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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 ...
INSeries presents: Poppea
3/14 - 3/29/2025
The final part of IN Series’ Monteverdi trilogy, Poppea brings the composer’s most famous and audacious final opera of love, power, sex, and betrayal to ...
Your Name Means Dream
3/12 - 4/6/2025
Internationally acclaimed playwright José Rivera directs his profoundly intimate tragicomedy that asks what it means to be human as we embrace the technology of our future – and it embraces us. ...
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 ...
Kunene and the King
2/16 - 3/16/2025
South African actor, activist, and playwright John Kani (Black Panther, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead/The Island) stars in his story of Shakespeare’s unifying force. It’s a ...
The Dumb Waiter
3/7 - 3/23/2025
As two assassins wait for their victim, their boredom is broken by mysterious messages that stoke tension and fears about authority and obedience.
Blame It On Beckett
3/14 - 3/30/2025
Heidi Bishop is a wide-eyed dramaturgy intern, eager to better American drama. What she encounters instead is an endless stream of bad scripts by desperate ...
Juan Megna Trio
3/5
A George Mason University alumnus, Dewberry School of Music professor, and recipient of a Young Alumni Commissioning Award (’23), Juan Megna and Trio showcase musical ...
Come from Away
3/6
book: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; lyrics: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; music: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; dir: Christopher Ashley. World Premiere...
3:16
3/7
Burke United Methodist Church will host the premiere of 3:16, an opera performed by a talented cast under the baton of Maestro Janghyo Yoo. The ...
The Dog Project
2/26 - 3/7/2025
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The Metromaniacs
2/21 - 3/8/2025
Welcome to The Metromaniacs by David Ives -- a modern rendition of a hilarious French comedy. In 18th-century Paris, poets were the rock stars of the ...
Godspell
2/28 - 3/9/2025
Godspell was the first major musical theatre offering from three-time Grammy and Academy Award winner, Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, Children of Eden); and it took the world by ...
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2/21 - 3/9/2025
Triune Entertainment is thrilled to present "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!" “Sha la la, Joseph, you’re doing fine! You and your dreamcoat, ahead of ...
Les Miserables
2/26 - 3/9/2025
Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, Les Misérables, with glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery ...
Love and Vinyl
2/13 - 3/9/2025
A new play about browsing for records and romance in the digital age! Best friends Bogie and Zane visit their local record store and leave ...
For more than 30 years, The Peking Acrobats have revitalized Chinese acrobatics, fusing ancient athletic discipline with modern special effects to create a kaleidoscopic marvel ...
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JigJam
3/14
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, JigJam , “the best Irish group in bluegrass” (Irish American News), guarantees foot-stomping, heart-pounding feel-good tunes. The quartet ...
Cherish the Ladies
3/15
Kick up your heels with GRAMMY Award-nominated Celtic music sensation Cherish the Ladies in a rousing program of traditional Irish melodies and original arrangements. Celebrating ...
Insidious: The Further You Fear
3/14 - 3/15/2025
Brace yourself for the scare of a lifetime, as the world of Insidious jumps off the screen and into your theater seat with INSIDIOUS: THE ...
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
3/14 - 3/15/2025
Fairfax, VA-- STARS Performing Arts Company is proud to present our first dinner theatre production this March in the beautiful Grange Great Falls. Twins Viola ...
Dear Evan Hansen
3/11 - 3/16/2025
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Job
1/28 - 3/16/2025
A psychological thriller with a shocking and disturbing twist that will leave you breathless.
Kunene and the King
2/16 - 3/16/2025
A celebrated South African classical actor has just been given a career-defining role as King Lear and a life-changing diagnosis—and Lunga Kunene (John Kani) has ...
The Bedwetter - A Musical
2/4 - 3/16/2025
COMEDY LEGENDS AREN’T BORN. THEY’RE MADE…IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
The Bedwetter - a Musical
1/31 - 3/16/2025
Meet Sarah. She's funny. She's foul-mouthed. She's 10. Ten-year-old Sarah faces a new school, her parents’ divorce, and an embarrassing secret you’ll never guess (unless ...
Founded by D.C.-native Chloé Arnold, an Emmy Award-nominated tap dancer and choreographer, and protégé of Golden Globe winner Debbie Allen, Syncopated Ladies LIVE is ...
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