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Data
Data
10/31 - 12/15/2024


Data  is Matthew Libby's intriguingly suspenseful and relevant new play that takes you behind the locked doors of Silicon Valley. Its protagonist is Maneesh, a ...

Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile
11/30 - 12/29/2024


In Ken Ludwig's thrilling adaptation of Agatha Christie's  Death on the Nile , Hercule Poirot becomes entangled in a web of deceit and desire aboard ...


"The Bedwetter - A Musical" is a heartfelt and comedic production set to open on February 13, 2025, at Arena Stage. With performances running until ...


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STEP AFRIKA!’S MAGICAL MUSICAL HOLIDAY STEP SHOW to be Presented at Arena Stage Photo
STEP AFRIKA!’S MAGICAL MUSICAL HOLIDAY STEP SHOW to be Presented at Arena Stage


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 12, 2024

Arena Stage will present the return of D.C.’s favorite holiday tradition, Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets....

Arena Stage Receives Grant of Support from The Mellon Foundation Photo
Arena Stage Receives Grant of Support from The Mellon Foundation


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 30, 2024

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has received a transformative two-year grant of $1,500,000 from the Mellon Foundation. Learn more!...

Cast Set for John Leguizamo's World Premiere THE OTHER AMERICANS at Arena Stage Photo
Cast Set for John Leguizamo's World Premiere THE OTHER AMERICANS at Arena Stage


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 19, 2024

Arena Stage has revealed the cast and creative team for the world-premiere drama THE OTHER AMERICANS, written by John Leguizamo. The Other Americans follows Leguizamo as Nelson Castro, a Colombian-Puerto Rican laundromat owner determined to give his family a better life—but at what cost? Learn how t...

Feature: A Landmark Production with a Landmark Actor: Remembering James Earl Jones' S Photo
Feature: A Landmark Production with a Landmark Actor: Remembering James Earl Jones' Star Turn in DC


by Elliot Lanes - September 11, 2024

This past Monday the theatre world lost someone who was arguably one of the finest performers of all time. Most people knew James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies or from the film Field of Dreams but for those of us who live and breathe theatre, we will always remember ...

Arena Stage Announces Free Community Day In September Photo
Arena Stage Announces Free Community Day In September


by A.A. Cristi - August 28, 2024

Arena Stage announced a free Community Day featuring performances, workshops, and family-friendly activities on September 15, 2024....

Arena Stage Names Judy Leventhal As Chief Financial Officer Photo
Arena Stage Names Judy Leventhal As Chief Financial Officer


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 09, 2024

Arena Stage appointed Judy Leventhal as the new Chief Financial Officer, bringing her extensive experience in financial management to the organization. Learn more about Leventhal and about the role!...

Arena Stage Adds THE BEDWETTER to 2024-25 Season Photo
Arena Stage Adds THE BEDWETTER to 2024-25 Season


by Stephi Wild - July 17, 2024

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has added The Bedwetter to its 2024/25 Season. Handpicked as part of Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif's inaugural season, The Bedwetter, the new musical based on comedian Sarah Silverman’s heartfelt memoir, will make its D.C. premiere next year....

Arena Stage Unveils New Sponsorship With 'Crown Castle' For Allen Lee Hughes BIPOC Fe Photo
Arena Stage Unveils New Sponsorship With 'Crown Castle' For Allen Lee Hughes BIPOC Fellowship


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 02, 2024

Arena Stage will launch a new sponsorship with Crown Castle for the Allen Lee Hughes BIPOC Fellowship, furthering their commitment to diversity in the arts....

Video: Watch 'Where in the World' from UNKNOWN SOLDIER Photo
Video: Watch 'Where in the World' from UNKNOWN SOLDIER


by Joshua Wright - May 02, 2024

Get a first look at 'Where in the World' from the new musical Unknown Soldier, having its D.C. premiere in Arena Stage’s Kreeger Theater, through May 5, 2024. ...

SPAMALOT, SWEPT AWAY And More Nominated for 2024 Helen Hayes Awards Photo
SPAMALOT, SWEPT AWAY And More Nominated for 2024 Helen Hayes Awards


by A.A. Cristi - January 22, 2024

Tonight, at a celebration honoring outstanding theatre on stages across the Washington area, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered at the ATLAS Performing Arts Center for Theatre Washington's announcement of nominees for the 40th Helen Hayes Awards. ...

Past Shows

The Other Americans
10/18 - 11/24/2024


The Other Americans is a world-premiere drama written and starring John Leguizamo, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The play follows Nelson Castro, a Colombian-Puerto Rican laundromat ...

The Other Americans
The Other Americans
10/18 - 11/24/2024


Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo stars as Nelson Castro, a Colombian-American laundromat owner grappling with a failing business and buried secrets. When his son Nick ...


Jaja's African Hair Braiding is a comedic play by Jocelyn Bioh set in a bustling Harlem salon, exploring themes of cultural identity and the immigrant ...

Jaja's African Hair Braiding


Step into the vibrant world of  Jaja's African Hair Braiding , a riotously funny yet deeply resonant play by Jocelyn Bioh. Set in the pulsating ...

Theatre Week Kickoff Fest


Explore everything #DCTheatre has to offer at the 2024 *Theatre Week Kickoff Fest*. Mix and mingle with leaders from your favorite theatres, explore their upcoming ...


Jaja’s African Hair Braiding is a vibrant exploration of community and culture set to open in September 2024 at Arena Stage. This production features insightful ...


Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced the appointment of Judy Leventhal as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 12, 2024. Leventhal ...

The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence


Using its hallmark style of percussive dance-theater, Step Afrika!’s  The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence  tells the story of one of the largest movements of people ...

Unknown Soldier
Unknown Soldier
3/29 - 5/5/2024


Cleaning out her grandmother’s home, Ellen Rabinowitz discovers the photograph of an anonymous soldier tucked away in a box of keepsakes. And so begins  Unknown ...

Tempestuous Elements
Tempestuous Elements
2/16 - 3/17/2024


Born into slavery in North Carolina, Anna Julia Cooper was a visionary Black feminist and educator in the late 19th/early 20th centuries, and only the fourth ...

Tempestuous Elements 
Tempestuous Elements 
2/16 - 3/17/2024


Born into slavery in North Carolina, Anna Julia Cooper was a visionary Black feminist and educator in the late 19th/early 20thcenturies, and only the fourth ...

Mindplay
Mindplay
1/19 - 3/3/2024


Drama Desk Award–nominated theatermaker and mentalist Vinny DePonto guides us on an entirely new theatrical event in which your thoughts play a leading role. A ...

Swept Away
Swept Away
11/25 - 1/14/2024


When a violent storm sinks their whaling ship off the coast of New Bedford, Mass., the four survivors face a reckoning: how far will they ...

Swept Away
Swept Away
11/25 - 12/30/2023


When a violent storm sinks their whaling ship off the coast of New Bedford, Mass., the four survivors face a reckoning: how far will they ...

Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show


The world’s first holiday show incorporating the African American tradition of stepping, Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show is a feast for the eyes and ears. You’ll laugh, you’ll ...

POTUS
10/13 - 11/12/2023

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive


When the Commander-in-Chief publicly calls his wife a “See You Next Tuesday,” all H-E-Double Hockey Sticks breaks loose. In this searingly funny Broadway hit,  POTUS ...

Cambodian Rock Band
Cambodian Rock Band
7/19 - 8/27/2023


It’s 2008 and a father-daughter duo are heading to Phnom Penh; she to prosecute a notorious Cambodian war criminal, he 30 years after escaping then-Communist ...

Exclusion
Exclusion
5/5 - 6/25/2023


A reluctant historian is thrown out of her element when her acclaimed book about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is optioned by a larger-than-life ...

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches


Tony Kushners Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning drama Angels in America is one of the great epic American plays of this past century. We meet ...

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches


Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning drama  Angels in America  is one of the great epic American plays of this past century. We meet ...

The High Ground
The High Ground
2/10 - 4/2/2023


More than a century after the Tulsa race massacre killed hundreds and destroyed the prosperous Greenwood District, a Black man in army garb still stands ...

The High Ground
The High Ground
2/10 - 4/2/2023


More than a century after the Tulsa race massacre killed hundreds and destroyed the prosperous Greenwood District, a Black man in army garb still stands ...

The High Ground
The High Ground
2/10 - 4/2/2023


A Black soldier stands his ground atop Tulsa’s Standpipe Hill, bearing witness to the destruction and desecration of Tulsa’s Greenwood District—but other forces, both friendly ...

Ride the Cyclone
Ride the Cyclone
1/13 - 3/5/2023


In  Ride the Cyclone , the lives of six teen chamber choir singers are cut short in a freak roller coaster accident. Stuck in the ...

Ride the Cyclone (Run Extended!)


In  Ride the Cyclone , the lives of six teen chamber choir singers are cut short in a freak roller coaster accident. Stuck in the ...

Ride the Cyclone
Ride the Cyclone
1/13 - 2/19/2023


"DELIGHTFULLY WEIRD AND JUST PLAIN DELIGHTFUL SHOW" — The New York Times In  Ride the Cyclone , the lives of six teen chamber choir singers ...

Sanctuary City
Sanctuary City
10/21 - 11/27/2022


Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok brings us the powerful story of two young DREAMers who fight to establish a place for themselves in America, the ...

Holiday
Holiday
10/7 - 11/6/2022


An up-and-coming Wall Street lawyer from a working-class family aspires to quit and enjoy life once hes made enough money, a prospect that doesnt thrill ...

My Body No Choice
My Body No Choice
10/20 - 11/6/2022


In My Body No Choice, Molly Smiths final directorial venture for Arena Stage, eight of Americas most exciting female playwrights share what choice means to ...

American Prophet
American Prophet
7/15 - 8/28/2022


Charles Randolph-Wright (Arena’s "Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story", Broadway’s "Motown the Musical") returns to Arena Stage with a ground-breaking musical about Frederick Douglass, ...

American Prophet
American Prophet
7/15 - 8/28/2022


Charles Randolph-Wright (Arenas Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story, Broadways Motown the Musical) returns to Arena Stage with a groundbreaking musical powered by Frederick ...

Drumfolk
Drumfolk
5/31 - 6/26/2022


Electrifying percussive dance fused with contemporary art forms fuels Step Afrika!’s latest production, "Drumfolk," inspired by the Stono Rebellion of 1739 and the Negro Act ...

Cambodian Rock Band
4/12 - 5/15/2022

Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can
3/4 - 4/17/2022


Humor, music and dance drive this rousing musical based on true events and a critically acclaimed film. See how charming, young con man Frank Abagnale ...

Change Agent
1/21 - 3/6/2022

August Wilson's Seven Guitars


The lives of seven friends are irrevocably changed when their old friend and blues singer Floyd Barton reappears with a chance of a lifetime. Infused ...

Celia and Fidel
10/8 - 11/21/2021


Can one woman change the mind of a man and the fate of a nation? Fidel Castros most trusted confidant and political partner, Celia Snchez, ...

Toni Stone
Toni Stone
9/3 - 10/3/2021


History is filled with trailblazers and Toni Stone was one of them. Considered a pioneer, Toni Stone is the first woman to play baseball in ...

Waiting Room: A New Film by Voices of Now Ensembles


Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce the premiere of Waiting Room: A New Film by Arena Stages Voices ...


Explore the turbulence of changing convictions, conflicting beliefs and the hidden possibilities obscured by ridged preconceptions. Told through the eyes of 17-year-old Ernestine, this is ...


Arena Stage’s popular masterclass series returns with eight virtual offerings for pre-professional and early-career adults in the fall. Each class will meet twice a week ...


Dancing through the Decades: Musical Theater Dance Fridays (10/2,10/9,10/16,10/23,10/30,11/6,11/13,11/20) 7 - 8 p.m. Participants: Grades 10 to Adult...


Acting Thursdays (10/1,10/8,10/15,10/22,10/29,11/5,11/12,11/19) 4 - 5 p.m. Participants: Grades 4 and 5...

Acting for the Camera
9/29 - 11/18/2020


Acting for the Camera Wednesdays (9/30,10/7,10/14,10/21,10/28,11/4,11/11,11/18) 4 - 5 p.m. Participants: Grades 7-9...


Bilingual Moving Stories Historias en movimiento Tuesdays (9/29,10/6,10/13,10/20,10/27,11/3,11/10,11/17) 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Participants: Pre-K and K students and their caregiver...


Musical Theater Dance Tuesdays (9/29,10/6,10/13,10/20,10/27,11/3,11/10,11/17) 4 - 5 p.m. Participants: Grades 5 - 8...


Voices of Now: Devising Film for Change Tuesdays (9/29,10/6,10/13,10/20,10/27,11/3,11/10,11/17) 4 - 5:30 p.m. Participants: Grades 7 - 11...


Arena Stage’s popular masterclass series returns with eight virtual offerings for pre-professional and early-career adults in the fall. Each class will meet twice a week ...


Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will partner with The Atlantic Council for the virtual premiere screening of VETERANS DAY 2020. This ...


Acting Tuesdays (9/29,10/6,10/13,10/20,10/27,11/3,11/10,11/17) 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Participants: Grades 2 and 3...


Arena Stage’s popular masterclass series returns with eight virtual offerings for pre-professional and early-career adults in the fall. Each class will meet twice a week ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It!


Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It! is a captivating call to action and look at the impassioned freedom fighter who became one of the most ...


Arena Stage’s popular masterclass series returns with eight virtual offerings for pre-professional and early-career adults in the fall. Each class will meet twice a week ...


Arena Stage hosts community conversations that provide an opportunity for members of the Washington, D.C., community to engage in civil discourse about social and political ...


Arena Stage’s popular masterclass series returns with eight virtual offerings for pre-professional and early-career adults in the fall. Each class will meet twice a week ...


Arena Stage’s popular masterclass series returns with eight virtual offerings for pre-professional and early-career adults in the fall. Each class will meet twice a week ...

Molly's Salon
10/1 - 10/8/2020


A weekly Salon featuring artists and leaders of Arena Stage. These half-hour-long weekly conversations will include some of our best thinkers and creative firebrands. Molly ...


Arena Stage’s popular masterclass series returns with eight virtual offerings for pre-professional and early-career adults in the fall. Each class will meet twice a week ...


adapt: Ursula Rani Sarma; music: David Coulter; dir: Carey Perloff . The Geary Theater:...

Dear Jack, Dear Louise
11/21 - 12/29/2019


When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a love story begins. U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, ...

Disney's Newsies
11/1 - 12/22/2019


They delivered the papers, until they made the headlines… Direct from Broadway comes NEWSIES, the smash-hit, crowd-pleasing new musical from Disney. Winner of the 2012 ...

NEWSIES
11/1 - 12/22/2019


Read all about it! Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the premiere of a brand new musical, NEWSIES, adapted for the stage from the ...

Right to be Forgotten
10/11 - 11/10/2019


The Internet never forgets. A young mans mistake at 17 haunts him online a decade later. Desperate for a normal life, he goes to extraordinary ...

Jitney
9/13 - 10/20/2019


Cheering audiences rose to their feet and critics throughout the Southland spun superlatives as the curtain fell on Fences, but that was only the beginning ...

We're All Going To F-ing Die!


This shit's all gonna end one day, so lets celebrate life right now. Join award-winning sex educator Twanna A. Hines for stories about overcoming anxiety, ...

Jubilee
Jubilee
4/26 - 6/2/2019


The world-renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers shattered racial barriers in the U.S. and abroad, entertaining kings and queens. For centuries, the bold a capella African American ...

Arena Stage Gala 2019


The 2019 Arena Stage Gala will be a night to remember....

Junk
Junk
4/5 - 5/5/2019


As the brilliant and calculating Robert Merkin prepares a hostile takeover of a family-owned manufacturing company, he is not concerned about crossing the line to ...

JQA
JQA
3/1 - 4/14/2019


Complicated, passionate and difficult, John Quincy Adams was a brilliant diplomat, ineffectual one-term President and congressman known for his eloquence, arrogance and integrity. This unique, ...

The Heiress
The Heiress
2/8 - 3/10/2019


Finding one’s voice is never easy. Socially awkward and plain Catherine Sloper has struggled her entire life under the disapproving and resentful gaze of her ...

Kleptocracy
Kleptocracy
1/18 - 2/24/2019


It is one of the most pivotal moments in history?—?the Soviet Union has collapsed. In the ensuing rampage of hyper-capitalism, the Oligarchs, a new class ...

Camp Open House


Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will host its second annual Camp Arena Stage Open House on Saturday, January 12, 2019 from ...

Indecent
Indecent
11/23 - 12/30/2018


In 1923, the Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s Yiddish drama God of Vengeance set the stage for an explosive moment in its theatrical history. The ...

Anything Goes
Anything Goes
11/2 - 12/23/2018


The SS American has set sail from NY to London. Aboard, the lovelorn Billy has stowed away on a mission to stop the marriage of ...

Turn Me Loose
Turn Me Loose
9/6 - 10/14/2018


This intimate and no-holds-barred drama chronicles Dick Gregory’s rise as the first Black comedian to expose audiences to racial comedy. His comedy spared no one ...

Dave
Dave
7/13 - 8/19/2018


From a Tony and Pulitzer Prize Award-winning creative team and adapted from the Oscar-nominated film, Dave tells the story of high school teacher (and presidential ...

Two Trains Running
3/30 - 4/29/2018


August Wilson; dir: Juliette Carrillo. Fichandler Stage:...

Hold These Truths
2/23 - 4/8/2018


Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre: Jeanne Sakata; dir: Lisa Rothe....

The Great Society
2/2 - 3/11/2018


Robert Schenkkan; dir: Kyle Donnelly. Fichandler Stage:...

Sovereignty
1/12 - 2/18/2018


Some wounds refuse to heal. Mary Kathryn Nagle’s daring new work, which debuts as the fourth production in Arena Stage’s Power Plays initiative, travels the ...

THE PAJAMA GAME
11/3 - 12/31/2017


The Pajama Game, a delightful musical brimming with romance, labor disputes, and catchy tunes, is the brainchild of the songwriting duo Richard Adler and Jerry ...

THE PAJAMA GAME
10/27 - 12/24/2017


The Pajama Game, a delightful musical brimming with romance, labor disputes, and catchy tunes, is the brainchild of the songwriting duo Richard Adler and Jerry ...

The Pajama Game PJ Party & C*CKtail Hour


Wear your pajamas and join Arena Stage and 94.7 Fresh-FM for a special cocktail hour after the performance of The Pajama Game – hosted by ...

The Price
10/6 - 11/5/2017


The Price is a 1968 play by Arthur Miller. It is a piece about family dynamics, the price of furniture and the price of one's ...

Native Gardens
9/15 - 10/22/2017


Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this funny world premiere by the author of The Book Club Play. Pablo, a ...

Smart People
4/14 - 5/21/2017


Lydia R. Diamond; dir: Seema Sueko....

A Raisin in the Sun
3/31 - 4/30/2017


Set on Chicago’s South Side, Lorraine Hansberry's celebrated play concerns the divergent dreams and conflicts in three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, ...

Intelligence
2/24 - 4/2/2017


Inspired by true events, Intelligence is a fictionalized account of a covert operative who, tasked with protecting the national security of the United States post-9/11, ...

Watch on the Rhine
2/3 - 3/5/2017


Four-time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl) leads an ensemble cast as Fanny Farrelly in Lillian Hellman's suspenseful masterpiece ...

Roe
1/12 - 2/19/2017


Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa ...

Carousel
10/28 - 1/1/2017


Regional Theater...

Carousel
10/28 - 1/1/2017


Regional Theater...


adapt: David Catlin; dir: David Catlin....


adapt: David Catlin; dir: David Catlin....


In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir, Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their ...


In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir, Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their ...

The Little Foxes
9/23 - 10/30/2016


Around the year 1900, a prosperous Southern family conflict centers around money and involving murder, theft and betrayal. Directed by David Swartz....

The Little Foxes
9/23 - 10/30/2016


Around the year 1900, a prosperous Southern family conflict centers around money and involving murder, theft and betrayal. Directed by David Swartz....


Charles Randolph-Wright, BeBe Winans; lyrics: BeBe Winans; music: BeBe Winans; dir: Charles Randolph-Wright....


Charles Randolph-Wright, BeBe Winans; lyrics: BeBe Winans; music: BeBe Winans; dir: Charles Randolph-Wright....

Disgraced
4/22 - 5/29/2016


Ayad Akhtar; dir: Timothy Douglas....

All the Way
4/1 - 5/8/2016


Robert Schenkkan; dir: Kyle Donnelly....

The Lion
2/26 - 4/3/2016


A true story of love, loss, family loyalty, and the redemptive power of music. Following an award-winning run at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, writer/performer ...


Anthony Giardina....

Sweat
1/15 - 2/21/2016


With warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets and laughs ...

Oliver!
10/30 - 1/3/2016


"Oliver!" is a heart-wrenching and captivating musical based on Charles Dickens' classic novel, Oliver Twist. The story transports you to the grimy underbelly of Victorian ...

Akeelah and the Bee
11/13 - 12/27/2015


Cheryl L. West; dir: Charles Randolph-Wright....


Allison Engel, Margaret Engel; dir: David Esbjornson....

Destiny of Desire
9/11 - 10/18/2015


Karen Zacar??as; dir: Jose Luis Valenzuela....

26 Pebbles


26 PEBBLES explores the power of community in the face of unimaginable tragedy. On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and ...

The Blood Quilt
4/24 - 6/7/2015


Welcome to the Jernigan Gals’ Quilting Corner. Gathering at their childhood island home off the coast of Georgia, four disconnected sisters meet to create a ...


Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their ...

The Originalist
3/6 - 4/26/2015


When a Harvard Law School graduate with decidedly different views takes on a clerkship with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, one of America’s most brilliant ...

King Hedley II
2/6 - 3/8/2015


August Wilson; dir: Timothy Douglas....

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
10/31 - 1/4/2015


Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” FIDDLER ...

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
11/28 - 12/28/2014


In the little village of Anatevka, Tevye, a poor dairyman, tries to instill in his five daughters the traditions of his tight-knit Jewish community in ...

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
11/14 - 12/28/2014


An exuberant tribute to the music of rhythm and blues pioneer and alto saxophonist, Louis Jordan, Five Guys Named Moe is an international sensation. Initially ...

Smokey Joe?s Caf
4/25 - 6/8/2014


Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller; dir: Randy Johnson....

Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber and Stoller


Leiber and Stoller, as much as anyone, virtually invented rock 'n' roll, and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying entertainment that illuminates ...

Camp David
3/21 - 5/4/2014


World Premiere March 21–May 4, 2014 in the Kreeger Theater Sixty-two miles north of Washington, D.C., nestled in Catoctin Mountain Park, lies the clandestine retreat ...


The Fichandler Stage: Bertolt Brecht; trans: David Hare; dir: Molly Smith....


As an internationally-renowned vocalist and star of stage and screen, Paul Robeson was one of the best known African American artists in the world in ...


November 29, 2013–January 5, 2014 in the Fichandler Stage Broadway and Arena Stage favorite Kenny Leon (every tongue confess) returns to direct a new adaptation ...

Tappin' Thru Life
11/15 - 12/29/2013


A co-production with Alliance Theatre and Cleveland Play House November 15–December 29, 2013 in the Kreeger Theater Broadway legend and Tony Award nominee Maurice Hines ...

Love in Afghanistan
10/11 - 11/17/2013


World premiere by Resident Playwright Charles Randolph-Wright October 11–November 17, 2013 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle From resident playwright Charles Randolph-Wright (Blue, Cuttin’ ...

The Velocity of Autumn
9/6 - 10/20/2013


Eric Coble; dir: Molly Smith....

Other Desert Cities
4/26 - 5/26/2013


The Fichandler Stage: - Jon Robin Baitz; dir: Kyle Donnelly....

The Mountaintop
3/29 - 5/12/2013


The Kreeger Theater: - Katori Hall; dir: Robert O'Hara....

Mary T. & Lizzy K.
3/15 - 4/28/2013


Writer-director Tazewell Thompson (dir. M. Butterfly, Yellowman) stitches together an insider's look at the unlikely friendship between First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and her talented ...

Metamorphoses
2/8 - 3/17/2013


The Fichandler Stage: - Mary Zimmerman ; dir: Mary Zimmerman....

Good People
2/1 - 3/10/2013


The Kreeger Theater: - David Lindsay-Abaire; dir: Jackie Maxwell....


The Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle: - music: Alexander Bakshi; dir: Stacy Klein....

My Fair Lady
11/2 - 1/6/2013


The Fichandler Stage: - Alan Jay Lerner; book: Frederick Loewe; lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner; dir: Molly Smith....

Pullman Porter Blues
11/23 - 1/6/2013


Pullman Porter Blues A world-premiere co-production with Seattle Repertory Theatre By Cheryl L. West Directed by Lisa Peterson In the Kreeger Theater November 23, 2012 ...

Long Day's Journey Into Night


Delusion and disenchantment have pitted the Tyrone family members against one another for decades. One fateful day, as their increasingly drunken hours slip by, they ...

Ah, Wilderness!
Ah, Wilderness!
3/9 - 4/8/2012


Return to an idyllic age of Americana in Eugene O’Neill’s unabashedly romantic and sweetly funny Ah, Wilderness! As the Connecticut-based Miller clan plans their traditional ...

Red
Red
1/20 - 3/4/2012


Goodman Theatre's production of RED. Winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Play, Red depicts the brilliant and passionate painter Mark Rothko facing the biggest ...

Elephant Room
1/20 - 2/26/2012

Equivocation
Equivocation
11/18 - 1/1/2012


OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL'S PRODUCTION OF EQUIVOCATION. In dark times, the most treacherous weapon is the truth. London, 1605: The worlds of King James and the ...

You, Nero
You, Nero
11/25 - 1/1/2012


As Rome collapses beneath Nero’s outrageous narcissism, a forgotten playwright tries to restore order through the art of theater in this “gloriously funny” (New York ...

The Book Club Play
The Book Club Play
10/7 - 11/6/2011


Ana is a Type A personality living in a letter-perfect world: a husband who adores her, the perfect job, and her greatest passion, Book Club. ...

Trouble in Mind
Trouble in Mind
9/9 - 10/23/2011


Written on the cusp of the Civil Rights Movement, Trouble in Mind explores the strained relationships of a newly integrated cast rehearsing a bold anti-lynching ...

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
7/8 - 10/2/2011


The best-selling show in Arena's 60 year history is back for 12 weeks only! This is not your mother’s Oklahoma!. Inspired by the toughness of ...

A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill
5/6 - 6/19/2011

Ruined
Ruined
4/22 - 6/5/2011


In war-torn Congo, Mama Nadi keeps the peace between customers on both sides of the civil war by serving everything from cold beers to warm ...

At Home at the Zoo
At Home at the Zoo
2/25 - 4/24/2011


American master Edward Albee has outdone himself once again with a riveting new drama that expands on The Zoo Story, the one-act that launched his ...

The Edward Albee Festival


In addition to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and At Home at the Zoo, Albee enthusiasts can experience a never-before-attempted feat: a festival featuring staged ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf


You’re invited for drinks with George and Martha. As wickedly hilarious today as when it first shocked audiences, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is an ...

The Chosen
The Chosen
3/8 - 3/27/2011


A Theater J Production An Award Winning Adaptation The much beloved story of two boys, two fathers, and two very different Jewish communities in Williamsburg, ...

The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
1/4 - 2/20/2011


In ancient Baghdad, a courageous young girl postpones her execution by weaving magical tales for the troubled king. Genies and jesters, lovers and thieves spring ...

Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
12/31 - 2/13/2011


Called “the most exciting individual in American theater” by Newsweek magazine, Anna Deavere Smith (Fires in the Mirror, Twilight: Los Angeles) explores the power of ...

Videos


Rigoletto in Washington, DCRigoletto
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater (12/7 - 12/15) Tracker
Leopoldstadt in Washington, DCLeopoldstadt
Shakespeare Theatre Company (11/30 - 12/29) Tracker
All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain in Washington, DCAll the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
STC's Klein Theatre (12/6 - 12/29) Tracker
Summer, 1976 in Washington, DCSummer, 1976
Studio Theatre - Milton Theatre (11/13 - 12/22)
Cherish the Ladies in Washington, DCCherish the Ladies
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (3/15 - 3/15)
The Acting Company: August Wilson’s Two Trains Running in Washington, DCThe Acting Company: August Wilson’s Two Trains Running
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (2/16 - 2/16)
Theater Terra: Rapunzel the Musical in Washington, DCTheater Terra: Rapunzel the Musical
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (4/6 - 4/6)
American Festival Pops Orchestra - Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season in Washington, DCAmerican Festival Pops Orchestra - Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (12/14 - 12/14)
Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DCCzech National Symphony Orchestra
Hylton Performing Arts Center (2/23 - 2/23)
Leopoldstadt in Washington, DCLeopoldstadt
Harman Hall - Shakespeare Theatre Company (11/30 - 12/29)
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