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Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will end its four-week run of Clybourne Park, the newest work by Bruce Norris (playwright of The Unmentionables), directed by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's Artistic Director, Howard Shalwitz, on April 11th.

The Kennedy Center will end its production of Terrence McNally's The Lisbon Traviata on April 11th.

Edward Albee's first play, first performed in 1960, is brought to DCAC for the first time by the provocative Theatre Du Jour.

Edward Albee's first play, first performed in 1960, is brought to DCAC for the first time by the provocative Theatre Du Jour.

Through July 11th, the Lazy Susan Dinner Theater presents Gary Geld and Peter Udell's 1974 musical, Shenandoah.

Big band sound transforms the Lincoln Theatre into a Duke Ellington jazz club as Arena Stage presents Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, choreographed by and starring Maurice Hines (Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Uptown.

Join Maurice Hines and cast members of Arena Stage's Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies for the 18th Annual Arena Stage Benefit for Community Engagement: Swingin' with Sophisticated Ladies, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at the Lincoln Theatre.

Casting has been announced for the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of THE LIAR.

On Monday, April 5th, 30,000 people from all 50 states and DC will visit the South Lawn of the White House for this year's Easter Egg Roll.

First Lady Michelle Obama has invited the cast of GLEE to perform at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 5th.

Horton Foote's play, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, will begin performances at The Quotidian Theatre on April 16th.

Philadelphia Theatre Company announces that Tony Award-winning Walter Bobbie is taking over the direction of Golden Age at The Kennedy Center, running March 12 - April 4.

The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, nationally known for its interpretation of Stephen Sondheim musicals, celebrated its 20th anniversary season by presenting Sondheim's most popular musical SWEENEY TODD, directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer.

The Kennedy Center will end its run of Golden Age, a new play by Terrence McNally, on April 4th.

Ford's Theatre Society announced the spring and summer 2010 schedule for its popular History on Foot walking tours, which are guided by actors playing characters from Civil War Washington.

Signature Theatre, the current recipient of the Tony Award® for Regional Theatre, presents the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees by Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the acclaimed opera The Grapes of Wrath and the OBIE Award-winning Orpheus and Euridice, as well as the musicals My Life with Alberti

On Monday, April 5th, 30,000 people from all 50 states and DC will visit the South Lawn of the White House for this year's Easter Egg Roll.

Americans for the Arts, in conjunction with the Congressional Arts Caucus and 86 national co-sponsors, celebrates Arts Advocacy Day 2010 in which more than 400 grassroots arts supporters from across the U.

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC.

Those who assume a photographer has to be able to see, a dancer has to be able to walk, or a percussionist has to be able to hear are about to have their preconceptions challenged.

Master Class is Terrence McNally's homage to Maria Callas, world-renowned American-born Greek soprano.

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Libby Appel, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Artistic Director Emerita, will receive the Stephen and Christine Schwarzman Legacy Award for Excellence in Theater as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Plácido Domingo, presents the company premiere of Ambroise Thomas' rarely performed masterpiece Hamlet in seven performances, May 19 to June 4 at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company presents its annual Will on the Hill benefit at Sidney Harman Hall on Monday, April 26, 2010.