Play: "Happy Days" Being stuck up to one's neck in a mound of dirt, with no promise of release, is how roughly 10 percent of Americans are feeling these days. Count not just the unemployed, but also the underemployed and the unhappily fully employed, then half the country probably feels stuck. If you find yourself among the miserable, Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," about a woman named Winnie who protrudes from the Earth like a plant, will either depress you or put your problems in perspective. Winnie does the same thing every day. She wakes to the sound of a far-off alarm, takes stock of her belongings (one of which is an ominous but never-used pistol), and talks at an inattentive husband until another bell indicates it is time for sleep. Nothing changes from day to day, save Winnie sinking a little deeper into the Earth with each rotation of the clock. Yet even when she recedes up to her chin in the quagmire, Winnie still manages to chirp her tagline: "Oh this is a happy day." What else can one do in the midst of a literal recession? Through Sept. 25 at Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA. Phone: 800-494-8497. Web: http://www.washingtonshakespeare.org
The tragedy of Benghazi, where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, seemed a cut-and-dried story in the days after a mob attacked the State Department's mission in eastern Libya. Today, the public knows that those early administration pronouncements were false.
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie and Britain's Prince Harry began a tour of New Jersey’s storm-damaged coastline, inspecting dune construction, walking past destroyed homes and shaking hands with police and other emergency workers.
The names of four American servicemen, formerly listed as MIA, are added to the wall of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Troops serving in Afghanistan go for months without the comforts of home and seeing loved ones regularly — something that can be felt more deeply on Mother's Day.
Reservists attached to the 459th Air Refueling Wing prepare at Joint Base Andrews, Md., for their upcoming deployment to southwest Asia.
State Department officials testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya.
The annual Blue Mass is held St. Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, D.C., to pray for those in law enforcement and fire safety and marking the beginning of National Police Week.
Photographs from the National Rifle Association's 142nd Annual Meetings and Exhibits in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.
The newest additions to the Washington Redskins report for rookie minicamp Sunday in Ashburn, Va.
The annual Cinco de Mayo celebration is held on the National Mall in Washington.
Wildfires wreak havoc in California as firefighters scramble to protect property — and lives.
The final piece of the spire is hoisted to the roof of One World Trade Center in New York, capping the tower at 1,776 feet.
Authorities arrested three more suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing case on charges that they removed suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s backpack and laptop from his dorm room three days after the April 15 attack in a bid to frustrate the investigation.
The names of Prince William County Police Officer Chris Yung and National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson are unveiled on the National Law Enforcement Memorial, Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington commemorates its 20th anniversary and pays tribute to Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans.
The annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner was held Saturday night at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
Five American presidents gather for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Head Stone Mason Joe Alonso shows the progress of repairs to the Washington National Cathedral after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011.
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