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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 ...

CONSTELLATIONS
CONSTELLATIONS
2/6 - 3/9/2025


In a swirling multiverse, star-crossed lovers travel through a myriad of experiences - from barbecue to ballroom dancing, bar-hopping to beekeeping. Follow this epic romance ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 door ...

The Acting Company: August Wilson’s Two Trains Running


The Acting Company returns with August Wilson’s Tony Award-winning play Two Trains Running. Set during the civil rights movement, the drama centers on Memphis Lee, ...

The Lake Effect
1/30 - 2/16/2025


"The Lake Effect" is a captivating drama that explores themes of family, identity, and forgiveness. Set against the serene backdrop of a lake house, this ...


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Review: PATTI LUPONE: A LIFE IN NOTES at Strathmore


by Mary Lincer - February 07, 2025

In the late 1960s (in her late 60s), cabaret étoile Mabel Mercer added the utterly goofy 'Wait 'til We're 65' (by Lerner & Lane) to her sets; when she was well past 50, Barbara Cook began including Harper & Zippel's wildly funny 'The Ingenue' to her shows, simultaneously sending up her rivals and ag...

Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at The Kennedy Center Opera House – February 4th


by Audrey Cahak - February 07, 2025

The excitement was overflowing in The Kennedy Center Opera House as the annual Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater program began. The audience was so heavily anticipating the start that they found every excuse to cheer — they even applauded the sponsor acknowledgement. ...

Review: NATIVE GARDENS at NextStop Theatre Company


by Hannah R. Wing - February 06, 2025

There isn’t anything quite like the dynamics between neighbors. You either are best friends with your neighbors, know them in passing, or they are strangers. In NextStop Theatre’s production of Native Gardens, written by Karen Zacarías and directed by Elena Velasco, Pablo (Gabriel Alejandro) and Tan...

Review: JOB at Signature Theatre


by David Friscic - February 06, 2025

A psychological game of “cat and mouse” between a therapist and a client carries the audience through the tensions wrought by technology run amok in the multi-layered and compelling play Job. Playwright Max Wolf Friedlich has written a play that is being presented in its first regional theatre produ...

Review: ESCAPE FROM THE ASYLUM at Washington Stage Guild


by Roger Catlin - February 05, 2025

The latest offering from Washington Stage Guild, “Escape from the Asylum: A Madcap Mystery,” is a sequel to the Patricia Milton play presented there last season, “The Victorian Ladies Detective Collective.”...

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...



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