Good morning, Washington. We’re sure that with many of you off for Veterans Day yesterday, you may have taken today off as well. Enjoy your four-day weekend and a rainy Friday.

Redskins Pedestrians Face New Hurdles: Just after they won a ruling by Prince George’s County that will allow them to walk to FedEx Field to avoid parking fees at the stadium, Redskins fans who hope to park at Landover Mall for free have seen their dreams vanquished. The mall, according to the Post, plans to charge $15 for parking. Three thousand spaces will be available and tailgating will be a big no-no.

Baryshnikov Show at Kennedy Center Ends Early: A performance starring Mikhail Baryshnikov (at right in “Sex and the City”) at the Kennedy Center was cut short when an actor in “Forbidden Christmas, or the Doctor and the Patient” collapsed and was taken to the hospital.

Here’s what happened, according to the Post:

[Actor Gregory] Mitchell, playing an angel in the Kennedy Center’s second night of the production, was trying to rescue Baryshnikov’s character, who had thrown himself into the sea, witnesses said. At that point, Mitchell began breathing heavily and collapsed on stage, members of the audience said.

The Post describes the performance as “an absurdist tale that takes place in Soviet Georgia in the 1950s [that] weaves together dialogue, movement, music and puppetry …”

The future of the rest of the week-long run of the show is unknown.

Street Closures Put Pressure on Traffic: The W.Times says that when streets are closed, it increases traffic pressure on thoroughofares surrounding them. That seems pretty basic, yes, but it is good to remind everyone that a good solution to accomodate traffic after two major crosstown roadways — E Street and Pennsylvania adjacent to the White House campus — closed has yet to be found. Constitution Avenue, H, I and K streets are traffic nightmares during rush hour.

Briefly Noted: Christmas will go on as planned, says the Salvation Army after toy theft … Cross burned in diverse Laurel neighborhood … There’s a new Cathedral dean, Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III … New $56M NoVa arts center planned for some place way out in Fairfax …