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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...
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,...
When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, Agnes and William, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the...
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...
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...
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.
*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" ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY | Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m.Swan Lake is a...
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 slams into 2026 with another Night of Flying V Fights for the ages!The newly crowned FLYING V FIGHTING CHAMPION - ABBY JANE is...
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...
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...
"It's like 30-Rock Live!"Built on cinematic writing and the unpredictability of live theater, Unofficial Late Night blends stand-up, sketch, improvisation, and character-driven comedy with the chaotic behind-the-scenes reality...
Atalanta was born to run — but she barely had a chance to live! Cursed and left to die, she is adopted by protective bears...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
The District's Sketch Comedy Festival. Four nights of comedy fun featuring 30+ sketch comedy acts from DC, NYC, Chicago, and beyond.
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...
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...
Don't miss the area premiere of Cricket Daniel's hilarious and poignant comedy The Lost Virginity Tour. Join us as four women bond during a road trip...
After its successful run at 2025 District Fringe, The H Twins, a new play by Hope Campbell Gundlah, returns to DC for its professional premiere,...
Written by Tony Award Winning playwright RUPERT HOLMESStarring Michelle Azar as Ruth Bader GinsburgDirected by Laley LippardSupreme Court Justice “RBG” welcomes a friend of the...
Be Our Guest at Disney’s newly reimagined 30th Anniversary production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the breathtaking musical filled with the romance and grandeur audiences...
After one shady deal too many, Hassan and Shirin's brother is waiting in his cell for his trial. For Shirin, successful and with a university...
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...
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by Mary Lincer - March 14, 2026
What did our critic think of THE LOST VIRGINITY TOUR at Best Medicine Rep?...
by Aidan O'Connor - March 12, 2026
Nostalgia is a funny thing. It catapults the ordinarily rational into webs of what-ifs and immobilizes presence in the now. But what if you could turn back time to fix that one regret or evaluate outcomes of disparate decisions. Would you do it, or would you choose to accept your past as part of you...
by Jackson Malmgren - March 12, 2026
Séamus Miller’s THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF KILLARNEY at Avant Bard Theatre threads staying true to “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” source material while creatively expounding upon it. A musical testament to resilience, Shakespeare himself would stand in line for a ticket....
by Andrew White - March 12, 2026
One of the most eagerly-awaited debuts will be Beth Kander's 'Best Line Wins,' a show dedicated to the lives and careers of two of America’s great comic treasures, Elaine May and Mike Nichols. Whether you grew up with their subversive acts back in the day, or whether you’re a newcomer, or a fan ...
by Doug Poms - March 09, 2026
What did our critic think of TREEMONISHA at Washington National Opera At Lisner Auditorium?...
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. ...
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....
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....
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...
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)....
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