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How To Be A Korean Woman
How To Be A Korean Woman
9/12 - 9/22/2024


WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY SUN MEE CHOMET DIRECTION AND DRAMATURGY BY ZARAAWAR MISTRY Back by popular demand after its sold-out January 2024 run.  How to ...

Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert


Disney Concerts and AMP Worldwide Present Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert national tour! Encanto lovers of all ages can sing along with their favorite GRAMMY ...

The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress
8/29 - 10/6/2024


Experience the epic journey of Christian as he traverses from the City of Destruction to the illustrious gates of the Celestial City. This adaptation of ...

Cracking Zeus
Cracking Zeus
9/19 - 10/13/2024


Have you ever considered what crack cocaine might do to the powers of a Greek god? And what would happen if Zeus’ newest offspring was ...

The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock
10/5 - 10/13/2024


 IN Series’ 2024-25 season, “Illicit Opera” features four innovative productions that continue to push the boundaries of music, theater, and drama. The season is dedicated ...

Exception to the Rule
Exception to the Rule
9/18 - 10/27/2024


Six Black students at the city’s worst high school wait out Friday detention, but no one can figure out how “College Bound Erika” ended up ...

The 22+ Weddings of Hugo
The 22+ Weddings of Hugo
9/5 - 9/29/2024


LAS 22+ BODAS DE HUGO – The 22+ Weddings of Hugo By Gustavo Ott  Directed by José Zayas September  5 - 29, 202 4 World ...

Comedy of Errors
Comedy of Errors
9/10 - 10/6/2024


Confusions collide in this hilariously illogical comedy. Lookalikes Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice, School of Rock on Broadway) and David Fynn (School of Rock on the West ...

Shear Madness
Shear Madness
10/4 - 6/30/2025


Figure out whodunit at this wildly popular record-breaking comedy. Audiences all over the world have spotted the clues and questioned the suspects amid much hilarity. ...

Sketch Night


Excited to share that September's  SKETCH NIGHT  is bringing you a lineup you won't want to miss! Prepare to be entertained by NYC's own musical ...

Alliance for New Music-Theatre: The Man Ray Project: Caesar & The Mannequin


Inspired by the Man Ray painting “Shakespearean Equation: Julius Caesar,” in the Phillips collection, Composer Andrew E. Simpson and Librettist Susan Galbraith have concocted a ...

Capitol Fools


Kick off the 2024–25 Hylton Center season with comedy the D.C.-area does best—politics! Former cast members and the co-writer of the long-running, beloved Capitol Steps ...

City on the River Concert


Theatre Washington returns to the DC Wharf Transit Pier to make waves with musical theatre showstoppers from a dozen of the #dctheatre season’s productions. The ...

How To Be a Korean Woman
How To Be a Korean Woman
9/12 - 9/22/2024


*How to Be a Korean Woman* is a hilarious, heartfelt, and personal telling of Korean-American adoptee Sun Mee Chomet‘s search for her birth family in ...

NSO Family Concert: Mo @ the NSO


With the help of the National Symphony Orchestra and all-star guests, New York Times best-selling author/illustrator Mo Willems introduces fun musical ideas, explores big emotions, ...

Oh My Heart, Oh My Home
Oh My Heart, Oh My Home
9/6 - 9/22/2024


The meteorite shook the ground as it landed, igniting a chorus of barking dogs. Neighbours reported a blast of flames, it felt as though the ...

Shrek The Musical
Shrek The Musical
9/20 - 9/22/2024


“Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek….” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a ...


Alexander Bernstein and Marika Bournaki will perform at the Shenandoah Conservatory, showcasing their impressive piano talents. This concert is part of the conservatory's World of ...


Sierra Hull will kick off the 2024-25 season at Shenandoah Conservatory with her exceptional talent as a bluegrass mandolinist and vocalist on September 27, 2024. ...

An Evening with Lea Salonga


Tony and Olivier Award-winning singer and actress Lea Salonga headlines the 2024 ARTS by George! benefit concert, performing songs she has made famous throughout her ...


An Evening with Lea Salonga features the renowned Tony and Olivier Award-winning actress and singer in a special performance at George Mason University’s Center for ...

POTUS: or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive


What could be more fitting than kicking off a season during an election year with a riotous satire? This Broadway hit about seven brazen women ...

Theatre Week Kickoff Fest


Explore everything #DCTheatre has to offer at the 2024 *Theatre Week Kickoff Fest*. Mix and mingle with leaders from your favorite theatres, explore their upcoming ...

WIT's Queer Variety Cavalcade Presents: Queers in Space!


"Beam me up, Butchie!" In the grand Queer tradition of Kirk and Spock, C-3P0 and R2D2, Lady Gaga’s ArtPop pronunciation of “Jupitah!” and the trailblazing ...

WIT's Queer Variety Cavalcade Presents: Queers in Space!


"Beam me up, Butchie!" In the grand Queer tradition of Kirk and Spock, C-3P0 and R2D2, Lady Gaga’s ArtPop pronunciation of “Jupitah!” and the trailblazing ...

Mario the Maker Magician


Mix magic with robotics, add hilarious slapstick, and voila—you have Mario the Maker Magician ! Mario infuses classic magic tricks and illusions with high-tech robotic ...

Rockville Little Theatre presents Veronica's Room


Rockville Little Theatre presents "Veronica's Room" 6 Performances | September 20, 21, 27 & 28 at 8 p.m. | September 22 & 29 at 2 ...

Shear Madness
Shear Madness
10/3 - 9/29/2024


Shear Madness is interactive, immersive and irresistible. This comedy whodunit keeps audiences laughing as they spot the clues, question the suspects and catch the killer. ...

Atlas Presents Akua Allrich: A Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba Tribute 2024


Since 2008, Akua Allrich has curated and performed a soul-stirring tribute presentation, honoring Nina Simone and Miriam Makeba. In her tribute concerts, rising vocalist, composer ...

Ballet Hispánico


Recognized as one of America’s cultural treasures, Ballet Hispánico celebrates the ever growing and multifaceted Hispanic diasporas through vibrant dance in this Hispanic Heritage Month ...

Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Jeff Hamilton


Join world-renowned jazz drummer Jeff Hamilton and audience favorite, Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, for an evening that places the musicality of the drum set front and ...

Noseda conducts Beethoven’s Fifth


__Carlos Simon__: Four Black American Dances __Richard Strauss__: Four Last Songs __Ludwig van Beethoven__: Symphony No. 5 You know the famous four-note opening—now, be there ...

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead


Nu Sass starts the celebration of our 15 years in DC with a return to our roots by presenting our first play with a new ...

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead


Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is Tom Stoppard's Tony award winning meta-play that pulls the titular background characters to center stage as they embark on ...


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Review: SOJOURNERS at Round House Theatre


by David Friscic - September 19, 2024

Nigerian ancestry, and American ideals clash, merge, and play off each other in Sojourners by playwright Mfoniso Udofia ---this deeply moving play is part of the epic nine-play Ufot Cycle which follows a Nigerian American family through many cycles of life and generations. This production, presented...

Review: Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming at Wolf Trap


by Elliot Lanes - September 18, 2024

Every once in a while, you see the billing for a concert and think to yourself “That’s an interesting combination”. This was my exact thought at Wolf Trap with Broadway superstars Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming on the same bill. Don’t get me wrong, their talent is not to be questioned. It’s more...

Review: THE COMEUPPANCE at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company


by David Friscic - September 18, 2024

Themes of identity, bonding, loss, self-realization and especially death permeate the numerous layers of Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ thought-provoking play The Comeuppance. This penetrating work explores so many layers that it is best to let the experience take you where it will. The high school reunion...

Review: COMEDY OF ERRORS at Shakespeare Theatre Comany


by Pamela Roberts - September 16, 2024

The Shakespeare Theatre Company opens its 2024-2025 season with a fun, frothy, beautifully rendered Comedy of Errors by the theatre’s “resident playwright” William Shakespeare and directed by the company’s artistic director, Simon Godwin. Godwin layers visual and aural punch to keep the pace lively ...

Review: ECHOES OF AMERICA at Kennedy Center


by Elliot Lanes - September 16, 2024

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) began their classical season this past Saturday evening in a very satisfying manner. The program was entitled Echoes of America and was conducted by the Artistic Director of The Washington Chorus Eugene Rogers....

Review: THE WAVERLY GALLERY at 1st Stage


by Mary Lincer - September 15, 2024

What did our critic think of THE WAVERLY GALLERY at 1st Stage?...

Review: JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING at Arena Stage


by Jake Bridges - September 15, 2024

What did our critic think of JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING at Arena Stage?...

Review: OH MY HEART, OH MY HOME at Studio Theatre


by Mary Lincer - September 15, 2024

What did our critic think of OH MY HEART, OH MY HOME at Studio Theatre?...

Review: Cirque Du Soleil's OVO at Capital One Arena


by Elliot Lanes - September 12, 2024

Cirque Du Soleil is one of those attractions that is not easily explained because it has elements from many entertainment genres. Their shows have a very theatrical quality to them while melding circus elements in as well. At their core is fine storytelling, really good production values and dazzlin...

Review: HEATHER HEADLEY with the National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center


by Elliot Lanes - September 10, 2024

When summer ends many people get depressed. Let’s face it, you can’t go to the beach or your private summer home for another year. However, you can look on the bright side of things knowing that the end of summer brings a new season of audible brilliance from the mighty National Symphony Orchestra (...



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