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Last Friday, I ushered Ella at the new location of Arena Stage in Crystal City, VA (still Metro-accessible, thankfully). The theater previously has shown movies, which should give you a fair idea of how it's designed. Not great for ushers. We had only two aisles all told, so some scheduled ushers went home with the promise to come another night. There wasn't much room to move around, there were far fewer seats, and we were hard pressed to get a good view from the back.

( And the play? )

Alas, as well-done as the first half was, my family and I decided not to stick around for the second. We were Friday-night-tired, had a ways to drive, didn't like our seating, and weren't sure how much longer it would stay entertaining.

One more thing: Previously, I has seen signs listing pairs of plays from the current Arena Stage season. One sign wrote "Ella" on the first line and "Well" on the next. "Ella Well." Say it out loud.