Tag Archives: Arena Stage

On DEAR EVAN HANSEN

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Bill Rough

If you’ve been reading “View in the Dark”for a while, you have no doubt deduced that I am a huge fan of Washington’s Arena Stage, and have been so since the late 1950’s.  Back then it was called the Old … Continue reading →

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Arena Stage’s CAMP DAVID

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Bill Rough

Compromise!  That’s a big word these days.  President Obama came into office on the promise of compromise, which I always thought was a good word, until the opposing party transformed it into something akin to appeasement, as “nefariously practiced by … Continue reading →

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On Arena Stage’s “THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN”

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Bill Rough

Just in case anyone might want to run up to the Arena Stage in Washington to see The Velocity of Autumn,  I want to talk briefly about it.  It has only four more days to go, closing next Sunday.   Being … Continue reading →

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On METAMORPHOSES Revisited

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Bill Rough

Last week, as we approached the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War, my wife and I drove up to Washington to a noon performance of Metamorphoses, Mary Zimmerman’s watery interpretation of Ovid’s Greek and Roman myths.  Way … Continue reading →

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Another New York Theatre Binge Underway!

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Bill Rough

Friday, January 18, 2013 All right.  All right!  So my last post, presumably after swearing that I would become a more regular poster, was September 23?  My apologies!  I know, my friend Carol said I should stop apologizing.  But really, … Continue reading →

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