Theater Calendar

Fri. Feb. 5, 2010 - Thu. Feb. 11, 2010

• ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
  Shakespeare's classic tragedy is adapted by the Synetic Theater into a performance of music, movement, and dance; performed in collaboration with the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Recommended for...
  Lansburgh Theatre,, Closes Feb. 28
• BARACK STARS: THE WRATH OF RAHM
  Wooly Mammoth Theatre Co., in collaboration with The Second City, pokes fun at President Obama and his administration with a mix of sketch comedy, songs, and improvisation. Opens Feb. 10.
  Wooly Mammoth Theatre,, Opens Feb. 10
• BEAUTY OF THE FATHER
  An estranged daughter reunites with her father, a painter haunted by the ghost of poet Federico García Lorca. Nilo Cruz's play explores the relationship between a father, a daughter, and the...
  Gala Hispanic Theatre,, Closes Feb. 28
• FRIDA VICE VERSA
  Marian Licha's one woman show follows Frida Kahlo's teaching career at La Esmeralda School for Painting in Mexico City. Recommended for audiences aged 14 and older. Opens Feb. 6.
  Round House Theatre,, Opens Feb. 6
• GDIRL FROM GDANSK
  A sibling rivalry is reignited when two brothers confront their relationship troubles. Liam Heylin's newest play explores the effect of love, jealousy, and hate on a family. Closes Mar. 28.
  Keegan Theatre,, Closes Mar. 7
• Grease
  The all-American musical, based on the sub-cultrues of highschool life in the 1950s. With "American Idol" Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks who plays the showcase role of Teen Angel.
  National Theatre,, Closes Feb. 21
• I AM MY OWN WIFE
  Inspired by interviews conducted by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife tells the fascinating real-life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite who managed...
  Signature Theatre,, Closes Mar. 1
• IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER
  A steamy coming-of-age in tale the Louisiana Bayou bubbles out of a gumbo of rhythm and sensuality. With In the Red and Brown Water Tarell Alvin McCraney returns to a world driven by intense music,...
  Studio Theatre,, Closes Feb. 14
• THE LAST CARGO CULT
  Mike Daisey's latest comic rant is sort of a Daisey-chain of smart transactional loopiness that has, by evening's end, connected natives emerging from jungles on a south sea island, to bank-sponsored...
  Woolly Mammoth Theatre,, Closes Feb. 7
• MADNESS AND CIVILIZATION
  Michel Foucault's 1961 book about the archaeology of madness comes to the stage with help from art visuals and multimedia. Opens Feb. 11.
  Gonda Theatre, Georgetown University,, Opens Feb. 11
• MAHALIA
  A gospel musical starring Bernardine Mitchell. Closes Mar. 14.
  MetroStage,, Closes Mar. 14
• ORESTES, A TRAGIC ROMP
  The war is over, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra murdered, and Orestes and Electra await the judgment of the citizens and the gods in this adaptaton of Euripides' gripping drama. Closes Mar. 7.
  Folger Shakespeare Theatre,, Closes Mar. 7
• PERMANENT COLLECTION
  Eccentric millionaire Alfred Morris' art museum has long flourished in quiet obscurity. When its new African-American director discovers eight remarkable African sculptures tucked away in storage, he...
  Round House Theatre,, Closes Feb. 21
• PETER & THE WOLF
  Sergei Prokofiev's children's tale about Peter and his animal friends is retold as a musical. Recommended for children aged 5 and older. Closes Mar. 21.
  Imagination Theater,, Opens Feb. 3
• PUSS N' BOOTS
  The classic fairy tale about a clever cat who dons a pair of human boots and leads his poor homeless master to a life of luxury. When Puss puts on the boots, he becomes a fantastic dancer and uses...
  Synetic Family Theater,, Closes Mar. 14
• RICHARD II
  The Shakespeare Theatre Co. and director Michael Kahn explore Shakespeare's historic account of the life and death of King Richard II. Played in repertory with Henry V. Closes Apr. 11.
  Sidney Harman Hall,, Closes Apr. 11
• SHEAR MADNESS
  The "most fun night" Arch Campbell's ever had at the Kennedy Center is an extended vaudeville routine set in a Georgetown hair salon rather than a play. Funny without ever becoming either witty or...
  Kennedy Center,,
• STICK FLY
  One lazy summer weekend, Kent LeVay invites his fiancée, Taylor, to meet his parents at their luxurious Martha's Vineyard summer home. Taylor, under the microscope and unaccustomed to the...
  Arena Stage,, Closes Feb. 7
• SUICIDE.CHAT.ROOM
  A new piece that weaves actual text from suicide usenet groups, music by Beauty Pill, and choreography by Paulina Guerrero into an elaborate Punk Dance Theatre Concer. Closes Feb. 14.
  Flashpoint's Mead Theater Lab,, Closes Feb. 14
• SWEENEY TODD
  Signature Theatre presents one the most famous musicals from composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
  Signature Theatre,,
• THE ATHEIST
  The regional premiere of Ronan Noone's dark, one man comedy explores the concepts of fame and accomplishment through the story of a Kansas reporter who torments a politician after uncovering a...
  Keegan Theatre,, Opens Feb. 9
• THE CONSTELLATION
  A love-struck, ambitious, and just-this-side-of-crazy homeless man sets out to win his beloved's heart by making her believe in his magnificent and completely impossible dream. Set in Baltimore on...
  Active Cultures Theatre,, Closes Feb. 14
• THE FOUR OF US
  When Ben's first novel vaults him into literary stardom, his best friend David, a struggling playwright, is thrilled for his newfound success...or is he? This poignant play explores the nature of...
  Theater J,, Closes Feb. 21
• THE GLASS MENAGERIE
  Tennessee Williams' 1944 drama is a delicate yet profound story of love, loss, yearning, illusion and escape. Closes Feb. 28.
  Rep Stage,, Closes Feb. 28
• THE MISER
  In David Ball's adaptation of Moliere's satirical comedy, a ruthless moneygrubber controls the strings to his purse as tightly as the reins of his household. But can this forerunner of the modern CEO...
  Washington Shakespeare Company's Clark Street Playhouse,, Closes Feb. 28
• THE RIVALRY
  An awkward stringbean of a man, stumbling over his chair and spilling cribsheets from his hat, the Great Emancipator would need a red rubber nose and clown makeup to be less prepossessing at the...
  Ford's Theatre,,
• THREE SISTERS
  The poster art for Constellation's production–a trio of delicate, feathery seeds awaiting the faintest breeze to sweep them off to a fertile landscape–precisely captures the title...
  Constellation Theatre,, Closing Feb. 21
• WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?
  George Axelrod's 1955 comedy is a Faustian spoof combining classic romance, slapstick comedy and a duel with the Devil. Closes Feb. 6.
  American Century Theater,, Closes Feb. 6