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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 ...

for colored who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange


This groundbreaking "choreopoem" is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women. ...

Heartbreak Hotel
Heartbreak Hotel
1/8 - 3/2/2025


Elvis is in the building! Riverside Center will be rockin’ this winter as HEARTBREAK HOTEL takes center stage. From the creator of the Tony Award-winning ...

Godspell
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


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 ...

Job
1/28 - 3/16/2025

The Bedwetter - A Musical
The Bedwetter - A Musical
2/4 - 3/16/2025


COMEDY LEGENDS AREN’T BORN. THEY’RE MADE…IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
3/14 - 3/23/2025


An enchanting classic of children’s literature by Frances Hodgson Burnett is reimagined in this Tony Award winning musical by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman. Orphaned ...

A Year With Frog and Toad


Direct from Broadway comes the Tony Award-winning musical A Year With Frog and Toad, based on the beloved children’s books by Arnold Lobel. Featuring a ...

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
2/28 - 3/30/2025


adapt: Doug McGrath; dir: Doug Hughes. World Premiere...

Theater Terra: Rapunzel the Musical


Spend an enchanting afternoon with Rapunzel and her long, golden locks in this reimagined musical fairytale from Theater Terra . With the help of four ...

Professor Woland's Black Magic Rock Show


Music & Lyrics: Michael Pemberton , Lyrics: Andrea Pemberton , Book: Jesse Rasmussen & Elizabeth Dinkova . Written during the darkest days of Stalin’s reign, ...

Annie
Annie
4/11 - 4/20/2025


Back by Popular Demand! Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination ...

Bright Star
Bright Star
4/25 - 4/27/2025


Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and ’40s. When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home from World War II, he awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by their unique connection, Alice sets out on a journey to understand her past—and what she finds has the power to transform both of their lives. With beautiful melodies and powerfully moving characters, the story unfolds as a rich tapestry of deep emotion. An uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tightly in its grasp, Bright Star is as refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful....

Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
3/12 - 4/27/2025


Prepare for an unforgettable experience as Riverside Center for the Performing Arts proudly presents the groundbreaking rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar ! Written by the ...

FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT
4/3 - 5/4/2025


A bold World premiere comedy from Los Angeles-based playwright, Larissa FastHorse, about being whoever you want to be, even when it’s not who you are. ...

Chicago
Chicago
5/30 - 6/1/2025


CHICAGO is BACK IN TOWN and is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all ...

Legally Blonde The Musical
6/6 - 6/15/2025


A funny and fabulous musical where sorority star Elle Woods doesn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone ‘serious,’ ...


Anarchy. Ambition. Peacocks. Who was Hunter S. Thompson? He changed journalism. He defined counterculture. Equal parts philosopher, clown and genius, he was armed and dangerous ...

A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
6/12 - 7/20/2025


A world-premiere musical of the classic young adult novel Meg Murry's father was experimenting with time travel and the fifth dimension when he mysteriously disappeared. Now, Meg, ...

A WRINKLE IN TIME
6/12 - 7/20/2025


On a dark and stormy night…so begins the fantasy adventure sending three children across space and time. Along the way, they must rely on their ...

Dory Fatasmagory
Dory Fatasmagory
6/18 - 8/3/2025


Adapted for the stage by  John Glore Based on the book by  Abby Hanlon Music by  Deborah Wicks La Puma It's tough being the youngest! ...



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Review: THE OTHER CHILDREN OF THE SUN at The Kennedy Center


by Tavish Young - February 24, 2025

Just weeks after Trump deposed much of The Kennedy Center's board of trustees and replaced them with his supporters (who subsequently elected him as the board's chair) and off the heels of the White House's statement that 'The Kennedy Center learned the hard way that if you go woke,' The Other Child...

Review: KUNENE AND THE KING at Shakespeare Theatre Company


by Rachael F. Goldberg - February 24, 2025

'Kunene and the King' is a captivating and moving examination of character and society. It also feels particularly timely for American audiences to explore, while helping us all connect a bit better by urging us to truly see each other....

Review: Washington Ballet's TRANSCENDANCE at The Kennedy Center


by Emily Berger - February 22, 2025

What did our critic think of THE WASHINGTON BALLET'S TRANSCENDANCE at Kennedy Center?...

Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS Now Playing at Creative Cauldron


by Jake Bridges - February 22, 2025

What did BroadwayWorld's critic think of STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Creative Cauldron? Learn more about the production here, and read the review. STEEL MAGNOLIAS runs from now until March 9, 2025....

Review: IN THE HEIGHTS at Signature Theatre


by Jackson Malmgren - February 20, 2025

In Washington Heights, Usnavi (Ángel Lozada) sings to us about life in the neighborhood while carrying out his day-to-day activities involved in operating his bodega (“In the Heights”). There’s Sonny (Nicolas Garza), the young aspiring entrepreneur who helps Usnavi run things; Abuela Claudia (Rayann...

Review: THE FIGS at Rorschach Theatre


by Morgan Musselman - February 19, 2025

Theater-goers searching for something off the beaten path may find their curiosity satiated at Rorschach Theatre’s production of The Figs, on stage now through March 16. ...

Review: WAITRESS at Olney Theatre Center


by Ken Kemp - February 18, 2025

From the moment MALINDA appears on stage as Jenna in Waitress at Olney Theatre Center, it's clear that this is a role she was born to play. She lights up the stage, her beautiful singing voice and sublime acting leading a stellar & impressive cast....

Review: THE BEDWETTER at Arena Stage


by Dara Homer - February 15, 2025

Based on comedian Sarah Silverman’s memoir, The Bedwetter uses brazen humor to explore themes of broken family bonds, depression, and being different....

Review: ABT'S CRIME AND PUNISHMENT at Kennedy Center


by Emily Berger - February 14, 2025

American Ballet Theatre (ABT) regularly brings new story ballets to DC for their Kennedy Center performances and this year was no different. Crime and Punishment, based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, premiered in New York in the fall and is the first full-length ballet by a female choreographer ...

Review: CONSTELLATIONS at Constellation Theatre


by Brian Bochicchio - February 12, 2025

The title is not a typo.  Hey, what are the odds?  Could it be kismet, a prearranged theatrical landing spot, or totally happenstance? And if we cosmically reset the situation, would it happen again in the same way? Would we want it to happen the same way?...



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