News Stories

Washington Magazine
By Kinne Chapin

AIDS is demanding attention in D.C. this year, and not a moment too soon– the virus affects 3% of Washington’s population in comparison with 1% of the general population, according to the World Health Organization. This year, the 2012 International AIDS Conference will come to the District, providing the optimal opportunity to talk about how we can better the health of our city. But the discussion needn’t end in the conference room – the July Conference will be associated with an independent artistic performance for the first time, Arena Stage‘s production of the 2011 Broadway hit The Normal Heart. Read more

Kate Baldwin, star of Arena Stage's The Music Man, is a methodical actorMay 3, 2012

Washington Post
Chip Crews

Being born to a banker father and a scientist mother wouldn’t seem to guarantee success on the musical stage, but it’s worked out pretty well for Kate Baldwin. Not that her dramatic intensity, comic timing and, above all, that angel-sweet soprano can be traced back to the lab or the boardroom. But from the start, her method of attack on her chosen field was derived directly from her parents’ straightforward approach to theirs. Read more

There They Blow! Hundreds of Trombonists to Play Nationals ParkApril 26, 2012

The DCist
By Benjamin R. Freed

On June 1, it's going to get brassy at Nationals Park. At least 500 trombones' worth of brassy, in fact. And that's 424 more trombones than required for the scheduled repertoire.

Before a Friday evening game against the Atlanta Braves, the Nationals will help promote Arena Stage's production of The Music Man, which opens May 11, with an assembly of hundreds of trombonists. The show's musical director, Lawrence Goldberg, wil lead the band in a performance of "76 Trombones." Read more

NEHAL JOSHI, BARBARA TIRRELL AND MORE JOIN BURKE MOSES AND KATE BALDWIN IN D.C. MUSIC MANApril 16, 2012

Playbill
Kenneth Jones

“Complete casting has been announced for Arena Stage's production of Meredith Willson's The Music Man starring the previously announced Kate Baldwin as Marian and Burke Moses as Harold Hill. Artistic director Molly Smith directs the classic musical about a con-man traveling salesman who gets his foot stuck in the door of a librarian...” Read more

EUGENE O’NEILL, KING OF COMEDY?April 13, 2012

Washington Post
Lavanya Ramanathan

“Most of us watching a performance of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night probably don't notice how many times the playwright has his characters shrug. Christopher Loar, an actor with the troupe the New York Neo-Futurists, is mildly obsessed with it…” Read more

MOLLY SMITH HELMS THE MUSIC MAN AT ARENA STAGEApril 13, 2012

Broadway World
BWW News Desk

“Crafty con-man Harold Hill brings mischief and the magic of music to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater this spring in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. This five-time Tony Award-winning musical is directed by Artistic Director Molly Smith, whose cultural dynamism made Oklahoma! a record-breaking audience favorite last season…” Read more

PHOTO CALLHELEN CAREY AND PETER MICHAEL GOETZ
IN ARENA STAGE’S LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHTApril 13, 2012

Playbill
Joseph Marzullo

“Helen Hayes Award winner and Tony Award nominee Helen Carey plays drug-addicted Mary Tyrone opposite Peter Michael Goetz as husband and aging actor James Tyrone, Sr., in Arena Stage's new production of Eugene O'Neill's classic family drama Long Day's Journey into Night, directed by Robin Phillips, which runs through May 6 in the Kreeger Theater…” Read more

WHAT EXORCISM TELLS US ABOUT EUGENE O’NEILLApril 13, 2012

DC Theatre Scene
Tim Treanor

“Eugene O’Neill’s first play, produced only once before in 1920, before it disappeared for nearly a hundred years, had its second staging at Arena last month. Was that a good idea? It is 1912. In a filthy room in the bowels of New York City, Ned Malloy spins out a grim story to his buddy and roommate, Jimmy…” Read more

O’NEILL’S ONSTAGE JOURNEY INTO AUTOBIOGRAPHYApril 8, 2012

Washington Examiner
Barbara Mackay

“Many of Eugene O’Neill’s characters cemented his position as America's first serious dramatist, a writer who could fuse psychological realism with poetry. But none did it better than Mary Tyrone, the famous matriarch of O’Neill’s masterpiece Long Day’s Journey Into Night…” Read more

INTERVIEWNATHAN DARROW OF LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHTApril 6, 2012

Brightest Young Things
Logan Donaldson

“This weekend Eugene O'Neill's seminal work Long Day's Journey into Night begins playing at Arena Stage. Considered an auto-biographical work of O'Neill's life, the play is about the Tyrone family in a battle of bitter resentments that erupts in one long day…” Read more

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT VIDEO FEATUREApril 6, 2012

Washington Post

“Long Day's Journey into Night runs at Arena Stage through May 6. In this scene, wife Mary Tyrone (played by Helen Carey) and husband James Tyrone, Sr. (played by Peter Michael Goetz) tease each other and discuss their concerns about one another and their sons Edmund and Jamie…”

THE EUGENE O’NEILL FESTIVALApril 6, 2012

WETA Around Town
Robert Aubry Davis

WETA Around Town panelists discuss the Eugene O'Neill Festival, happening at Arena Stage
through May 6.

CAMP ARENA STAGEApril 6, 2012

WTOP
Bob Madigan

“Camp Arena Stage is a real summer place for youngsters. And it is not just a theater camp, it is a multi-arts camp. There are a few spaces left, but they are filling fast. Located in the heart of the D.C. metro area on the lovely gated campus of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School…” Read more

JUNE SCHREINER on THE ARCH CAMPBELL SHOWApril 5, 2012

The Arch Campbell Show
Arch Campbell

June Schreiner (Muriel McComber in Ah, Wilderness! at Arena Stage) joins Arch Campbell as a guest announcer on his show.

AH, WILDERNESS! ON BALTIMORE'S WCBMMarch 31, 2012

WCBM 680AM
Rob McQuay

Baltimore radio personality Rob McQuay chatted with Ah, Wilderness! cast members Nancy Robinette, who plays Essie Miller, and William Patrick Riley, who plays her son Richard.

 

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY STAGED BY ROBIN PHILLIPS, BEGINS MARCH 30March 30, 2012

Playbill
Kenneth Jones

“Helen Hayes Award winner and Tony Award nominee Helen Carey plays drug-addicted Mary Tyrone opposite Peter Michael Goetz as husband and aging actor James Tyrone, Sr., in Arena Stage's new production of Eugene O'Neill's classic family drama…” Read more

AH, WILDERNESS! AT ARENA STAGE VIDEO FEATUREMarch 29, 2012

Washington Post

“Return to an idyllic age of Americana in Eugene O'Neill's unabashedly romantic and sweetly funny Ah, Wilderness!. As the Connecticut-based Miller clan plans their traditional Fourth of July festivities…” Read more

ARENA IS GOLDEN!March 29, 2012

WTOP
Bob Madigan

WTOP's “Man About Town” Bob Madigan reports on Arena Stage's Golden Gala: A Glittering Evening of American Musical Theater. Read more

THE FAMILY COMEDY AH, WILDERNESS!March 28, 2012

TBD Let's Talk Live
Alison Kenworthy

Ah, Wilderness! cast members Rick Foucheux and Nancy Robinette talked with Alison Kenworthy about this “unabashedly romantic and sweetly funny” production. Read more

ARENA STAGE GOLDEN GALAMarch 28, 2012

The Hill
Meagan Shamberger

“Monday night's Arena Stage Golden Gala was a glamorous affair celebrating the arts, humanities and Arena Stage's award-winning Community Engagement programs…” Read more