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1st Stage Theatre |
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| The whimsical collection of nine love stories. Written by John Cariani and directed by Michael Chamberlin. On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above. Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend – almost – in this delightful midwinter night’s dream. |
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| Amelia |
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Washington Stage Guild at
Undercroft Theatre |
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| The Stage Guild’s 25th anniversary is also the 150th of the Civil War, and this world premiere celebrates the one while acknowledging the latter. Playwright Webb was inspired by the true story of a woman whose determination to find her wounded husband led her to the horror of the Andersonville prison camp, and has created a vividly theatrical epic as Amelia’s quest spans a country in turmoil. |
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| Art |
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Workhouse Arts Center |
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| ART, a play that raises questions about art and friendship, concerns three long-time friends, Serge, Marc and Yvan. Serge buys a large, expensive and completely white painting. Marc is horrified, and their relationship suffers considerably as a result of their differing opinions about what constitutes "art". |
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| Blood Wedding |
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Constellation Theatre at
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| Lovers are torn apart as two families in rural Spain are intricately bound in an unbreakable cycle of murder and revenge. Experience passion and violence mixed with song and ceremony. Federico García Lorca illuminates our deepest desires with gorgeous poetic imagery and the haunting appearance of a human Moon. |
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| Clown Cabaret |
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Fort Fringe |
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| Clown Cabaret produces monthly shows showcasing the ever-evolving Art of Clown in the Nation’s Capital. “Clown Cabaret” is a theatrical laboratory, created in 2010 by DC-based performers, Karen Beriss, Matthew Pauli, and Rich Potter. It is a venue where variety performers experiment with new material and develop old routines. It continues to grow from a relationship with Capital Fringe Festival, which offers support. |
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| The Comedy Pigs |
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Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) |
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| The Comedy Pigs, Anne Raugh, Thomas Scholtes, Laura Stark, Courtney McLaughlin, Franky Russell and Jeff Schnorr bring you a fast-paced, gut-busting good time where anything goes! Formed in 1992, the group has performed at national comedy festivals, been featured on Comedy Central, and have been guests at the National Pork Producers Convention. |
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| Devil Boys From Beyond |
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Landless Theatre Company at
DC Arts Center |
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| Summer of 1957 is a scorcher and something strange is going on in the
swamps of Lizard Lick, Florida. With rumors of missing people and
giant spaceships running rampant, star NYC reporter Mattie Van Buren
races down in search of her next Pulitzer, her booze-hound ex-husband,
Gregory Graham in tow, and her arch-enemy, Lucinda Marsh hot on her
heels to scoop her story. Flying saucers! Backstabbing bitches! Muscle
hunks and men in pumps! INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS meets HIS GIRL
FRIDAY in this outrageously insane comedy. |
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| Electile Dysfunction: The Kinsey Sicks For President! |
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Theater J |
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| Join the Kinsey Sicks at the official launch of their groundbreaking campaign to become the first Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet to win the Republican nomination for President! With an ear attuned to current events, watch the gals try to take America (a)back to a place it never was by out- pandering, out-conspiracy theorizing, and out-outlandishing even the most cynical of the current crop of Presidential candidates, all in glorious, tongue-in-cheek four-part harmony. |
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| Elephant Room |
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Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater |
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| From the uninhibited minds of the “engaging” (Washington Post) absurdist performance duo Rainpan 43 (all wear bowlers) and actor/magician Steve Cuiffo comes a new theatrical experience. Three semi-pro magicians — a divorced shaman, a mentalist with a penchant for warlock acts and a ladies’ man card master — join to piece their lives together. An evening of magic born from the harsh lies we tell ourselves, Elephant Room reveals that the more we hide behind our self-made smoke and mirrors, the further we expose our own vulnerabilities. |
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| End Days |
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Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) |
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| Sixteen year old Rachel Stein is having a bad year. Her father hasn’t changed out of his pajamas since 9/11. Her mother has begun a close, personal relationship with Jesus. Her new neighbor, a sixteen-year-old Elvis impersonator, has fallen for her hard. And the Apocalypse is coming Wednesday. Her only hope is that Stephen Hawking will save them all.
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| Fifty Words |
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Everyman Theatre |
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| While their nine-year-old son Greg is away for the night on his first sleepover, Adam and Jan have an evening alone together - their first in years. Adam's attempt to seduce his wife before he leaves on business the next day begins a suspenseful nightlong roller-coaster ride of revelation and passion that explores a modern-day marriage. As said by the New York Post: “…Adam and Jan…make George and Martha's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" union seem restrained.” |
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| The Gallerist |
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Rorschach Theatre at
Atlas Performing Arts Center |
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| While discovering some forgotten paintings a Manhattan gallery owner unearths a sordid family history of repressed artistic passions and animal possessions set against the backdrop of London between the Wars.
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| The Gaming Table |
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Folger Theatre |
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| The thrills of the gaming table stylishly play out against the eccentricities of English manners in this handsome comedy. Lady Reveller, an independent widow with a penchant for gambling, leads a nightly card game, which bankrupts some and entertains all.
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| Gleam |
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Centerstage |
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| At 16, Janie faces a marriage of convenience and a life of quiet drudgery. Instead, she embarks on a journey that brings successes and losses enough for several lifetimes—a passage to fulfillment so singular that it manages to speak for all of our dreams. This soaring saga brings to life the vivid characters of Zora Neale Hurston’s beloved novel, a shining jewel of the Harlem Renaissance by one of America’s literary giants. |
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| Hairspray |
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Signature Theatre |
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| When she wins a coveted spot on “The Corny Collins Show,” Baltimore’s most popular teen dance program, the high school loser with the big heart, big personality and big hair proves everyone wrong and becomes a local TV celebrity. It seems like Tracy will have it all – the eye of heartthrob Link Larkin, the Miss Teenage Hairspray crown, even a modeling gig with Mr. Pinky’s Hefty Hideaway.
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| Josephine Tonight |
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MetroStage |
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| A musical biography of showbiz legend Josephine Baker. Josephine Tonight draws on the early life of the internationally known singer, actress and nightclub sensation who wowed audiences in America and Europe in first quarter of the 20th century, and reveals the relationship of the young Josephine and her laundress mother who steers her toward success and then guides her to remember her roots. |
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| The King and I |
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Toby's Dinner Theatre - Columbia |
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| This highly acclaimed lavish musical remains a popular family classic - possibly the "best of the best" of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical productions. |
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