>> Along with their still awaited Local Blogger Directory, washingtonpost.com is set to roll out a social networking function this spring. How long will we have to wait before Hank Stuever starts updating his profile every hour with cryptic messages in an elaborate attempt at online performance art? [Fishbowl DC] >> A woman was struck by a Green line train on Sunday night at the Suitland station, after falling onto the tracks. Amazingly enough,…

Arena Stage is giving pratfalls for Christmas. And to be honest, it isn’t a bad gift. For its final production of the holiday season, the company has staged Noises Off, a farce that is always a crowd pleaser. And this particular production has its share of charms, even if it wasn’t on your list this year. Noises Off is that literary standard, an amusing play-within-a-play. A goofy group of actors is staging a complicated production…

It’s officially December, so we find our thoughts turning to holiday shopping. Will you be giving the gift of local theater (or hoping to receive it) this season? Here are a couple of things on our wish list for the D.C. theatre community: 1. For tiny companies like Meat & Potato and Natural Theatricals to have their seats filled more frequently, and for small but innovative companies like Rorschach to get Helen Hayes nods this…