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 […]