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Washington National Opera (WNO) presents the seventh season of its acclaimed American Opera Initiative (AOI) with four world premieres from January 11-13, 2019, in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater.

Second City's SHE THE PEOPLE at Woolly Mammoth delivers some sorely needed cathartic joy in the heart of the nation's capital.

For many years now, the famed Cirque du Soleil has been combining the two worlds of circus and theater to create some spectacular productions.

For the third show of its season Around Town, Theater J brings Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning romantic comedy Talley's Folly to GALA Hispanic Theatre December 7 - 30.

There are certain theatrical presentations you can always depend on for sheer holiday joy at this time of year.

Timothy Douglas' production of Wilson's Gem of the Ocean is as rich an experience as you could possibly ask for; set at the turn of the twentieth century, it offers a lesson in the trials of Pittsburgh's African-American community at a pivotal time in the Hill district's history.

Casting has been announced for the Washington, D.

The 2018 DC Queer Theatre Festival is presenting performances of seven (7) ten minutes plays on Friday, December 7, 7:30pm and Saturday, December 8 3:00pm and 7:30pm at DC Arts Center at 2438 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009.

Arena Stage presents Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel's thought-provoking play Indecent.

Broadway's MOTOWN: The Musical and Award Winning Songstress N'Kenge brings HOLIDAY MAGIC to The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage Thursday 6:00PM.

Synetic Theater will present a new adaptation of 'My Father's Dragon' December 4, 2018 through January 6, 2019 at 1800 S.

Arena Stage presents Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel's thought-provoking play Indecent.

How far would you go to be with the one that you love? Sonya Kelly's autobiographical How to Keep an Alien, now being presented by Solas Nua, explores this question with warmth, humor, and a tour-de-force performance from DC acting goddess Tonya Beckman.

Some pieces of theater require your undivided attention because of some deep underlying message that the playwright doesn't want you to miss.

1st Stage's A Civil War Christmas, directed by Deidra Lawan Starnes with musical direction by Markus Williams, is a riveting musical helmed by a strong diverse cast of twelve actors and beautifully done production design.

National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces its 85th Rolling World Premiere (RWP): Herland by Grace McLeod.

There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites.

With a stellar cast and fantastic costumes and sets, 'Beautiful' serves as the perfect escape into a world of fun, music, and sentimentality.

Arena Stage celebrated opening night of Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel's thought-provoking play Indecent.

Arena Stage presents Corbin Bleu (Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical; In the Heights; Disney Channel's High School Musical) as Billy Crocker and Soara-Joye Ross (Les Miserables, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess National Tour) as Reno Sweeney in Cole Porter's madcap seafaring musical, Anything G

After a divisive election, and with a government shutdown looming next week, it's hard to think about what unites us.

There are some plays in the history of Broadway that you just scratch your head as to why they didn't have a longer run.

Coming soon to The DC Arts Center, Watergate.

This world premiere production invites audiences to experience the world of coin-operated laundromats by seeing a play in a coin-operated laundromat in historic, downtown Annapolis.

Operetta Wonderland: The Magic of Victor Herbert, directed by Brian J.