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The theatre that pioneered American regional drama built itself a glass crown on the Potomac. Arena Stage, founded in 1950 by Zelda Fichandler as one of the nation's first resident theatres - the first to transfer a production to Broadway, the first integrated theatre in Washington, and the launching pad for The Great White Hope - anchors the Southwest Waterfront at 1101 6th Street SW inside the Mead Center for American Theater, the 135-million-dollar Bing Thom-designed complex that opened in Oc...