D.C.'s secret export: theater

As word of mouth steadily grew in early August and tickets started to fly out of Arena Stage's box office, Stacey Mindich knew that the musical she helped nurture, "Dear Evan Hansen," would have a life after Washington. A New York theater producer who had brought the project to Arena, Mindich watched the show catch fire with audiences as its creators refined and reshaped it during the inaugural summer run.