Performing Arts
‘Catch Me If You Can’ fizzled on Broadway. A new Arena Stage production loses altitude in much the same way.
It takes “Catch Me If You Can,” the glib musical version of Steven Spielberg’s 2002 cinematic cat-and-mouse game, about 2 hours and 10 minutes to arrive at a moment of authentic emotion. It occurs, at last, when Hayley Podschun, perfectly cast as the story’s duped fiancee, Brenda, sings in “Fly, …