Arena Stage Series Offers Plays and Musicals

Arena Stage presents Arena Restaged - a massive multi-venue, two year festival of American voices leading up to the opening of the Mead Center for American Theater.  At your fingertips will be a remarkable exploration of American work featuring American giants (Edward Albee and Tennessee Williams), exciting contemporary voices (Daniel Beaty and Karen Zacarías) and the quintessential American art form-the musical (Next to Normal and Irving Berlin's I Love a Piano).

In order to allow for a timely and cost effective renovation of our permanent home and to maintain our D.C. roots, Arena will be performing in two locations for the 08/09 season, at Arena Stage in Crystal City and at the Lincoln Theater!  Learn more about the two locations below.

The show being presented are:

Resurrection
Wishful Drinking
Next to Normal
Irving Berlin's I Love a Piano
A Delicate Balance
Crowns
Legacy of Light
Sweet Bird of Youth
Arena Presents: Citizen Josh
Arena Presents: Maureen McGovern in A Long and Winding Road

During the Arena Restaged Festival, Arena will be performing in two different locations - Arena Stage in Crystal City and the Lincoln Theatre.  Learn more about the two locations below.

Arena Stage in Crystal City
1800 S. Bell Street
Arlington, VA 22202

While the new Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is under construction, the company is performing in the former Crystal Forum, which underwent a substantial renovation in preparation for our audiences. A five-minute drive from Arena Stage's previous location at 6th and Maine in Southwest D.C., Arena Stage in Crystal City is close to Reagan National Airport and one block from the Crystal City Metro station, which is serviced by both the Blue and Yellow Metro lines. The Crystal City area boasts many well-known restaurants (Bebo Trattoria, Jaleo, McCormick and Schmick's) and has abundant free evening and weekend parking within walking distance to the theater. The theater is roughly the same size as the Kreeger, and hosted four productions in the 2007/08 season: Ella, Death of a Salesman, A View from the Bridge, and The Mystery of Irma Vep.

Arena Stage at The Lincoln Theatre
1215 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

Located in the heart of the recently revitalized U Street Corridor, The Lincoln Theatre is arguably the most beautiful historic theater in the metropolitan area. Opened in 1922 as a first-run movie and vaudeville house, the Lincoln was the anchor of Washington's historic Black Broadway, featuring artists such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday. Elegantly restored to its original grandeur, the historic landmark echoes the spirit and life that pervaded the U Street Corridor in the first half of the 20th century. The 1920's jewel is the perfect marriage of old-world elegance and current-day comforts. With a metro station right across U Street, street and valet parking available for purchase, and some of the District's best eateries just steps away (Al Crostino, Busboys & Poets, Cakelove, Crème Cafe), Arena Stage at The Lincoln Theatre is the perfect complement to our intimate performance space in Crystal City.

For more information, visit www.arenastage.org.

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