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Arena Stage Gala Dazzles with Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
June 10, 2025
•The 2025 Arena Stage Annual Gala featured a cocktail reception, a seated dinner, award presentations, and a performance by Tony Award winner Laura Benanti. Benanti took Broadway by storm at the age of […]
June Onstage, Georgetown
June 5, 2025
•By Mark Edelman June, as Oscar Hammerstein put it, is busting out all over. As the temperatures climb, why not spend a cool summer night at one of these great […]
Summer Arts Preview
May 14, 2025
•D.C. Arts: 25 Ways to Spend the Summer of ’25 Cut out this page — or bookmark it if you’re reading it online — for the perfect summer 2025 D.C. […]
May Onstage, Georgetown
May 1, 2025
•By Mark Edelman It’s May, which means Mother’s Day is just around the corner. I can’t think of a better gift this month to remember mom than live theater. Mamma […]
Playwright Karen Zacarías: ‘Age of Innocence’ Speaks to Today’s Gilded Age
March 19, 2025
•Award-winning playwright and D.C. resident, Karen Zacarías, wondered why there wasn’t a successful adaptation of Edith Wharton’s book, “The Age of Innocence.” So, this talented playwright accepted the challenge to […]
‘The Age of Innocence’ at Arena Stage
March 13, 2025
•Even if you haven’t read the novel, you’ve probably seen Martin Scorsese’s exquisite and respectful 1993 film, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder. Need I say more? Now […]
‘The Bedwetter’ a Humorous, Relatable Time
March 6, 2025
•Comedian Sarah Silverman’s musical “The Bedwetter” currently playing at the Arena Stage takes one back in time to when Silverman was 10 years old, and a bedwetter! One never knew […]
Onstage, Georgetown – March 2025
March 4, 2025
•By Mark Edelman Spring is right around the corner and with it comes cherry blossom time, short sleeve weather and more great theater on local stages. Try one or more […]
Onstage, Georgetown: February 2025
January 29, 2025
•By Mark Edelman February is for lovers, so take that special someone to one of these special productions this month. Fall head over heels over these labors of love, live […]
Washington Playwright Ken Ludwig Reawakens ‘Death on the Nile’
December 18, 2024
•Ken Ludwig didn’t want to be just another Washington lawyer. Instead, he used his law education and early law career to eat and support his passion, playwriting. He is now […]