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Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood
12/11 - 2/8/2025
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 ...
Season 18: CONSTELLATIONS and HEAD OVER HEELS
2/6 - 6/1/2025
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 ...
All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
12/6 - 12/29/2024
*A beguiling bonanza of Shakespearean devilry. * Dubbed “The villain of Broadway” by Playbill, Tony Award-nominee and Grammy Award-winner Patrick Page (King Lear, Hadestown) has ...
Leopoldstadt
11/30 - 12/29/2024
A Jewish family grows and struggles over the course of nearly 60 years, beginning with their initial assimilation into Viennese culture, negotiating the outbreak of ...
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. ...
Dance Like There's Black People Watching
11/6 - 12/22/2024
From the creators of Black Side of the Moon and She the People, The Second City returns to Woolly Mammoth, now delivering a dose of ...
Magical Musical Holiday Step Show
12/13 - 12/22/2024
Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show returns to Arena Stage, blending the dynamic art of African American stepping with festive holiday cheer. Audiences can ...
STEP AFRIKA!’S MAGICAL MUSICAL HOLIDAY STEP SHOW
12/13 - 12/22/2024
Step Afrika's Magical Musical Holiday Step Show
12/13 - 12/22/2024
__"A raucous, lively, interactive performance"__ – *BroadwayWorld* Step back into the holiday spirit with the joyful return of Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show, ...
Summer, 1976
11/13 - 12/22/2024
It’s midsummer in the mid-seventies—the second wave of feminism is cresting somewhere while two very different women are thrown into one another’s orbit in college-town ...
Summer, 1976
11/13 - 12/22/2024
It’s midsummer in the mid-seventies—the second wave of feminism is cresting somewhere while two very different women are thrown into one another’s orbit in college-town ...
The Second City’s Dance Like There’s Black People Watching
11/6 - 12/22/2024
From the creators of Black Side of the Moon and She the People, The Second City returns to Woolly Mammoth, now delivering a dose of ...
Introducing the "Broadway Sitzprobe Experience" from House of Stars.
11/30 - 12/28/2024
According to ErmengardeStopSniveling, Seth Rudetsky, David Chase, and MUSE have teamed together to present a fake sitzprobe of Guys & Dolls in an effort to ...
All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
12/6 - 12/29/2024
*A beguiling bonanza of Shakespearean devilry. * Dubbed “The villain of Broadway” by Playbill, Tony Award-nominee and Grammy Award-winner Patrick Page (King Lear, Hadestown) has ...
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
12/20 - 12/29/2024
The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world–so when they crash Sunday school and demand parts in the Christmas pageant, the ...
Death on the Nile
11/30 - 12/29/2024
In Ken Ludwig's thrilling adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile , Hercule Poirot becomes entangled in a web of deceit and desire aboard ...
Laughs in Spanish
12/12 - 12/29/2024
Get ready to laugh out loud with "Laughs in Spanish" at 1st Stage from December 12 to December 29, 2024. This comedy show will have ...
Leopoldstadt
11/30 - 12/29/2024
A Jewish family grows and struggles over the course of nearly 60 years, beginning with their initial assimilation into Viennese culture, negotiating the outbreak of ...
Leopoldstadt
11/30 - 12/29/2024
A Jewish family grows and struggles over the course of nearly 60 years, beginning with their initial assimilation into Viennese culture, negotiating the outbreak of ...
Leopoldstadt
11/30 - 12/29/2024
Leopoldstadt, directed by Carey Perloff, is a powerful family drama by Tom Stoppard that spans nearly six decades of a Jewish family's life in Vienna, ...
Riverside Christmas Spectacular
11/20 - 12/29/2024
One of everyone's favoite shows returns to the Riverside stage for the perfect Christmas experience. Enjoy the excitement, memories, and joy of Christmas as our ...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - The Musical
12/20 - 12/29/2024
The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world–so when they crash Sunday school and demand parts in the Christmas pageant, the ...
A Christmas Carol
11/21 - 12/31/2024
Craig Wallace returns to Ford’s Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge in a new production of Charles Dickens's classic tale, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Michael Wilson ...
An Irish Carol
12/4 - 12/31/2024
An original work by Keegan favorite Matthew J. Keenan, AN IRISH CAROL is an homage to Dickens’ classic – told as only the Irish can. ...
& Juliet
12/17 - 1/5/2025
CREATED BY THE EMMY®-WINNING WRITER FROM “SCHITT’S CREEK,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks: ...
& Juliet
12/17 - 1/5/2025
Created by the Emmy Award®–winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet ...
ARTECHOUSE - Tingle Bells: An ASMR-Inspired Holiday Special
11/25 - 1/5/2025
Join us for a holiday celebration where tradition meets innovation, and the warmth of the holidays is reimagined through cutting-edge digital artistry. Let Tingle Bells ...
GALA Hispanic Theatre celebrates the annual Fiesta de los Tres Reyes Magos on January 5, 2025, featuring a vibrant blend of song, dance, and storytelling ...
Life of Pi
12/17 - 1/5/2025
Winner of three Tony Awards® and the Olivier Award for Best Play, the Broadway and West End sensation Life of Pi is “an exhilarating evening ...
Life of Pi
12/17 - 1/5/2025
Life of Pi is an the epic tale of adventure. This Tony Award® and Olivier Award-winning hit is “an exhilarating evening of theater” (The Wall ...
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Review: THE WASHINGTON BALLET'S 'THE NUTCRACKER' at Warner Theater
by Michela Dwyer - December 18, 2024
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Review: CELTIC WOMAN WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Kennedy Center
by Elliot Lanes - December 17, 2024
The holiday season is in full swing and this past weekend the holidays got a touch of the Irish as the international singing sensations Celtic Woman graced the stage of Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall with YOUR National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) for an evening of traditional holiday tunes with a sprink...
Review: JUNGLE BOOK at The Kennedy Center
by Itai Yasur - December 15, 2024
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Review: THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE at Prologue Theatre
by Jackson Malmgren - December 13, 2024
Prologue Theatre’s world premiere of THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE gratifies our desire to eavesdrop and hear the whole story of the couple sitting next to us. In a casual scene, the performance gives us a 90-minute glimpse into the life, struggles, and hopes for the future of the chatty neighboring table....
Review: ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE: HOW SHAKEPSEARE INVENTED THE VILLIAN at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by David Friscic - December 11, 2024
Actor and creator Patrick Page held the audience in the palm of his hand and took the audience (at the Klein Theatre of the Shakespeare Theatre Company) through a veritable “rogues’ gallery” of villains and devious- minded characters from the Shakespearean canon-- including murderers, the revengeful...
Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Olney Theatre Center
by Tavish Young - December 10, 2024
Quiet, cozy, and a little spooky, A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas, is a longstanding tradition for many, and could be a new one for local theatergoers. It's timeless, satiating, and teaches a classic Christmas lesson. While always timeless, its themes of gratitude, thankfulness, and ki...
Review: A WINTER GATHERING WITH KATHY MATTEA at Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - December 10, 2024
Kathy Mattea remembers the time when she was moping around the house, worried about making “an album nobody would hear.” It was 1993 and she was making a Christmas album minus the usual holiday standards or well-known carols. Santa was nowhere to be found; jingle bells, as subject or sound effect, w...
Review: A HOLIDAY POPS! WITH JESSICA VOSK AND THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Kennedy Center
by Elliot Lanes - December 10, 2024
One of my favorite holiday traditions is attending the yearly A Holiday Pops! concert at Kennedy Center. Hearing YOUR National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) under the always superb direction of Maestro Steven Reineke play some familiar holiday favorites mixed in with some newer pieces is a great way to g...
Review: DEATH ON THE NILE at Arena Stage
by Mary Lincer - December 09, 2024
With Ken Ludwig's adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile, Arena Stage's new Artistic Director, Hana S. Sharif, debuts as Director. The sumptuousness of the production may not quite balance with the slightness of the script, but as amusement during the holiday season, Death on the Nile off...
Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Shakespeare Theatre Comany
by Pamela Roberts - December 08, 2024
Leopoldstadt, a weighty and ambitious work by award-winning author Tom Stoppard, is on stage now at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. The modern epic traces a Viennese Jewish family from the zest and promise at the eve of the 20th century, through the devastations of the Great War and the annexation ...
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