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Recent Discounts: Spotlight: MARJORIE PRIME at Prologue Theatre, Spotlight: MASON DANCE COMPANY at Center for the Arts at George Mason University, Spotlight: CHICKS IN HEAVEN at Creative Cauldron, Spotlight: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Harmon Hall...
Chicks in Heavem
4/11 - 4/28/2024
When four friends come together in a rural southwest Virginia town for a reunion, it's a happy gathering filled with remembrance and ritual. But when ...
Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return
5/9 - 6/9/2024
Book & Lyrics by Gustavo Ott Original Musical & Lyrics by Mariano Vales Directed by Mariano Caligaris Music Direction by Walter "Bobby" McCoy Choreography by ...
Chicks in Heaven
4/11 - 4/28/2024
A "Bold New Voices" Premiere When four friends come together in a rural southwest Virginia town for a reunion, it's a happy gathering filled with ...
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
3/15 - 4/28/2024
Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country ...
Unknown Soldier
3/29 - 5/5/2024
Unknown Soldier
3/29 - 5/5/2024
Cleaning out her grandmother’s home, Ellen Rabinowitz discovers the photograph of an anonymous soldier tucked away in a box of keepsakes. And so begins Unknown ...
Unknown Soldier
3/29 - 5/5/2024
Cleaning out her grandmother’s home, Ellen Rabinowitz discovers the photograph of an anonymous soldier tucked away in a box of keepsakes. And so begins Unknown ...
They're Playing Our Song
4/3 - 5/12/2024
Riverside is thrilled to announce that "They're Playing Our Song" will be opening on April 3, 2024 running though April 12, 2024. This is one ...
They're Playing Our Song
4/3 - 5/12/2024
Just in time to celebrate spring, Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents They’re Playing Our Song from Wednesday, April 3 through Sunday, May 12, ...
Little Shop of Horrors
3/15 - 5/18/2024
Little Shop of Horrors is a nonstop blast, sci-fi horror comedy, love story and rock musical that has become one of the most treasured pieces ...
Jesus Christ Superstar
5/17 - 5/19/2024
Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production of the iconic musical phenomenon returns to the stage. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air ...
With Marissa Jaret Winokur, Laura Bell Bundy and Kerry Butler Saturday, June 8, 7 p.m. $75/$60 senior/$50 MCC tax district residents VIP $100/$85 senior/$75 MCC ...
Momia en el Clóset (Mummy in the Closet)
5/9 - 6/9/2024
With tantalizing lyrics and the seductive allure of tango, waltz, and salsa, this wicked musical seamlessly blends history and fantasy. Follow the afterlife of Eva ...
Bye Bye Birdie
6/7 - 6/15/2024
The classic, lighthearted satire of the music industry! When it’s announced that Elvis-style heartthrob Conrad Birdie is being drafted into the army, teenage girls across ...
The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence
6/6 - 7/14/2024
The Wizard of Oz
5/22 - 7/14/2024
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts is off to Oz to see the Wizard! "The Wizard of Oz" will run from Wednesday, May 22 through ...
American Psycho
6/22 - 7/15/2024
AMERICAN PSYCHO: A Monumental Experience. Based on the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis and 1991 movie starring Christian Bale, this dark musical, with music ...
Miss Nelson is Missing!
6/20 - 8/10/2024
The fifth graders of Smedley Elementary School’s Room 207 are not just badly behaved–they’re the “worst kids of all!” No matter what their sweet and ...
MJ
8/13 - 9/8/2024
The music. The moves. The icon. Now, the unparalleled artistry of the greatest entertainer of all time comes to the DMV as MJ, the multi ...
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
4/9 - 10/6/2024
Journey back to 1959 for an unforgettable rendezvous with Lady Day herself—the incomparable Billie Holiday. Featuring classics such as “God Bless the Child” and “Strange ...
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
9/18 - 11/10/2024
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to bring to life the two time Tony Award winner musical "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical." This ...
Riverside Christmas Spectacular
11/20 - 12/29/2024
One of everyone's favoite shows returns to the Riverside stage for the perfect Christmas experience. Enjoy the excitement, memories, and joy of Christmas as our ...
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Review: THE ILLUSIONISTS at Opera House/Kennedy Center
by Mary Lincer - April 25, 2024
Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages, The Illusionists brings the fun of magic and the magic of fun at a time when a little voluntary, recreational misdirection sounds like a great idea. Indeed, through the magic of a big screen and a little camera, The Illusionists have solved the problem ...
Review: VENUS AND ADONIS at Taffety Punk Theatre Company
by Jackson Malmgren - April 23, 2024
What did our critic think of TAFFETY PUNK THEATRE COMPANY'S VENUS AND ADONIS at Taffety Punk Theatre Company?...
Review: PAN AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S TODO TANGO at Kennedy Center
by Hannah R. Wing - April 22, 2024
On Saturday, April 20, 2024, PASO brought their program, Todo Tango, an intimate and fiery evening of tango to the Kennedy Center. ...
Review: DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DANCE COMPANY at Kennedy Center's Family Theater
by Emily Berger - April 21, 2024
This new work featured three episodes in Asian American history....
Review: A JUMPING-OFF POINT at Round House Theatre
by David Friscic - April 17, 2024
An exploration of what constitutes the writer’s role and ownership of material, issues of representation in the arts, racial politics and the messiness of friendship and caring are all threshed out in Inda Craig -Galván’s play A Jumping-Off Point. Now being presented at the Round House Theatre, this...
Review: AN UNBUILT LIFE at Washington Stage Guild
by Roger Catlin - April 18, 2024
It’s the painting Girl with a Flute, long attributed to Vermeer, that adorns the program cover of the Washington Stage Guild’s world premiere production of “An Unbuilt Life.” ...
Review: DISTILLATION at Solas Nua
by Roger Catlin - April 17, 2024
You meet in the hotel lobby and go up the elevator in two groups of 10 to the fourth floor. Once assembled there, you’re led to a community room where you take your seat around a table covered in clumps of black earth that we’ll soon come to learn is peat. Irish peat, from the bogs. Three hundred po...
Review: CHICKS IN HEAVEN at Creative Cauldron
by Jake Bridges - April 15, 2024
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by Rachael F. Goldberg - April 15, 2024
'Unknown Soldier' is a beautifully performed show with a fascinating exploration of memory, love, and loss, but its main flaw is that it is a show seeking out answers to a mystery it not only fails to resolve, but further convolutes at every turn. While there’s truth in that, it’s also a little diss...
Review: ISLANDER at Olney Theatre Center
by Itai Yasur - April 14, 2024
Now on tour, a new musical makes landfall at Olney Theatre Center with a fantastical song worthy of our attention...
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