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Lisner Auditorium is a theatre in Washington, DC.
Haydn's Armida, an opera seria set during the era of the Crusades, focuses on the psychological conflict between love and duty in a time of war. It retells the story of Torquato Tasso's Renaissance poem Jerusalem Delivered, in which the knight Rinaldo is lured into temptation by...
Massenet's Don Quichotte, based loosely on Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, blends themes of heroism, humility, comedy, and tragedy. Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn makes his WCO debut in the title role, joined by mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as La Belle Dulcinée and...
Bellini's Il Pirata is an early Romantic masterpiece in the bel canto style, set in Sicily during the 13th century, telling the story of an exiled nobleman turned pirate, his long-lost love, and his rival. The opera features a quintessential mad scene and soaring melodies...
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Woody Guthrie's classic songs have never sounded better than in this epic folk concert in an abandoned streetcar station. See what our critic had to say.…
A veritable whirlwind of events, contrivances, and literal storms brought Lord Byron, his physician John William Polidori, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Mary’s stepsister, Claire Clairmont to the Villa Diodati mansion at Lake Geneva, Switzerland.…
What would you do if you knew that your newly-found significant other had only a 100 days to live? Hundred Days, a heartfelt musical about living life to the fullest is having its Washington DC regional premiere at The Keegan Theatre though November 15.…
What did our critic think of WHERE DEAD WOMEN GO TO DANCE at Theatre Prometheus?…
Adventure Theatre MTC begins it’s 75th anniversary season in rare form with the World Premiere of Beatrice Likes The Dark. The show is based on the book of the same name by April Genevieve Tucholke and is adapted for the stage by the multi-talented Dani Stoller.…
Bittersweet poignancy permeates underneath and amidst the charismatic and subversive musical that is Maybe Happy Ending ---now playing at the National Theatre. This totally involving musical is suffused with numerous creative, surprising twists and subplots by insightful writers Will Aronson and Hu…
What did our critic think of CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM: THE MUSICAL at Imagination Stage?…
This inventive and stirring play by Hannah Khalil about the power of storytelling to change and save lives is playing at Spooky Action Theater’s residence at Universalist National Memorial Church in Washington DC through October 18.…
Anytime I attend a theatrical presentation there is a chance that I won’t know what to expect going in. When attending a concert there is usually more certainty. You know who the artists are and you at least have an idea of what you might hear.…
It may be the case that any theatrical work dealing with political or social themes gains an added level of immediacy and urgency by virtue of being staged in or near Washington, DC. That's certainly the case with ExPats Theatre's new production 'Coming to America: an Immigrant Cabaret.' Now sho…
50 YearsMummenschanzSat, Oct 22, 8pmLisner AuditoriumThe legendary Swiss mask theater troupe celebrate their golden anniversary with classic sketches like The Clay Masks, The Toilet Paper Faces, The Pipe Creature, and more.
Join master illusionist Ivan Amodei on an epic journey to discover the secrets of life in his brand new stage show SECRETS & ILLUSIONS. Set on the dark and deserted streets of Paris, you’ll enter the legendary Louvre Museum, where an enchanting musical muse escorts you through...
Please join Maestro Luke Frazier and the American Pops Orchestra for their inaugural main stage concert, a tribute to the Gershwins at the George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium on Friday, October 16 at 8:00 PM. Stairway to Paradise: A Gershwin Spectacular features the...
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Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (10/17-12/06) |
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Frida...A Self Portrait Shakespeare Theatre Company Klein Theatre (10/08-11/08) |
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Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (10/09-10/18) |
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The Score Shakespeare Theatre Company (9/11-10/25) |
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Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret ExPats Theatre (9/30-10/18) |
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Monsters of the Villa Diodati Creative Cauldron (10/08-11/01) |
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Some Like It Hot Bernard Family Theatre, Olney Theatre Center (9/18-11/08) |
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Stonewall's Bust The Writers Center (10/09-10/25) |
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Th Royale by Marco Ramirez Flying V (10/12-10/31) |
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Les Misérables Olney Theatre Center (11/05-1/31) |
