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Marjorie Prime
4/26 - 5/19/2024
This captivating drama explores human, and digital, interpersonal relationships and challenges our perceptions of memory, identity, and loss.
Shear Madness
10/4 - 6/30/2025
Figure out whodunit at this wildly popular record-breaking comedy. Audiences all over the world have spotted the clues and questioned the suspects amid much hilarity. ...
Frontieres sans Frontieres
4/25 - 5/19/2024
Frontieres sans Frontieres by Phillip Howze, directed by Elizabeth Dinkova. Featuring Frank Britton, Surasree Das, Lauren Davis, Jamil Joseph, Camilo Linares, Victor Salinas, Anna Takayo ...
Expecting
5/16 - 5/25/2024
Shauna and Robbie are expecting… different things. Shauna expects motherhood won’t be easy. Robbie can’t wait to be a dad. Then she arrives. Encountering financial ...
Problems Between Sisters
5/8 - 6/16/2024
Two pregnant sisters—one visual artist, one con artist—converge on a remote family cabin in Vermont. Jess races to finish her long-awaited solo show; Rory sees ...
The Elephant in the Room
6/1 - 6/23/2024
“One-Woman Wonder” Priyanka Shetty’s THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM is a witty, dark comedy about just your typical Indian metalhead and software-engineer-turned-actor who must navigate ...
Is God Is
6/13 - 7/14/2024
In this fierce and funny drama, follow impassioned twin sisters as they go on an epic adventure across America to exact righteous revenge on the ...
The Art of Care
10/31 - 11/24/2024
One of the most profound experiences we all share is how we care for, and are cared for by, others. Created from interviews and interactions ...
cullud wattah
4/3 - 4/27/2025
It is 2016, and it has been 936 days and counting since Flint, Michigan has had clean water. Third-generation General Motors employee Marion finds herself ...
Andy Warhol in Tehran
5/29 - 6/29/2025
In 1976, pop artist Andy Warhol travels to Tehran to paint a portrait of the Shah of Iran’s wife. Amidst taking in the Crown Jewels ...
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by David Friscic - May 14, 2024
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Funny Girl
Kennedy Center [Opera House] (6/25 - 7/14) | |
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Marjorie Prime
Prologue Theatre (4/26 - 5/19) | |
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Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return
GALA Hispanic Theatre (5/9 - 6/9) | |
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Pasión y Fuego: The Music of Spain
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (6/15 - 6/15) CONCERT
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Back to the Future: The Musical
Kennedy Center [Opera House] (7/23 - 8/11) | |
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cullud wattah
Mosaic Theater (4/3 - 4/27) | ||
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The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence
Arena Stage (6/6 - 7/14) | |
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Macbeth The Film
Shakespeare Theatre Company at Sidney Harman Hall (5/17 - 5/19) | |
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Mamma Mia!
Kennedy Center [Opera House] (8/13 - 9/1) | |
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