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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 ...

The Dumb Waiter
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.

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf


2nd Star Productions Presents: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Written By Ntozake Shange This groundbreaking "choreopoem" is ...

Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan


Join Actors Theatre at the ARTfactory for a heart wrenching, hilarious play…..Duncan Macmillan’s Every Brilliant Thing . In response to their mother’s attempted suicide, and ...

The Metromaniacs
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 ...

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night


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 ...

Wombat Drool
Wombat Drool
3/8 - 3/29/2025


Drawn from David S. Kessler’s almost forty years experience as a small mammal biologist at the National Zoo and his fevered imagination, Wombat Drool is ...

It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure in association with Studio Theatre


Disability rights…and wrongs.  PR firm “Rize” faces accusations of ableism, unleashing a whirlwind of spin, changing narratives, and PC-culture. Enter Ross, a Blind influencer with ...

The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
2/28 - 3/30/2025


Against the lavish backdrop of 1870s New York, where hypocrisy thrives and hidden passions simmer, Karen Zacarías brings Edith Wharton's timeless masterpiece,  The Age of ...

Your Name Means Dream
Your Name Means Dream
3/12 - 3/30/2025


Written and Directed by José Rivera STARRING NAOMI JACOBSON AND SARA KOVIAK  Internationally acclaimed playwright José Rivera directs his profoundly intimate tragicomedy that asks what it means to ...

A Room in the Castle
A Room in the Castle
3/4 - 4/6/2025


How does a woman survive the court of Denmark?  A  Room in the Castle  finds Ophelia, her handmaid, and her Queen Gertrude on the other ...

Murder at the Mansion presents Bingo B4 Murder


Murder at the Mansion presents "Bingo B4 Murder"             AT GLENVIEW MANSION 3 Performances | April 4 & 5 at 8 p.m. | April 6 ...

Testosterone
Testosterone
3/15 - 4/6/2025


Inspired by the Grimm brother’s “The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear”, German playwright Rebekka Kricheldorf re-imagines the tale of the ...

Your Name Means Dream
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. ...

All My Sons by Arthur Miller


Inspired by true events,  All My Sons  is story of a successful self-made businessman, Joe Keller, who sold the government defective airplane parts during WWII. ...

cullud wattah
cullud wattah
4/3 - 4/27/2025


It is 2016, and it has been 936 days and counting since Flint, Michigan has had clean water. Third-generation General Motors employee Marion finds herself ...

Fake It Until You Make It
Fake It Until You Make It
4/3 - 5/4/2025


In Larissa FastHorse's uproarious comedy, a collision of friends and foes within the non-profit sector sets the stage for a whirlwind of competition, chaos, and ...

Rockville Little Theatre presents The Foreigner


Rockville Little Theatre presents "The Foreigner" 6 Performances | April 25 & 26 and May 2 & 3 at 8 p.m. | April 27 and ...

 We Are Gathered
We Are Gathered
5/16 - 6/15/2025


A new play about queer love and forest magic from the Oscar-winning screenwriter of  Moonlight Wilson and Free met in a dark park searching for fun not ...

 We Are Gathered
We Are Gathered
5/16 - 6/15/2025


A new play about queer love and forest magic from the Oscar-winning screenwriter of  Moonlight Wilson and Free met in a dark park searching for fun not ...

Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh


Another DC Area Premiere! Co-artistic director Lizzi Albert will direct  Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh , by Joel Gross, which will run June 6-21, 2025.  ...

The Berlin Diaries
The Berlin Diaries
6/4 - 6/22/2025


By Andrea Stolowitz Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz opens the pages of her great-grandfather’s journal to discover a previously unknown genealogy in  The Berlin ...

Andy Warhol in Tehran
Andy Warhol in Tehran
5/29 - 6/29/2025


In 1976, pop artist Andy Warhol travels to Tehran to paint a portrait of the Shah of Iran’s wife. Amidst taking in the Crown Jewels ...



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Review: SHUCKED at The National Theatre


by Tavish Young - February 27, 2025

A real treat, and going soon, Shucked is a conventional but still fresh musical riding into town from Broadway on a tractor....

Review: DREW AND ELLIE HOLCOMB: MEMORY BANK TOUR at Lincoln Theatre


by Elliot Lanes - February 27, 2025

I first came to know the talents of Ellie Holcomb when my wife and I were on vacation in Nashville and saw her blow a hole in the roof at Ryman Auditorium. Her pixie like quality, superb vocals and true musicianship introduced me to a true talent in contemporary Christian music and beyond. Her singe...

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....



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