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4373 Mason Pond Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Ford's Theatre

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Ford's Theatre

by Aidan O'Connor · September 18, 2026

Come From Away at Ford’s Theatre recounts one such echo on that fateful day in Newfoundland, Canada – the northeast tip of North America. Digging into a vast array of individual stories from the day, this production is equal parts moving, humanizing, and at times even humorous.…

Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Round House Theatre

Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Round House Theatre

by Roger Catlin · September 17, 2026

Amid August Wilson’s ambitious and towering 10-play American Century Cycle, each one representing a different decade in the Black experience, “Ma Rainey’s Black Botton,” set in 1920s blues recording studio, is perhaps most dynamic.…

Review: VENUS at Woolly Mammoth

Review: VENUS at Woolly Mammoth

by Morgan Musselman · September 16, 2026

Written by Steve Yockey (HBO’s The Flight Attendant and Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives) and directed by Reggie D. White, Woolly Mammoth's new Artistic Director, VENUS is wonderfully of the moment, full of all our modern anxieties, peculiarities, and humor, but at its core are timeless questions a…

Review: SOMETHING WONDERFUL: BROADWAY'S LEADING LADIES at Signature Theatre

Review: SOMETHING WONDERFUL: BROADWAY'S LEADING LADIES at Signature Theatre

by Elliot Lanes · September 15, 2026

Cabarets are always a bit of a crap shoot depending on the performer’s theme and choice of material. Signature Theatre’s current cabaret offering is a prime example of what happens when the performer and the material are in perfect sync. Take the immeasurable talents of Tracy Lynn Olivera, add a…

Review: A BEAUTIFUL BLUE MORNING SKY at The Keegan Theatre

Review: A BEAUTIFUL BLUE MORNING SKY at The Keegan Theatre

by Roger Catlin · September 13, 2026

Besides the massive geopolitics of it all, the terror attacks also jolted individual emotions , almost to a person. We dealt as a nation with loss, felt empathy, a degree of hopelessness and a welling of national pride and determination as a way to endure and persevere.…

Review: GARBO: THE ACTOR WHO SAVED THE WORLD at GALA Hispanic Theatre

Review: GARBO: THE ACTOR WHO SAVED THE WORLD at GALA Hispanic Theatre

by Roger Catlin · September 8, 2026

The world premiere production kicking off the 51st season at GALA Hispanic Theatre, “GARBO: The Actor Who Saved the World,” is not, it turns out, about Greta at all. Rather, it’s about somebody else far fewer people have heard of, who was working roughly the same time — World War II to be sp…

Past Shows

115 total · showing 31–40

An Evening with Lea Salonga

An Evening with Lea Salonga

Sep 28

Tony and Olivier Award-winning singer and actress Lea Salonga headlines the 2024 ARTS by George! benefit concert, performing songs she has made famous throughout her extraordinary four-decade career. Born in the Philippines, Salonga originated the lead role of Kim in the West...

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Music of Joy and Peace

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Music of Joy and Peace

Sep 15

Jeffrey Siegel, the popular virtuoso pianist, returns for his Keyboard Conversations® concerts with commentary. In Music of Joy and Peace, Siegel showcases the gorgeous and uplifting music by four beloved composers Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and more. “Siegel’s...

Brian Ganz: A Chopin Recital

Brian Ganz: A Chopin Recital

May 4

Pianist, scholar, internationally celebrated pianist, and devoted champion of Frédéric Chopin, Brian Ganz has illuminated the Polish Romantic era composer throughout his career. Since 2011, Ganz has partnered with the National Philharmonic on a multi-year performance project...

Bamberg Symphony with Hélène Grimaud

Bamberg Symphony with Hélène Grimaud

Apr 27

The Bamberg Symphony—one of Germany’s premier orchestras—debuts at the Center for the Arts in a program inspired by New Yorker music critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist Alex Ross’s recent book Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music. It explores Richard Wagner’s...

The Okee Dokee Brothers

The Okee Dokee Brothers

Apr 21

Calling all bluegrass and American roots music fans to join around the “campfire” with the GRAMMY Award-winning duo The Okee Dokee Brothers. Long before the pair won five Parents’ Choice Awards, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing grew up as childhood friends in Denver, Colorado...

Small Island Big Song

Small Island Big Song

Apr 20

Right before Earth Day, join Small Island Big Song for a moving concert experience combining music, spoken word, and stunning projections to showcase unique oceanic grooves and soulful island ballads, while shining a light on the devastating effects of global warming on these...

Martha Graham Dance Company

FeaturedMartha Graham Dance Company

Apr 13

The revolutionary Martha Graham Dance Company—the oldest modern dance ensemble in the country—returns to the Center for the Arts with a program that showcases the company’s legacy through iconic classics and new work. The evening opens with a special performance of one of...

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Three Great Romantics

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Three Great Romantics

Apr 7

Experience heartwarmingly gorgeous and colorful musical gems from three popular Romantic- era composers—Grieg, Tchaikovsky, and Brahms—with the masterful storyteller and pianist Jeffrey Siegel. Three Great Romantics delights the ears, as Siegel plays short characteristic pieces...

Mutts Gone Nuts

Mutts Gone Nuts

Apr 6

Prepare to be bow-wowed! Canines and comedy collide in Mutts Gone Nuts when husband and wife duo Scott and Joan Houghton return to the Center for the Arts and unleash their troupe of four-legged friends for a dog-thrilling extravaganza like no other. The show includes some of...

Trinity Irish Dance Company

Trinity Irish Dance Company

Mar 24

“Elevate, engage, empower.” That is the mission of Chicago’s boundary-pushing, genre-defying Trinity Irish Dance Company. The internationally praised company brilliantly fuses traditional Irish step dance with contemporary movement for a high octane, syncopated experience that...

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Lincoln Theatre (9/30-9/30)
GARBO: EL ACTOR QUE SAVÓ AL MUNDO (Garbo: The Actor Who Saved The World) in Washington, DC GARBO: EL ACTOR QUE SAVÓ AL MUNDO (Garbo: The Actor Who Saved The World)
GALA Hispanic Theatre (9/03-9/27)
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play in Washington, DC Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (10/09-10/18)
Special Event: ARTS By George!: Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra in Washington, DC Special Event: ARTS By George!: Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra
Center for the Arts (10/03-10/03)
The Second-Best School Shooting in Washington, DC The Second-Best School Shooting
NextStop Theatre (9/17-10/11)
Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret in Washington, DC Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret
ExPats Theatre (9/30-10/18)
Some Like It Hot in Washington, DC Some Like It Hot
Bernard Family Theatre, Olney Theatre Center (9/18-11/08) VIDEOS
Stonewall's Bust in Washington, DC Stonewall's Bust
The Writers Center (10/09-10/25)
A Christmas Carol – 2026 in Washington, DC A Christmas Carol – 2026
Ford's Theatre (11/19-12/31)
Million Dollar Quartet in Washington, DC Million Dollar Quartet
Olney Theatre Center (6/30-8/22)