Arena Stage - Crystal City (Arlington, VA)
Acclaimed pop/rock trio GrooveLily presents their concert musical Striking 12 at Crystal City's Arena Stage. Co-written by Tony Award-winning playwright Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Striking 12 tells the story of a grumpy, overworked New Yorker who resolves to spend New Year's Eve alone in his apartment when an unexpected visitor brings some much-needed cheer.
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Arena Stage in Crystal City is a 460-seat theater with a proscenium stage, similar to the Kreeger Theater. They have renovated the theater specifically to accommodate their patrons and their productions for the next two and a half seasons while Arena’s new home is being built.
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Combining pop-rock, musical comedy and old-fashioned uplift with a healthy dose of 21st-century skepticism, Striking 12 is a unique hybrid of musical theater and live concert performed by celebrated pop-rock trio GrooveLily. From the Tony Award-winning writer Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) comes this story of a Grumpy Guy who decides to avoid the hectic, loveless world on New Year’s Eve, until he’s visited by an incandescent salesgirl with the promise to chase away his winter doldrums.
Arena Stage today stands as a flagship American theater. Arena Stage was one of the first not-for-profit theaters in the United States, as well as a pioneer of the regional theater movement. It was the first regional theater to transfer a production to Broadway, the first invited by the U.S. State Department to tour behind the Iron Curtain, and the first to receive a Tony Award. Taking a leadership role in extending theater's horizons, Arena Stage has implemented groundbreaking policies and programs, promoting diversity in all aspects of theater, from theatergoing to production. The Arena Stage legacy of world-class productions includes vast epics, charged dramas, rousing musicals, and probing profiles. From the monumental to the developmental, Arena Stage has helped build the canon of American theater. While they produce American classics, Arena Stage premieres new American plays and supported works in progress. They've nurtured artistic growth and engaged the community, broadening and intensifying the theatrical experience for one and all. And yet, in spite of it all, in their second half-century they see themselves as more fresh, restless and dynamic than ever.
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