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Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
1/23 - 2/15/2026


Bram Stoker’s iconic vampire tale takes on an outrageous new life in Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors — a madcap, laugh-out-loud comedy full of camp, lusty encounters, and hilarious ...

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 ...

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 ...

Romeo & Juliet & Their Friend Mario


a brand new hilarious and heartbreaking journey into the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (That just might be a comedy after all!)

Limited Tickets Remain New Play Washington DC Premiere

It's My Party!
It's My Party!
1/22 - 2/5/2026


What happens when foes use different tactics to ignite political change? Come see for yourself at "It’s My Party!" as suffragists win the VOTE!

Rockville Little Theatre presents Close Ties


Rockville Little Theatre presents "Close Ties" 6 performances | January 30 & 31 and February 6 & 7 at 8 p.m. | February 1 & ...

Balloonacy
Balloonacy
1/10 - 2/15/2026


A beautiful, movement-based show that revisits the classic film The Red Balloon and will delight audiences of all ages and speakers of all languages. Nothing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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, ...

As You Like It
As You Like It
3/10 - 4/12/2026


As You Like It , envisioned by Artistic Director  Karen Ann Daniels —in her Folger Theatre directorial debut, is one of the most beloved Shakespearean ...

Murder at the Mansion presents A Wedding to Die For


Murder at the Mansion presents "A Wedding to Die For"         4 performances | April 10 & 11 at 8 p.m. | ...

Appropriate
Appropriate
3/18 - 4/19/2026


Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ searing satire of a family digging through their recently deceased patriarch’s crumbling estate is both gut-splittingly funny and shocking in its confrontation of ...

Good Morning, Good Night
Good Morning, Good Night
3/21 - 4/19/2026


In this brand-new show, very young children will discover the beauty of the world during daytime and nighttime. They will watch–and help–Winnie and August work ...

Jonah
Jonah
3/11 - 4/19/2026


Ana is on her own, a scholarship student at a boarding school, until she meets day-student Jonah. But what begins as an exploration of new ...

Our Lady of 121st Street
Our Lady of 121st Street
4/23 - 4/26/2026


23 - 26 April 2026  OUR LADY OF 121ST STREET Our Lady of 121st Street Thursday, April 23 – Sunday, April 26 Glaize Studio Theatre $18  Get ...

A Good Day to Me Not to You
A Good Day to Me Not to You
3/27 - 5/3/2026


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 ...

caesar and cleopatra adapted by Bill Largess from the play by George Bernard Shaw


An exploration of power, politics, vengeance, and mercy - Shaw's historical epic set in ancient Egypt is refocused on the title characters and their fates.

Pride & Prejudice​
Pride & Prejudice​
5/1 - 5/17/2026


This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this P&P for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect ...

Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables
4/24 - 5/24/2026


Aesop’s Fables April 24- May 24, 2026 By Mike Kenny  Directed by Ray Ficca  Aesop’s Fables is a vibrant, theatrical adventure that brings timeless tales to ...

The Motion
The Motion
5/6 - 6/14/2026


What begins as a razor-sharp debate spirals into a world-altering unraveling as four scholars are thrust into a kaleidoscopic odyssey through memory, identity, and the ...

Indecent
Indecent
6/4 - 6/21/2026


Indecent Written by Paula Vogel Directed by Alex Levy June 4-21, 2026 From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, a deeply moving play inspired by the ...

Precarious
Precarious
6/4 - 6/28/2026


Precarious By Steph Del Rosso DIRECTED BY Jaki Bradley June 4-28, 2026   A fresh new comedy about starting out, starting over and the enduring ...


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Latest Washington, DC Reviews


Review: CLUE Mystifies Audiences at National Theatre


by Peter Rouleau - January 28, 2026

The new 'Clue' stage adaptation is written by Sandy Rustin, and based on writer-director Jonathan Lynn's screenplay for the cult classic 1985 film version of 'Clue,' featuring Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Michael McKean, Lesley-Ann Warren and others....

Review: SWAN LAKE at Strathmore


by Audrey Cahak - January 22, 2026

Classical Arts Entertainment is on their annual North American tour and stopped by Strathmore on January 17th for a glitzy, glamorous rendition of Swan Lake, where the set pieces, principal dancers, and costumes shone like snow in moonlight. ...

Review: OCTET at Studio Theatre


by David Friscic - January 21, 2026

Multi-talented composer, book writer, and vocal arranger Dave Malloy has created a musically eclectic, thematically relevant, and vocally complex work in his audacious and highly relevant work Octet....

Review: STOMP at National Theatre


by Brian Bochicchio - January 20, 2026

The urban, castaway feel of the show--a touch of “Rent” and a splash of street theatre. And a lot of sounds to groove to....

Review: BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD at Best Medicine Rep


by Roger Catlin - January 12, 2026

What are the odds of two cartoonists submitting to the New Yorker both living in Cleveland? Or that one was hired to be the caretaker of the other? ...

Review: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA at Synetic Theater


by Brian Bochicchio - January 12, 2026

The winter offering of Synetic Theater is a grand story chronicled by Roman historians and subsequently immortalized by Shakespeare. A tale of sweeping grandeur, power plays, alliances, nations conquered, unseemly lustful urges, and betrayal. Now let’s portray all that using only sight, sound, and m...

Review: SHEN YUN 2026 at The Kennedy Center


by Laurie Sara Oliver - January 11, 2026

What did our critic think of SHEN YUN 2026 at The Kennedy Center?...

Review: DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL at National Theatre


by Roger Catlin - January 03, 2026

What did our critic think of the national touring company production of DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL, running at the National Theatre....

Review: MEREDITH WILLSON'S MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: THE MUSICAL at Capital One Hall


by Mary Lincer - December 27, 2025

What did our critic think of MEREDITH WILLSON'S MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: THE MUSICAL at Capital One Hall?...

Review: IN CLAY at Signature Theatre


by Pamela Roberts - December 21, 2025

IN CLAY is an affecting, engaging, and utterly unique theatrical experience — unlike anything on stage now. The deeply felt, visually stunning, and musically mesmerizing new one-woman musical is making its American premiere at Signature Theatre....



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