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Keegan Theatre's UNNECESSARY FARCE is the comedy we all need in these troubling times.

A compelling blend of obscure history and a story seemingly ripped from the headlines, SOVEREIGNTY is a fitting entry in this year's Women's Voices in the Theatre Festival.

4,380 Nights is essentially two different plays, which makes it often hard to follow due to the lack of cohesion, but there are still glimpses of a play in which the message of hope rings quietly over fear and hate.

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The Great American Songbook consists of the country's greatest popular songs and jazz standards - a staple of Americans' musical history.

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The Irish Tenors kick off Washington, D.

As a nation, we owe it to ourselves to ponder how men who advocated for liberty could also advocate for slavery.

NextStop Theatre Company, located near Reston Town Center, opens "Godspell" on March 1, 2018.

Playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker explores the contradictions between our founding fathers' ideals and the realities of freedom in America.

Mary Kathryn Nagle's daring new work Sovereignty makes its world premiere at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.

Led by the sensational Michael Urie, Director Michael Kahn has given us a Hamlet for our times.

In The Great Society, we follow Johnson as he seeks to pass his landmark legislative anti-poverty programs, the Great Society, while struggling to deal with a military quagmire in Vietnam and domestic strife over ongoing civil rights issues.

Synetic's latest work is taken from Kafka's novel THE TRIAL with elements borrowed from his other works, presented in the kinetic and bold theatrical style the 22-year old company has earned their renown.

Of the two dozen stages participating in the Women's Voices Theater Festival this year, the one for the 4615 Theatre Company in Silver Spring must be the smallest.

The view looks pretty good from a pair of platform shoes.

The National Theatre brings America's hottest dance company to its stage for one performance only today, January 24, 2018 at 7:30pm as it presents Travis Wall's SHAPING SOUND After The Curtain.

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Join pianist Brian Ganz this Valentine's Day weekend on Feb.

Composers and librettists were the stars Saturday night at The Kennedy Center's triple world premiere.

Washington Stage Guild had a hit last year with the 1940s Americana romance 'Last Train to Nibroc,' so it's natural to want to stage the sequel by Arlene Hutton featuring the same pair of actors as the appealing couple, Lexi Langs and Wood Van Meter.

The Wolves boasts an all-female cast and the lack of any male in a play set in the male-dominated world of sports is innovative.

5100 Films, 103rd Street Productions, Kampfire Films, Red Spear Productions and Writer/Director Alex Goldberg (Off Broadway's It Is Done) are pleased to announce the World Premiere of Goldberg's CLOSURE at the D.

Shakespeare's CYMBELINE may be named for the play's king, but his daughter Imogen is the real star of the tale, the center of the action.

Shakespeare Theatre Company is offering discounts to federal employees who were affected by the government shutdown.