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Funny Girl
Funny Girl
6/25 - 7/14/2024


This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the ...

Back to the Future: The Musical


Marty McFly is a rock 'n' roll teenager who is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett ...

Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
8/13 - 9/1/2024


Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, a tale of love, friendship, and identity is beautifully told through the timeless hits ...


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World Premieres & More Set for 2024-25 Kennedy Center Dance Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 23, 2024

The 2024-25 Kennedy Center Dance season has been revealed! See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

Review: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE at Kennedy Center Opera House


by Emily Berger - April 13, 2024

Message in a Bottle, a narrative dance work set to music by Sting, with choreography by Kate Prince ranging from hip hop to break dancing to contemporary, is sometimes maddening but often exhilarating....

Review: LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO TO THE KENNEDY CENTER at Kennedy Center Opera House


by Emily Berger - April 06, 2024

Thursday’s return of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo to the Kennedy Center brought a full house and lots of laughs to the DMV....

Richard Kind, Jennifer Laura Thompson & More Join Kennedy Center's BYE BYE BIRDIE


by Stephi Wild - April 02, 2024

The full cast has been announced for the Broadway Center Stage production of Bye Bye Birdie at the Kennedy Center. Find out who is joining the cast of the musical here!...

Review: COMPANY at Kennedy Center


by Shelby Tyler - March 15, 2024

Phone rings, door chimes, in comes a dazzling reimagined production of Stephen Sondheim’s and George Furth’s classic, COMPANY, to the Kennedy Center stage....

PORGY AND BESS, World Premieres & More Set for Washington National Opera 2024–2025 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 14, 2024

The Washington National Opera will present a 2024–2025 season that pays tribute to the grand tradition of opera, while shaping its future with two new productions. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

Review: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: SWAN LAKE at Kennedy Center


by Michela Dwyer - February 24, 2024

What did our critic think of AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: SWAN LAKE at Kennedy Center?...

Review: AIN'T TOO PROUD at Kennedy Center


by Ken Kemp - February 18, 2024

Classic Motown music and a riveting story make for a great evening of entertainment....

Review: TICK, TICK ...BOOM! at John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts


by Pamela Roberts - January 31, 2024

Tick, tick …BOOM! is a raw and moving semi-autobiographical musical by Rent's Jonathan Larson. The Kennedy Center revisits the work with a spiffy new Broadway Center Stage production directed by Neil Patrick Harris and brings together three of Broadway’s most exciting and award-winning talents: Bran...

Review Roundup: Neil Patrick Harris-Directed TICK, TICK... BOOM! at the Kennedy Center


by Joshua Wright - January 30, 2024

Jonathan Larson's tick, tick... BOOM! is now on stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The musical is directed by Emmy® and Tony Award® winner and New York Times bestselling author Neil Patrick Harris. What did the critics have to say?...

Past Shows

Company
Company
3/12 - 3/31/2024


Company, the musical comedy masterpiece about the search for love and cocktails in New York, is turned on its head in Elliott's revelatory staging, in ...

Ain't Too Proud
Ain't Too Proud
2/13 - 2/18/2024


It was a sound that would change music history. Ain't Too Proud is the electrifying new musical that tells the story of The Temptations from ...

Frozen
Frozen
12/20 - 1/21/2024


Frozen, a full-length stage work told in two acts, expands upon and deepens the tale's indelible plot and themes through new songs and story material ...

Videos


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Prologue Theatre (4/26 - 5/19) Tracker
Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return in Washington, DC Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return
GALA Hispanic Theatre (5/9 - 6/9) Tracker
THE RETURN OF ULYSSES - Song of My Father in Washington, DC THE RETURN OF ULYSSES - Song of My Father
IN Series (5/11 - 5/27)
The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence in Washington, DC The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence
Fichandler Stage at Arena Stage (6/6 - 7/14)
The Kite Runner in Washington, DC The Kite Runner
Kennedy Center [Eisenhower Theatre] (6/25 - 6/30)
Mamma Mia! in Washington, DC Mamma Mia!
Kennedy Center [Opera House] (8/13 - 9/1)
Back to the Future: The Musical in Washington, DC Back to the Future: The Musical
Kennedy Center [Opera House] (7/23 - 8/11)
Frontieres sans Frontieres in Washington, DC Frontieres sans Frontieres
Spooky Action Theater (4/25 - 5/19)
Ain't Too Proud in Washington, DC Ain't Too Proud
National Theatre (6/17 - 6/22)
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