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Tony-Nominated Play Opens In D.C.

The Huffington Post | Erin Ruberry | Posted 05.06.2013 | DC
Read More: Other Desert Cities Arena Stage, Other Desert Cities Dc, Video, Family Drama, Dc Theater, Other Desert Cities, Arena Stage, Tony Awards, Dc Around Town, Theater, Other Desert Cities Play, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The action has barely begun during Other Desert Cities when the family unit at the center of the show starts to unravel in one brief mot...

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Yelp-Reading Actor Live In D.C.

Posted 03.12.2013 | DC
Read More: Video, Chris Kipiniak, Chris Kipiniak Metamorphoses, Dc Theater, Arena Stage, Dc Around Town, Real Actors Read Yelp, Metamorphoses Arena Stage, DC News

WASHINGTON -- If you've enjoyed the first "Real Actors Read Yelp" video -- and you probably have since the video has been viewed over 669,000 times --...

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And Then Narcissus Leaned Towards the Water

Cara Joy David | Posted 05.10.2013 | Arts
Read More: Molly Smith, Theater, Metamorphoses, Jungle Book, Washington DC Theater, Mary Zimmerman, Arena Stage, Arts News
Cara Joy David

I hope this Metamorphoses comes back to New York, but, if it doesn't, I am happy audiences can see it now at Arena.

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Art Honors The History Of The Civil War

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.30.2013 | Arts
Read More: University of Maryland, Civil War Play, George Washington University, Harvard University, American Repertory Theater, Theater News, Arena Stage, Clarice Smith Performing Center, Civil War Project, The Boston Abolitionists, Civil War Art, Atlanta Alliance Theater, National Civil War Project, Emory University, Arts News

WASHINGTON — Four major universities are joining theater companies in Boston, Baltimore, Washington and Atlanta in a project to commission new p...

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Phil Donahue At Lutheran Church Of Reformation: HuffPost DC Top 5 For July 23

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 07.23.2012 | DC
Read More: Stevie Nicks, Video, Black Cat, Fort Reno, D.C. Zinefest, Rod Stewart, Phil Donahue, Arena Stage, Washington AIDS Partnership, International AIDS Conference, Textile Museum, Outdoor Films, International AIDS Film Festival, Frank Ocean, DC News

TOP 5 FOR MONDAY, JULY 23 1. A Conversation With Phil Donahue And Screening Of "Body Of War" At Lutheran Church Of Reformation Journalist and talk...

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Important Play On Early AIDS Reaction Being Staged In D.C.

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 08.15.2012 | DC
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Video, The Normal Heart Arena Stage, Larry Kramer the Normal Heart, Arena Stage, Aids, Theatre, Dc Around Town, Theater, The Normal Heart, Luke MacFarlane, Larry Kramer, Patrick Breen, The Normal Heart AIDS/HIV, DC News

WASHINGTON — Before there was a test, before it had a name and before there was any way to know if AIDS was spread through the air, touch or bod...

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The Music Man Marches Into D.C. And Fills Arena Stage With Charm

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 08.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Classic Musicals, The Music Man, Burke Moses, Meredith Willson, Kate Baldwin, Arena Stage, Home News
Susan Dormady Eisenberg

When I read that Molly Smith, artistic director of Arena Stage, was going to produce The Music Man, I picked a date and bought advance tickets. I was not disappointed.

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Al Scorch At Black Cat: HuffPost DC Top 5 For May 30, 2012

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 05.30.2012 | DC
Read More: Danzig, DJ Competition, Doyle, Trombone Record, Arena Stage, A Post-Electric Play, Wooly Mammoth, Nature Walk, The Music Man, Live to Read, Video, Matt's Habitats, Al Scorch, St. Coletta of Greater Washington, Mr. Burns, Red Bull Thre3Style, Radiohead, DC News

TOP 5 FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 1. Al Scorch Country Soul Ensemble At Black Cat The finest country-punk-folk-bluegrass banjo player in the country, Al...

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Weekend To-Do: Naked Hippies, Manischewitz Reduction Sangria, Fireworks!

Posted 04.06.2012 | DC
Read More: Photography, Weekend, Dc, National Cherry Blossom, Video, District of Columbia, Arena Stage, Washington DC, Dc Around Town, Mansion on O Street, Slidepollajax, Fireworks, DC News

WASHINGTON-- It's going to be a fun weekend, if you're staying in town. We've got a Mexican Passover feast and Easter brunch in in a mansion with ...

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Rachel Tepper

Absurdist Magicians Kick Off Series At Arena Stage

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 01.20.2012 | DC
Read More: DC News, Magic, Elephant Room, Video, Louie Magic, Arena Stage, Daryl Hannah, Dc Around Town, Theater, Dennis Diamond, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Magic shows tend to evoke images of sequined jumpsuits and rabbits in hats, but that's not exactly the sort of thing magicians (or, as t...

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'You, Nero': Pay What You Will Toga Party At Arena Stage

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2011 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Not everyone has an emperor's riches. Arena Stage is holding a pay-what-you-will toga party for "You, Nero," a play by Pulitzer-finalist...

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Too Much Transparency?

Carey Perloff | Posted 01.07.2012 | Arts
Read More: Audience Engagement, Transparency in Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Arena Stage, Theater Conference, Art, Transparency in Art, Theater Conference Dc, Arts News
Carey Perloff

I would hate to think that the more "transparent" we become, the more our artistic works-in-progress are manipulated to provide a good show for a viewing public. The most important thing, surely, is that the work itself have some magic, some mystery, some beauty, come opening night.

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Happy 110th, Duke!

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Harlem, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Maurice Hines, Apollo Theater, Pearl Bailey, Billy Strayhorn, Louis Bellson, Duke Ellington, Arena Stage, A Train, Paul Mercer Ellington, Mercedes Ellington, Entertainment News
Jane Levere

To celebrate the 110th birthday of Duke Ellington last week, his namesake orchestra played in a subway station in Harlem and, even more appropriately, on a 1930's-vintage, green A train.

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