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The summer concludes with South Pacific, an ever-topical story of love in the time of war, and one of the most heralded musicals of all time.

National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, is pleased to co-present the 11th annual MFA Playwright's Workshop (MFAPW) in association with the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and

Signature Theatre's JELLY'S LAST JAM, directed by Signature Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Signature's La Cage Aux Folles, West Side Story) and choreographed by Jared Grimes (Broadway's After Midnight), runs August 2 - September 11 in Signature Theatre's intimate MAX Theatre.

Monumental Theatre Company's new production of URINETOWN proves a very timely look into politics, corporate control and crowd dynamics; however, some central problems cause the show and its company to struggle in their space.

The Keegan Theatre closes out its record-breaking 19th season with Martin McDonagh's brutally funny dark comedy, The Lonesome West.

You are cordially invited to go to hell … with Rorschach! As summer gives way to autumn, follow the goddess Persephone on her descent into the underworld and celebrate her crowning as Queen of the Dead.

Originally earning 11 Helen Hayes nominations and audience acclaim in 2014, Synetic Theater's silent 1920s-style take on TWELFTH NIGHT is re-staged this season - which is not a moment too soon.

New York's UCB Theatre, which grew out of a small group of comics you know in the Upright Citizens Brigade, now contains hundreds of performers you don't know putting on scores of different comedies, sketch shows, online shows and all manner of improv shows at what are now a handful of stages.

Bowie Community Theatre will present A TOMB WITH A VIEW by Norman Robbins.

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This fast moving, actor swapping, genre spanning, short play bonanza makes the theatre you demand - performed in the style of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, with a new play written every night! 8 actors.

The Jonathan Larson musical should not be missed.

Representatives from La-Ti-Do Productions and Winter's Lane Productions announced today that the two companies will be merging on August 1, 2016 resulting in the acquisition of La-Ti-Do Productions as a new program of the Winter's Lane Productions company.

Kennedy Center, in partnership with the Dizzy Feet Foundation and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, invites everyone to celebrate the art of dance as it hosts the Northeast's installment of National Dance Day on Saturday, July 30, 2016 from 1:00 p.

The long ride up the elevator to Studio Theater's Stage 4 is certainly rewarded in the regional premiere of Robert Askins' Broadway hit Hand to God.

Arena Stage presents BORN FOR THIS: THE BeBe Winans STORY, the heartwarming true story of six-time Grammy Award-winning icon BeBe Winans' journey to fame.

The summer in DC is hot, Hot, HOT! And Naked Girls Reading DC Presents Summer Blockbusters has no intention of cooling you off.

Are you the next Broadway or pop sensation? The Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA is hosting the 'Signature Voice' competition on July 23rd during the theater's annual Open House.

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Capital Fringe Festival's PLAY CUPID is a crowdsourced dating app in which we, the audience, decide who gets paired up as we watch the action unfold.

For those who think they can easily spot a liar (especially in this city), PERFECT LIARS CLUB returns to Capital Fringe Festival and offers an opportunity to pick one out of a lineup.

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Whether you share BeBe's upbringing and/or personal faith or not, it's impossible not to enjoy the music and talented vocalists in this show, which is reason enough to give it a chance.

As I scoured the Capital Fringe listings for 2016, two shows caught my interest.