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  • Magic Carpet Ride

    Aladdin doesn't appear in Mary Zimmerman's The Arabian Nights. Neither does Sinbad the Sailor. Both fairy tales weren't originally part of the stories of Scheherazade,...

  • Voice of America

    Although known by many Americans for her portrayal as Dr. Nancy McNally, the national security advisor on NBC's The West Wing, or as Gloria Akalitus,...

  • Legacy of 'The Laramie Project' [video]

    Few plays have taken root in the public consciousness — and served as the public conscience — as has ''The Laramie Project,'' Moises Kaufman and...

  • Sweet Secrets

    With Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet, playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney returns Studio Theatre audiences to San Pere, La., a housing project that sits somewhere...

  • every tongue confess at Arena Stage

    On the surface, Marcus Gardley has written with every tongue confess a kind of Southern fairy tale about hatred and racism and rejection in this...

  • Lieberman Slams “Uninformed Staffers”; Update on GOP Votes & Reid Procedure

    “Staffers” quoted anonymously by various news outlets about the chances of passage for any consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act prompted a critical reaction...

  • Bold Confession

    The surest way for any theater critic to cover his ass is to say that a certain play or musical ''will mean different things to...

  • Storied Lives

    Moises Kaufman Moises Kaufman enjoys telling stories. He especially enjoys telling stories about how we tell stories. The Venezuelan-born, gay playwright and director says narrative...

  • The Legacy of Laramie

    As part of the Arena Stage productions of The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, Metro Weekly and Arena Stage will host...

  • Laramie Project at Arena Stage

    New York theater troupe Tectonic Theater stops at the brand new Arena Stage as part of the national tour of both the original Laramie Project...

  • Home on the Range

    Arena Stage artistic director Molly Smith is hoping there's a little Ado Annie in all of us. Annie is, of course, the gal from the...

  • Oklahoma at Arena Stage

    Arena Stage’s Molly Smith sets her production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s great American musical Oklahoma!in the robust world of territory life filled with a dynamic...

  • Oklahoma at Arena Stage

    Arena Stage’s Molly Smith sets her production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s great American musical Oklahoma! in the robust world of territory life filled with a...

  • Arena Stage Homecoming

    The President and First Lady help open Arena Stage’s sparkling new Southwest complex with a gala ceremony on Monday, Oct. 25, but first comes a...

  • Light Fantastic

    There is nothing small about the musical The Light in the Piazza. The songbook is page after page of grand gestures, ornate flourishes and the...