When she co-founded Arena Stage 66 years ago, Zelda Fichandler paved the way for today's thriving Washington theatre community - and altered forever the way theatre is produced in the United States. With Arena as the flagship of a new theatre movement, audiences were no longer dependent on touring productions of Broadway hits. The finest works of theatre art began to appear on local stages, reflecting t…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 10:16AM on July 31, 2016