3. The story arc is familiar enough:… Read More
Playwright John Strand’s “The Originalist,” playing now through April 26 at Arena Stage, is theater unequivocally of Washington, by Washington, for Washington… to borrow President Lincoln’s famous expression. Set in and around the nation’s capital in 2012 and 2013, the play centers around divisive and… Read More
… But do take the time to see this complex and powerful character perform at Arena Stage, now through March 8. The eighth in a series of ten plays by playwright August Wilson exploring African-American life decade by decade, King Hedley II tells the story of King, an… Read More
Fans of Sherlock Holmes will want to don their deerstalker caps and cue up the clues… the stage is set and a play’s afoot! The Arena Stage’s production of BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY, written by the award-winning Ken Ludwig, is a comical and… Read More
There are some things that are constants no matter the time or place: community, culture, and, yes, tradition. But change is also an inevitable constant, and how we choose to react to that change is what makes or breaks us. Fiddler on the Roof , now on… Read More
Now at Arena Stage in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle, ‘Our War’ is a series of monologues written by a collection of modern American playwrights on the topic of the Civil War. The talented writers include those who have won the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award… Read More
“The truth will set you free” is a maxim used across the ages to force those who have done wrong to confess to their crimes. But, what if the truth isn’t necessary? What if the backstory is more important? That’s the question posed by Morris… Read More
