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Chez Joey
Chez Joey
Jan 30 – Mar 15, 2026 · Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, Washington

The year is 1940-something, and Chicago’s night scene is sizzling. Enter Joey Evans. A slick-talking, velvet-voiced songster with dreams bigger than the bandstand. But in...

On Beckett
On Beckett
Feb 11 – Mar 15, 2026 · Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington

Tony Award-winning actor and master clown Bill Irwin (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sesame Street) has spent a lifetime captivated by Samuel Beckett. With little more than a funny...

Eureka Day
Mar 11 – Apr 5, 2026 · Theater J, Washington

The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, acceptance, social justice. In weekly meetings Eureka Day’s five board members...

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
Feb 27 – Apr 5, 2026 · Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, Washington

Based on the real-life Scopes “Monkey” Trial, this electrifying courtroom drama pits two towering legal minds against each other in a small-town battle over science,...

Passion Plays | A Festival
Passion Plays | A Festival
Mar 6 – Apr 12, 2026 · Dupont Underground, Washington DC

IN Series, the Washington, D.C. based opera company known for bold, artist-driven opera theater will present PASSION PLAYS, a three-week festival of new musical theater...

A Good Day to Me Not to You
A Good Day to Me Not to You
Mar 27 – May 3, 2026 · Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, Washington

Drama Desk Award-winning actor Lameece Issaq teams up with two-time Obie-winning director Lee Sunday Evans on her wildly candid new play, which centers on the...

Wish World: a Bad Medicine Sketch Comedy Show
Wish World: a Bad Medicine Sketch Comedy Show
Mar 17 · DC Improv Comedy Club, Washington

Bad Medicine presents Wish World: a topsy-turvy, ensemble sketch comedy about wishes coming true and going wrong. Laugh hard, but beware what you wish for.

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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show

America’s LARGEST interactive true crime mystery dinner show is now playing in Washington DC! At The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show, you’ll tackle a challenging...

Bach: The Early Masses II
Mar 13 – Mar 15, 2026 · The Thirteen

Bach: The Early Masses II features The Thirteen as they explore two of Bach's early masterpieces: the Mass in A Major and the Mass in...

Chez Joey
Jan 30 – Mar 15, 2026 · Arena Stage

Chez Joey is a vibrant reimagining of the Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey, directed by Savion Glover and Tony Goldwyn. The production features a...

Pied Piper Theatre’s In The Burning Darkness
Pied Piper Theatre’s In The Burning Darkness
Mar 13 – Mar 15, 2026 · ARTfactory, Manassas

In The Burning Darkness by Antonio Buero-Vallejo is a powerful and moving drama set in a school for the blind, where optimism and despair collide. When...

Rockville Civic Ballet presents ''Don Quixote     
Rockville Civic Ballet presents ''Don Quixote"     
Mar 14 – Mar 15, 2026 · F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville

3 performances | March 14 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. | March 15 at 2 p.m. Join our intrepid adventurer on a journey through pranks,...

The Mad Ones
The Mad Ones
Mar 6 – Mar 15, 2026 · Three Notch Theatre, Lexington Park

Mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved... Samantha Brown balances on the edge of her future, car keys in hand. As she...

The Winds Beyond Chang’An
The Winds Beyond Chang’An
Mar 15 · Capital One Hall, Tysons

The Winds Beyond Chang’An is a sweeping Chinese Dance drama set in the Tang Dynasty that tells the story of a young noblewoman who rejects an...

Wish World: a Bad Medicine Sketch Comedy Show
Wish World: a Bad Medicine Sketch Comedy Show
Mar 17 · DC Improv Comedy Club, Washington

*Due to inclement weather this show has been postponed to March 17th*Bad Medicine has answered your wish. You know the one where you wished for...

Grand Kyiv Ballet presents Swan Lake   
Grand Kyiv Ballet presents "Swan Lake"   
Mar 19 · F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville

Grand Kyiv Ballet presents "Swan Lake"               ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY | Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m.Swan Lake is a...

Desi Comedy Fest | DC | Sat Mar 21 7pm and 9pm
Desi Comedy Fest | DC | Sat Mar 21 7pm and 9pm
Mar 21 · Studio Theatre, Washington

Desi Comedy Fest is the Biggest South Asian Comedy Festival in America. Our mission is to showcase the funniest South Asian comedians from around the...

Flying V Fights: The Sweet Science of Slamming
Flying V Fights: The Sweet Science of Slamming
Mar 21 · Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, Silver Spring

Flying V slams into 2026 with another Night of Flying V Fights for the ages!The newly crowned FLYING V FIGHTING CHAMPION - ABBY JANE is...

The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show

America’s LARGEST interactive true crime mystery dinner show is now playing in Washington DC! At The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show, you’ll tackle a challenging...

Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting
Mar 6 – Mar 21, 2026 · Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Arlington

What would you do if you had all eternity?Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure, but when she becomes unexpectedly entwined with the...

Atalanta
Mar 14 – Mar 22, 2026 · Traveling Players

Traveling Players presents a Dionysian Play Festival featuring three adaptations of Greek myths, running from March 14-22. Among the performances is Atalanta, a tale of...

Atalanta
Atalanta
Mar 14 – Mar 22, 2026 · Traveling Players Ensemble, McLean

Atalanta was born to run — but she barely had a chance to live!  Cursed and left to die, she is adopted by protective bears...

Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels
Mar 13 – Mar 22, 2026 · Prince William Little Theatre, Manassas

Dust off your leg warmers and break out the Aqua Net! Prince William Little Theatre is proud to present the Northern Virginia community theatre premiere...

The Odyssey
The Odyssey
Mar 14 – Mar 22, 2026 · Traveling Players Ensemble, McLean

After 10 long years of battle, Troy has fallen, and the Greeks are finally returning home.  Penelope waits for her husband Odysseus to return home,...

The Odyssey
Mar 14 – Mar 22, 2026 · Traveling Players

Traveling Players presents a Dionysian Play Festival showcasing three adaptations of Greek mythology, running from March 14-22, 2026, at their studio in Tysons Corner Center....

The Okee Dokee Brothers
The Okee Dokee Brothers
Mar 22 · The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda

Grammy Award-winning duo The Okee Dokee Brothers bring their adventurous love of the outdoors to the stage, crafting heartfelt Americana folk music that resonates with...

The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt
Mar 6 – Mar 22, 2026 · Journey Theater, Warrenton

Triune Entertainment will mount the premiere staging of the highly anticipated The Prince of Egypt in March 2026 in the Metro Washington D.C. area. This epic musical...

Women of Troy
Women of Troy
Mar 14 – Mar 22, 2026 · Traveling Players Ensemble, McLean

Ten years of battle at the walls of Troy end with the disappearance of the Greek armies and the appearance of a gift, a wooden...

Women of Troy
Mar 14 – Mar 22, 2026 · Traveling Players

Traveling Players presents a Dionysian Play Festival in Tysons Corner, featuring three adaptations of Greek mythology, including Women of Troy, directed by Jeanne Harrison. This...

DC Sketchfest
DC Sketchfest
Mar 25 – Mar 28, 2026 · The DC Arts Center, Washington

The District's Sketch Comedy Festival. Four nights of comedy fun featuring 30+ sketch comedy acts from DC, NYC, Chicago, and beyond.

The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show

America’s LARGEST interactive true crime mystery dinner show is now playing in Washington DC! At The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show, you’ll tackle a challenging...

Our Town
Our Town
Mar 26 – Mar 29, 2026 · Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester

26 - 29 Mar. 2026  OUR TOWNOur TownThursday, March 26 – Sunday, March 29Glaize Studio Theatre$18 Get TicketsThursday, March 26 at 7:30PMFriday, March 27 at 7:30PMSaturday, March 28...



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Latest Washington, DC Reviews


Review: INHERIT THE WIND at Arena Stage


by Roger Catlin - March 08, 2026

The sign of a good play is that it can ring out its truth through different eras and still seem utterly relevant to the moment. ...

Review: FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY THE MUSICAL at Adventure Theatre MTC


by Elliot Lanes - March 06, 2026

The third production of Adventure Theatre MTC’s 25/26 season Freckleface Strawberry The Musical keeps up the company’s winning streak with a show that features a stellar cast, a good message, superb direction, and more....

Review: The Washington Ballet’s GISELLE at Harman Hall


by Audrey Cahak - March 04, 2026

The Washington Ballet’s Artistic Director, Edwaard Liang, has added another ballet to his repertoire of re-imagined classics. Giselle through Liang’s eyes is a dramatic, whimsical rework which raises the stakes and strips back the stage to show the heart of the hauntingly stunning piece....

Review: THE SEA BEYOND THE OCEAN at The Kennedy Center


by Aidan O'Connor - March 01, 2026

How far would you go to keep your loved ones happy? To ensure the very thing that binds you when all else fails, has a satisfactory ending? In the Kennedy Center’s World Premiere Commission, The Sea Beyond the Ocean, 9-year-old Scooter (Ty’Ree Hope Davis) tests those limits to help his sick fath...

Review: RENT: IN CONCERT at Strathmore


by Mary Lincer - February 26, 2026

Yes, Rent opened on Broadway thirty years ago. Having seen its final preview with a rapt and frequently weeping audience, it was fun to share it with an audience that knows the score (and when to moo)....

Review: NOTHING UP MY SLEEVE at Round House


by Itai Yasur - February 19, 2026

Master illusionist Dendy gives you the gift of a stone in your shoe. See what our critic had to say....

Review: BEOWULF, A RETELLING at Taffety Punk Theatre Company


by Laurie Sara Oliver - February 18, 2026

“So I’ve got a story to tell you. It’s a good one.” Marcus Kyd paces the small stage of the black box theater at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop where the house has been arranged like a comedy club. ...

Review: LITTLE MISS PERFECT at The Olney Theatre Center


by Audrey Cahak - February 22, 2026

As part of their self-ascribed “year of world premieres,” Olney Theatre Center is debuting the profoundly peppy, wonderfully messy, coming-of-age celebration Little Miss Perfect, written by Joriah Kwamé. The musical has been in development for more than five years, originally based on the catch...

Review: Scena Theatre's KRAPP'S LAST TAPE a Moving Tribute to Beckett, Mortality


by Andrew White - February 17, 2026

Krapp’s Last Tape is Scena Theatre’s contribution to a mini-Beckett festival that has popped up in our midst this past week, and it’s a poignant reminder of how Beckett foresaw demise—his, ours, everyone’s—with a combination of wry humor, and a resignation that sometimes borders on relie...

Review: CHEZ JOEY at Arena Stage


by David Friscic - February 17, 2026

An embarrassment of theatrical riches, bordering on sensory, stimulating overload, is on display in an exceptionally bold and satisfying reimagining of the very influential musical Pal Joey—now reconceived as Chez Joey. The show still takes place in the 1940’s Chicago music/nightclub scene, but ...



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