Theatre
Find Metro DC theatre performances and schedules in CultureCapital including resident and touring theatre companies presenting drama, comedy, satire, musicals and the classics.
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Hot Hits
 | 2013 Source Festival June 7 - 30, 2013. CulturalDC's Source Festival, now celebrating its sixth year, will debut 24 original works for the stage from June 7 to 30, 2013. Each year the Festival presents three Full-Length Plays, 18 10-Minute Plays and three Artistic Blind Dates. |
 | Season Preview 2013-2014 DC theatre and performing arts presenters are announcing their 2013-2014 seasons. Check here for full information and subscription purchase options for DC presenters, including theatre, music, and dance. |
 | Washington National Opera: Show Boat John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Through Sun, May 26 Featuring legendary songs like "Ol' Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," in a spectacular new production, "this joyous, beautifully mounted entertainment should keep rolling along for a long while to come" (Chicago Tribune). |
 | The Mikado Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Fri, May 31 through Sat, June 1 A timeless classic set in Japan, this satirical operetta spins a mythical tale of romantic triangles, blundering officials, and clever coincidences. Includes "Three Little Maids From School" and "A Wand'ring Minstrel I." |
 | Twelfth Night Folger Theatre Wed, May 22 through Sun, June 9 Cast away on the shores of a distant land, lost lovers and their unruly servants converge and conspire in this romance-filled comedy. |
 | The Guardsman John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Sat, May 25 through Sun, June 23 The Kennedy Center presents a brand new production of the 1920s Broadway comedy smash The Guardsman that starred Lunt and Fontanne as newlywed actors, full of fresh love, tender egos, and jealous schemes. |
 | Becky Shaw Round House Theatre Bethesda Wed, May 29 through Sun, June 23 When Suzanna sets up her friend Max on a blind date with her husband's co-worker Becky Shaw, she sets into motion a series of cataclysmic events that forever change all of their lives. |
 | Stupid F*cking Bird Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Wed, May 29 through Sun, June 23 An aspiring young theatre director named Conrad struggles to get out from under the shadow of his mother Emma, a famous actress. |
 | The Real Thing Studio Theatre Wed, May 22 through Sun, June 30 Full of wit and heart, The Real Thing explores the tensions between marriage and writing, emotional fidelity and intellectual integrity, high art and pop culture. |
 | The Hampton Years Theater J Wed, June 5 through Sun, June 30 A breakthrough work emerging from Theater J's inaugural Locally Grown Festival, this youthful exploration of the growth of two great African-American artists, John Biggers and Samella Lewis under the tutelage of Austrian Jewish refugee painter and educator Viktor Lowenfeld, focuses on the pivotal years at Hampton Institute, Virginia during WWII. |
 | Anything Goes John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Tue, June 11 through Sun, July 7 Winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival, Cole Porter's first-class comedy features some of musical theater's most memorable standards, including "I Get a Kick out of You," "You're the Top," and, of course, "Anything Goes." |
 | The Submission Olney Theatre Center Through Monday, May 19, 2014 Shaleeha G'ntamobi's stirring new play about an alcoholic black mother and her card sharp son trying to get out of the Projects has just been accepted into the nation's preeminent theater festival. |
Highlights
| The Full Monty Thu, May 23 through Sat, June 8 Church Street Theater |
| Rock of Ages Fri, June 7 through Sat, June 8 Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts |
| Cinderella Wed, May 22 through Sun, June 9 The Puppet Co. Playhouse |
| The Three Musketeers Wed, May 22 through Sun, June 9 Synetic Theater |
| Shear Madness Through Friday, January 31, 2014 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
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