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Washington, DC 20017

La Bohème
La Bohème
3/27 - 3/30/2025


Puccini’s La bohème is one of the most famous operas ever written, following the unforgettable story of two young, bohemian lovers in Paris. With a great love story comes a beautiful score, including arias like Musetta’s Waltz and ‘Yes, they call me Mimì’ (Si, mi chiamano Mimì). Four struggling bohemians – a poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher are living together in Paris, when one freezing Christmas Eve their lives are changed forever. When young poet Rodolfo meets seamstress Mimì, it’s love at first sight. But faced by the cruel realities of poverty and ill health, will the flame that burns between them flicker and die? Or will the timeless strength of their youthful passion withstand every trial and tribulation that life can throw at them? Our bohemians try to find their way, but are soon sharply awoken to the harsh realities of life… ...



Review: IT’S A MOTHERF**CKING PLEASURE At Woolly Mammoth


by Hannah R. Wing - March 13, 2025

It’s a Motherf**cking Pleasure, directed by Josh Roche, goes rapidly back and forth between a play and commentary (as well as a little bit of audience interaction) that addresses ableism, and this makes the fictional play hard to follow....

Review: A ROOM IN THE CASTLE at Folger Theatre


by Pamela Roberts - March 13, 2025

A Room in the Castle, by Lauren M. Gunderson, premiering at the Folger Theatre, is a fresh look at a story we thought we knew – and demands that we reconsider the tale from other viewpoints. The well-paced story is engaging and infused with humor....

Review: THE MARGRIAD, OR, THE TRAGEDY OF QUEEN MARGARET at Avant Bard Theatre


by Rachael F. Goldberg - March 13, 2025

With a stellar cast and a fantastic creative team, 'The Margriad' is a thoughtful exploration of power and those who are willing to give – and lose – everything in the pursuit of it....

Review: WOMBAT DROOL at Nu Sass Productions And Uncle Funsy Productions


by Jackson Malmgren - March 11, 2025

What did our critic think of WOMBAT DROOL at Nu Sass Productions And Uncle Funsy Productions?...

Review: DRAGONS LOVE TACOS at Adventure Theatre MTC


by Jennifer Muscato - March 10, 2025

What did our critic think of DRAGONS LOVE TACOS at Adventure Theatre MTC?...

Review: MULAN: A LEGEND REIMAGINED at Capital One Hall


by Emily Berger - March 10, 2025

Saturday evening’s performance of Mulan: A Legend Reimagined at Capital One Hall was a ninety-minute retelling of the classic Chinese folk story of the young woman who impersonates a soldier and ends up successfully defending her country. This dance-based version presented by Greater Washington Chin...

Review: RIVERDANCE 30: THE NEW GENERATION at The Kennedy Center Opera House


by Audrey Cahak - March 09, 2025

What did our critic think of RIVERDANCE 30: THE NEW GENERATION at The Kennedy Center Opera House?...

Review: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Arena Stage


by Mary Lincer - March 07, 2025

Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence was published about a week before she was able to vote for the first time in 1920.  The following year, she became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize.  Now, playwright Karen Zacarías has adapted Wharton's complex tragedy of manners into Arena's elegant...

Review: THE SCENARIOS at Studio Theatre


by David Friscic - March 05, 2025

The play The Scenarios successfully proves the fact that it is impossible to fit the messiness and vagaries of life into the role-playing scenarios (that are well-intentioned) that society often employs to help with remediation and beneficial effects. This World Premiere that is being presented by S...

Review: DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DANCE COMPANY at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company


by Audrey Cahak - March 07, 2025

Contemporary dance choreographer and company founder Dana Tai Soon Burgess produced the dance concert “An Asian American Dance Journey” for a three-day run at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. While it is the company’s 32nd year in production, it was their first year collaborating with and dancing...

Past Shows

The Rivals
The Rivals
2/20 - 2/23/2025


Set in fashionable Bath, The Rivals centers around the complicated relationship between Lydia Languish and Captain Jack Absolute. Guided by popular novels of the time, wealthy heiress Lydia desires to be swept away by the type of romantic love affair that she finds lacking in the social circles in which she moves. To woo Lydia, Jack Absolute disguises himself as the poor but passionate Ensign Beverley and steals her heart. However, Lydia is under the guardianship of the comical Mrs. Malaprop, who is determined that Lydia must make a good, practical marriage. Likewise, Sir Anthony Absolute is equally determined that his son, Jack, will marry well and increase his fortunes. Thus, Lydia and Jack are thrust together by their guardians, but Lydia maintains her determination to marry ‘Ensign Beverley’. Outside of her wishes for her niece, Mrs. Malaprop herself has fallen passionately in love with the younger Irish baronet, Sir Lucius O’Trigger. With the assistance of her maid, Lucy, she writes love letters to him under the pen name of Delia; however, he believes that he is courting the wealthy Lydia! Meanwhile, Lydia’s sensible cousin Julia faces marital issues of her own when her intended husband Faulkland refuses to accept her loyalty and faithfulness to him, choosing instead to constantly make problems where there are none. With confusion reigning supreme, the truth is eventually revealed and, despite initially spurning Jack Absolute for his deceit, Lydia agrees to marry her true love. Mrs. Malaprop, however, is not so lucky as Sir Lucius recoils in horror when his true correspondent is revealed....

The Elixir of Love
The Elixir of Love
3/21 - 3/24/2024


Nemorino is madly in love with Adina, but Adina feigns indifference to tease him. Over and over again, he professes his love to her, but ...

The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale
2/22 - 2/25/2024


The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare  Directed by Directed by M.F.A. Directing Candidate Jenna Place Polixenes, King of Bohemia, has been on a ninemonth visit to the court of his childhood friend Leontes, King of Sicilia, and his wife, Queen Hermione. Leontes becomes convinced (wrongly) that his heavily pregnant wife has been having an affair with  Polixenes. Leontes tries to persuade his most trusted courtier, Camillo, to poison Polixenes. Convinced of the queen's innocence,Camillo warns Polixenes and they depart for Bohemia together....

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
11/10 - 11/18/2023


The inspirational story, based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, follows an ebullient postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision....

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 We Are Gathered in Washington, DC We Are Gathered
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