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At Arena Stage, A Million-Dollar Toast To Playwrights by Jeff Lunden

A reporter once asked the late playwright Robert Anderson, author of I Never Sang for My Father, if he could make a living writing for the theater. His reply: "You can make a killing, but not a living." True enough: For the playwright who hasn't had a hit on Broadway, making a living can be tough. But Arena Stage, a major theater in Washington, D.C., wants to change all that. Artistic director Molly Smith had long …

SOURCE: WNYC at 04:00AM on November 7, 2011

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