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Everyman Theatre opens up their 20th Anniversary season with their magical, fantastical, production of Shipwrecked! An Entertainment. The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougemont (As Told By Himself). From the brilliant mind of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Margulies comes this rip-roaring tale of high-seas adventures, complete with giant sea turtles, flying wombats, a man eating octopus and Queen Victoria herself. Shipwrecked! runs September 24 through October 24, offering performances Wednesday through Sunday.

Everyman Theatre opens up their 20th Anniversary season with their magical, fantastical, production of Shipwrecked! An Entertainment. The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougemont (As Told By Himself). From the brilliant mind of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Margulies comes this rip-roaring tale of high-seas adventures, complete with giant sea turtles, flying wombats, a man eating octopus and Queen Victoria herself. Shipwrecked! runs September 24 through October 24, offering performances Wednesday through Sunday.

In September, DC area theatres are filled with almost a dozen musical productions opening -- classics, family shows, and many wonderful plays being performed on our over 200 theatre venues. The humidity is finally melting away, and it's a perfect time to welcome the cooler weather and the colors of the Fall by making a trip to the Nation's Capital and catching a show or two or three. There are family shows with canines and rabbits, a Labor Day weekend theatre festival that's FREE, a new jazz musical with some of the area's most talented singers, and bugs and ants that swing on trapezes. Mr. Ripley is finally coming to town, while I'm hoping that all will be well at Shakespeare Theatre. Someone is trying to deal with a very troubling inch, a Bar-Mitzvah boy has to deal with his crazy family, spelling champions battle it out, and a beagle pilot takes flight. There's so much to choose from, so read on and see what's playing in September in this monumental town. Happy New Year to all my fellow Jewish lovers of the theatre!

Everyman's production of Two Rooms by Lee Blessing will close on Feb. 21,2010.

TWO ROOMS is a love story set in two rooms--one, a cell in Beirut where a man is held prisoner, another, in the home of his wife who waits for his return home.

Everyman's production of Two Rooms by Lee Blessing is now in previews and opens officially on Friday, January 22nd. Directed by Artistic Director Vincent Lancisi, Two Rooms is in many ways a love story. It speaks to how much we are capable of enduring for those we care the most about.

Vaudeville comes alive...as well as 'Rebecca'-esque portraits, werewolves, vampires, mummies, backstage camels, and more as the Everyman Theatre presents 'The Mystery of Irma Vep'.

Round House Theatre Bethesda will present THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, a world premiere commissioned by the organization, September 9-October 4.

Round House Theatre Bethesda will present THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, a world premiere commissioned by the organization, September 9-October 4.

There are two things you should know about me: I am a musical theatre lover, and I love to schmooze with actors and composers. I am very fortunate to live in the DC area where our theatre community is growing by leaps and bounds. There are so many productions opening in September in DC, Maryland and Virginia theatres, my head is spinning trying to figure out which ones I will see.

Round House Theatre Bethesda will present THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, a world premiere commissioned by the organization, September 9-October 4.

Everyman Theatre announces the 2009/2010 Season. Subscriptions are on sale now. Whether you are re-newing your subscription or becoming a subscriber for the first time, Everyman has something for Everyone!

Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard appears to be a simple story, but is so much more; the issues, conflicts and passions burst in color, like a cherry orchard in bloom, on the stage.

This is not the first time I've seen productions I've enjoyed better at the Everyman Theatre than on Broadway. Sure, Doubt on Broadway won the Tony Award for Best Play, Cherry Jones received the Tony for Best Actress in a Play, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, but I found the play lacking and unenjoyable.

WHO: Everyman Theatre WHAT: And a Nightingale Sang WHEN: Through April 29th. Weds and Thurs at 7:30PM, Fri and Sat at 8PM, Sat and Sun at 2:30PM. No performance 04/28 at 8PM; Added performances 04/10 at 7:30PM and 04/27 at 11:30AM. HOW MUCH: $20 - $30. Go to www.everymantheatre.org or call 410-752-2208

Ford's Theatre will kick off the holiday season with its annual production of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas on November 15th.