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Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood


Based on the book  Petite Rouge by Mike Artell, illustrated by Jim Harris Book, Music, and Lyrics by  Joan Cushing Directed by  Nathaniel Claridad Petite ...

Native Gardens
Native Gardens
1/23 - 2/16/2025


Tania, a PhD candidate and soon-to-be mother, and Pablo, her rising attorney husband, hope to fulfill their homeownership dreams when they purchase a house next ...

Season 18: CONSTELLATIONS and HEAD OVER HEELS


Season 18 from Constellation Theatre Company brings you A24 screenwriter  Nick Payne's  Constellations  and Broadway favorite  Head Over Heels , a musical featuring music from iconic ...

Fuenteovejuna
Fuenteovejuna
2/6 - 3/2/2025


By Lope de Vega (Spain) Version by Juan Mayorga Directed by José Luis Arellano U.S. PREMIERE  |  In Spanish with English surtitles   Fuenteovejuna stands ...

Virginia Opera: A Taste of Opera


Enjoy a soaring selection of operatic delights performed by talented members of Virginia Opera, the Official Opera Company of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Experience exciting, ...

Czech National Philharmonic


Experience the first U.S. tour of the Czech National Philharmonic —one of the leading and oldest symphony orchestras in the Czech Republic—for a performance of ...

Mamma Mia!


MAMMA MIA! is the ultimate feel–good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it's your turn to have ...

ANAHATA
2/8


The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra opens its 2025 season with a concert celebrating love in its many forms, conducted by Music Director Christopher Zimmerman. The program ...

Dylan Triplett


Dylan Triplett is a blues and soul prodigy from St. Louis, Missouri, and was raised in a musical family. He began singing at age nine ...

Elena Moon Park & Friends


Celebrate folk and children’s music from around the globe with Elena Moon Park & Friends. With an emphasis on East and Southeast Asia, plus original ...


Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood brings a lively twist to the classic fairy tale, following Petite Rouge, a duckling in a red hood, ...

AJAX
AJAX
1/17 - 2/9/2025


Scena Theatre presents an epic theatrical event. Join us for a modern reimagining of the famous tragedy AJAX by the Greek writer / philosopher, Sophocles. ...

Kindertransport
Kindertransport
1/31 - 2/9/2025


Rockville Little Theatre presents "Kindertransport" 6 performances | January 31 and February 1, 7 & 8 at 8 p.m. | February 2 & 9 at ...

Playboy of the Western World


A fresh take on J.M. Synge’s classic comedy about a young man who gains unexpected fame in a rural Irish village by claiming to have ...


Monty Python's Spamalot will be performed at Shenandoah Conservatory starting February 10, 2025. This production, featuring faculty and guest directors and choreographers from the original ...


The Akropolis Reed Quintet will perform at the Shenandoah Conservatory, showcasing their distinctive interpretations of contemporary chamber music. Recognized for pushing the boundaries of traditional ...

Cody Fry & Friends featuring LANY and Sleeping At Last


Cody Fry’s genre-bending fusion of pop and cinematic symphonic music has made him a global sensation—from American Idol, to TikTok, to the Grammys®, and now ...

An Evening with Tituss Burgess


Broadway funnyman and breakout star of  Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt  and  Schmigadoon!  Tituss Burgess takes on The Barns for two unforgettable evenings. Known for his unmistakable ...

The Acting Company: The Comedy of Errors


The Acting Company presents 2022 Tony Award nominee Christina Anderson’s delightful adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s earliest works, The Comedy of Errors. In this farcical ...

The America Play
The America Play
1/31 - 2/15/2025


DC Area Premiere! Perisphere will present  The America Play , by Suzan-Lori Parks, with performances from January 31-February 15, 2025.  The America Play  centers around ...

Versa-Style Street Dance Company: Rooted Rhythms


Named “Los Angeles’ Best Dance Troupe for Hip Hop Empowerment” by LA Weekly, Versa-Style Street Dance Company immerses its audience in the electrifying world of ...

Guac
Guac
1/25 - 2/16/2025


What do you do when you lose a son? Take it from Manuel Oliver, the father of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin Oliver: you have to ...

GUAC
GUAC
1/25 - 2/16/2025


What do you do when you lose a son? Take it from Manuel Oliver, the father of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin Oliver: you have to ...


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Review: SCHMIGADOON at Kennedy Center


by Elliot Lanes - February 04, 2025

During the pandemic, musical theatre lovers were hit with withdrawal. Apple TV took us out of our funk when Schmigadoon hit the air in July of 2021. The series took an original story line and based it around a specific genre of musical theatre. The result had us laughing and singing along for two se...

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Capital One Hall


by Pamela Roberts - February 02, 2025

The national tour of COME FROM AWAY is making a brief stop at Capital One Hall in Tysons – just five performances Friday, Jan. 31 to Sunday, Feb. 2 – so act quickly. This show is good medicine to soothe rough times....

Review: NATIONAL BALLET OF CHINA'S CHINESE NEW YEAR at Kennedy Center


by Emily Berger - February 01, 2025

Thus it was with great fanfare and symbolism that the National Ballet of China’s return to the Kennedy Center took place Wednesday, with performances of Chinese New Year, a reimagining of The Nutcracker story. ...

Review: GUAC At Woolly Mammoth


by Jake Bridges - January 29, 2025

What did our critic think of GUAC at Woolly Mammoth?...

Review: TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at National Theatre


by David Friscic - January 27, 2025

Twenty -six musical numbers (including two welcome encores) shine like mega-watt voltage in the dynamic musical story of family woes, domestic abuse and racism that are all overcome in tribute to the resiliency of the human spirit of survival in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical now playing at the Natio...

Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Round House Theatre


by David Friscic - January 23, 2025

The fine playwright Heidi Schreck has written an impassioned play about the many undercurrents and issues that percolate throughout the United States Constitution in the stimulating and invigorating production What the Constitution Means to Me. The constant tension between this cherished document as...

Review: The State Ballet of Ukraine’s SWAN LAKE at The Music Center at Strathmore


by Audrey Cahak - January 21, 2025

An Evening with Swan Lake, presented by Classical Arts Entertainment and performed by the State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine at The Music Center at Strathmore, was a fantastic flurry of feathers and flawless footwork, but it needed more finesse in the finale. ...

Review: SHAPESHIFT'S GREY SKIES BLUE at Kennedy Center's Family Theater


by Emily Berger - January 19, 2025

It’s a unique work for young audiences that treats those audiences like adults, ready to experience the joy and also grapple with the loss and confusion that come with adulthood. ...

Review: WHO CARES: THE CAREGIVER INTERVIEW PROJECT at Voices Festival Productions


by Roger Catlin - January 17, 2025

Health care systems and society in general has never adjusted to just how long people are living these days. It’s fallen largely to family members to do their best to help their elders stay at home as long as possible. The strained efforts have had a huge effect on all these volunteer caregivers, tr...

Review: OUT OF CHARACTER at Theater J


by David Friscic - January 16, 2025

The solo show Out of Character (now being produced as a joint production between Theater J and the Mosaic Theater) introduces us to the talented Tony award -winning actor and vocalist Ari’el Stachel (Broadway’s The Band’s Visit) ---Mr. Stachel also wrote this performance piece. The first part of thi...



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