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In this image provided by C. Stanley Photography via Arena Stage, this Jan. 12, 2017 photo shows Sara Bruner portraying Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case about abortion, Roe v. Wade, and Sarah Jane Agnew portraying attorney Sarah Weddington. The two star in the play “Roe,” which runs through Feb. 19 at Washington’s Arena Stage. (C. Stanley Photography via AP)

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Ben Platt as Evan Hansen and Laura Dreyfuss as Zoe in the world-premiere musicalDear Evan Hansen at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater July 10-August 23, 2015. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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Stephawn P. Stephens (from left), Levi Kreis, Michael J. Mainwaring, Austin Colby and Jay Adriel perform a song in a scene from "Smokey Joe's Cafe" at Arena Stage.

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Kara-Tameika Watkins sings a tune next to a 1960s-style jukebox in "Smokey Joe's Cafe — The Songs of Leiber and Stoller" at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater now through June 8. (Photographs by Teresa Wood)

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(L to R) Larry Bryggman as Lyman Wyeth, Helen Carey as Polly Wyeth, Emily Donahoe as Brooke Wyeth, Scott Drummond as Trip Wyeth and Martha Hackett as Silda Grauman in Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theaters production of Other Desert Cities April 26-May 26, 2013. Photo by Scott Suchman.

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"Pullman Porter Blues," a new musical by award-winning playwright Cheryl L. West, opens Friday at Washington's Arena Stage after debuting at the Seattle Repertory Theatre earlier this fall.