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Written by Nia Akilah Robinson Directed by Heather Lanza Can classmates with opposite views on moving up in the world, learn to trust one another? ...

LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA (The House of Bernarda Alba)


Do not miss this contemporary staging of the modern classic La casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba) by Spanish playwright Federico García ...

Havana Hop
Havana Hop
2/14 - 3/7/2026


Join the Salsa & Hip-Hop Dance Party

Chez Joey
Chez Joey
1/30 - 3/15/2026


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
2/11 - 3/15/2026


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

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
2/27 - 4/5/2026


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, ...

Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can
2/26 - 3/1/2026


26 Feb. - 1 Mar. 2026  CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Catch Me If You Can Thursday, February 26 – Sunday, March 1 Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre $30  Get ...

25th Anniversary Tour of Patti LuPone Matters of the Heart


Three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone celebrates the 25th anniversary of Matters of the Heart in a one-night-only concert exploring love’s crimes, passions, and mysteries.

Wish World: a Bad Medicine Sketch Comedy Show


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.

New Comedy

Heart & Soul


A celebration of Black excellence in music! Come join GMCW’s inspirational ensemble, Seasons of Love, under the direction of GMCW assistant conductor Ronté Pierce, as they ...

Happy Days by Samuel Beckett
Happy Days by Samuel Beckett
1/29 - 2/22/2026


Winnie is inexplicably buried waist-deep in a mound of scorched earth in a bleak landscape, while nearby, her husband Willie dozes.

John Doe
John Doe
1/30 - 2/22/2026


People-avoider Zia suffers from anthropophobia, the fear of people. People-watcher Doe suffers from being dead. And naturally, only Zia can see him. Brought together by ...

Octet
Octet
1/14 - 2/22/2026


Eight people meet in a church basement and lock their phones in a box. This  a capella  chamber musical from Dave Malloy ( Natasha, Pierre, ...

RENT in Concert


Experience a full symphonic concert event performed with live cast celebrating Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking Tony and Pulitzer Prize Award winning musical  RENT in Concert!  This ...

Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile


Ann Talman brings her award-winning show Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of Her Smile to the Arts Club of Washington, Saturday, February 28 ...

Extreme Chopin
2/28 - 2/28/2026


Brian Ganz performs at the Music Center at Strathmore on February 28 as part of the "Extreme Chopin" series, marking one of the final concerts ...

Beale Street Puppets presents The Enchanted Mermaid


Once upon a time, our hero John Cobbler stumbled upon a hidden castle.  A beautiful maiden has been transformed into a mermaid!  Can John use ...


The Hothouse New Works Block Party returns to Theater Alliance in Washington, DC, from February 20 to March 1, 2026. This two-weekend festival will celebrate ...

The World to Come
2/2 - 3/1/2026


The World to Come, presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Theater J, is a world premiere play written by Ali Viterbi and directed by ...

Tambo & Bones
Tambo & Bones
2/12 - 3/7/2026


“ You thought you was gonna sing a song about racism   and change the world ” – Bones  Tambo and Bones find themselves in ...

The In-Between


Join us for a workshop presentation of Zachary Leo Harris's new contemporary musical about the season of becoming: when you are not who you were, ...

The Princess and The Pea: An Actors Theatre for Young Audiences Production


Prince John must find a princess to marry so that he can claim the throne. A masked ball could be the solution. But his stepmother–the ...

Between Riverside and Crazy
Between Riverside and Crazy
2/19 - 3/8/2026


Between Riverside and Crazy Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis Directed by José Carrasquillo February 19 - March 8, 2026 Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize ...

Little Miss Perfect
Little Miss Perfect
2/12 - 3/8/2026


Joriah Kwamé became a viral TikTok star with his song “ Little Miss Perfect ,”  which garnered millions of views and launched this new musical ...

Midiculous
Midiculous
2/24 - 3/8/2026


Midiculous Middle School. A laughably lopsided social “order” in which students are designated either Queen Bee, Jock, Geek, or Goth – and woe betide any ...

On Beckett
2/11 - 3/8/2026


Bill Irwin will present his one-man show, On Beckett, at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, offering an insightful and humorous tribute to the works of Samuel ...

Rent
2/6 - 3/8/2026


Compass Rose Theater and Anne Arundel Community College join forces to present the award-winning musical Rent from February 6 to March 8, 2026. This collaborative ...

Stereophonic
2/10 - 3/8/2026


David Adjmi’s Stereophonic zooms in on a music studio in the mid-1970s, where an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on ...

Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents The Elixir of Love


Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents "The Elixir of Love" 6 performances | February 27 & 28 and March 6 & 7 at 8 p.m. | ...

Visiting Mr. Green by Jeff Baron


Visiting Mr. Green  is a touching and humorous stage play by Jeff Baron that explores the power of human connection across generations and cultures. When ...

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 ...

Bach: The Early Masses II
3/13 - 3/15/2026


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
1/30 - 3/15/2026


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


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. ...


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Latest Washington, DC Reviews


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: 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 relief....

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 it h...

Review: SNAPSHOTS: A MUSICAL SCRAPBOOK at Creative Cauldron Stage


by Doug Poms - February 16, 2026

What did our critic think of SNAPSHOTS: A MUSICAL SCRAPBOOK at Creative Caudron Stage?...

Review: TAMBO & BONES at Spooky Action Theater


by Jake Bridges - February 16, 2026

With TAMBO & BONES, Spooky Action Theatre takes on a satirical and biting piece that refuses to play by the rules, whether it be of narrative, of genre, or of comfort. What starts as a minstrel show quickly mutates into a centuries-spanning interrogation of race, capitalism, and the hunger for auton...

Review: THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA at GALA Hispanic Theatre


by Jackson Malmgren - February 15, 2026

What did our critic think of THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA at Gala Hispanic Theatre?...

Review: THE WORLD TO COME at Woolly Mammoth


by Pamela Roberts - February 15, 2026

Friendship as Resistance in a Powerful World Premiere - The World to Come, a world-premiere co-production by Woolly Mammoth and Theater J, delivers powerful, honest performances and an intriguing story in an extraordinary, deeply touching production that shouldn’t be missed....

Review: ABT'S THE WINTER'S TALE at Kennedy Center Opera House


by Emily Berger - February 16, 2026

American Ballet Theatre, the country’s great ballet company of theatrical stars and story ballets, returned to DC this week to present Christopher Wheeldon’s retelling of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. A star vehicle with six leading roles, the ballet succeeds in delivering sumptuous dancing and l...

Review: ON BECKETT at Shakespeare Theatre


by Mary Lincer - February 14, 2026

What did our critic think of ON BECKETT at Shakespeare Theatre?...

Review: STEREOPHONIC at National Theatre


by David Friscic - February 13, 2026

The heightened reality replete with elongated pauses –(do people really wait this long in real life to answer one another?) that emanates from the stage of the Pulitzer- Prize and Tony -winning production of Stereophonic –now being produced in a touring /edited two hour and 50-minute version at the ...



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