THE SHOPLIFTERS in DC
While Canadian playwright Morris Panych has sneaked some messages about class inequality and the need to have something of one’s own into his play The Shoplifters, receiving its world premiere in the Kreeger Theater at Washington’s Arena Stage, it’s far less preachy than out-and-out funny. Panych also directed this comedy about a standoff between two women who want something for nothing and two men trying to st…