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SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY
Harman Center for the Arts
610 F St. NW
Lansburgh Theatre
450 7th St. NW
202-547-1122
shakespearetheatre.org
Strange Interlude -- Michael Kahn directs Eugene O'Neill's controversial, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about love and deception (3/27-4/29, Harman Hall)
The Servant of Two Masters -- Carlo Goldoni's magical comedia dell'arte masterpiece. Directed by Christopher Bayes (5/15-7/1, Lansburgh)
The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Stephen Rayne directs this classic Shakespearean comedy centering around the romantic foibles of Falstaff (6-7/15, Harman Hall)
SIGNATURE THEATRE
4200 Campbell Ave.
Arlington, Va.
703-820-9771
signature-theatre.org
Brother Russia -- A world premiere musical by John Dempsey and Dana Rowe, directed by Eric Schaeffer, about a comically fourth-rate Russian theatre troupe that sets up its tents in the countryside and wows the local farmers with rock-fueled adaptations of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (Now to 4/15, Max)
God of Carnage -- Yasmina Reza's play about upper-middle-class Brooklyn couples meet to discuss an incident of playground violence between their sons won the 2009 Tony for Best Play (4/10-6/24, Ark)
Xanadu -- Matthew Gardiner takes the helm of this zany send-up of the 1980 film. With book by Douglas Carter Beane and music and lyrics by ELO's Jeff Lynne (5/8-7/1, Max)
STUDIO THEATRE
1501 14th St. NW
202-332-3300
studiotheatre.org
Sucker Punch -- Kinetic, comedic, and emotionally bruising, Roy Williams's masterwork blasts open the experience of being young, black, and ambitious in 1980s London (Now to 4/8, Mead)
The Big Meal -- The arc of a family's experience from a single restaurant table at a chain restaurant (4/25-5/20, Milton)
Dogugaeshi -- Basil Twist's abstract, contemporary journey of images influenced by Japanese dogugaeshi stage mechanism techniques (4/11-22)
Bachelorette -- Ten years out of high school, three unhappy friends show up not-quite-invited to their classmate's luxe hotel room the night before her wedding and chaos ensues (5/23-7/1, Mead)
The Animals and Children Take to the Streets -- A charming, ghoulish, and otherworldly little show from acclaimed London company 1927 (6/13-7/1, Metheny)
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson -- Keith Alan Baker directs this rowdy and irreverent musical that imagines President Andrew ''Old Hickory'' Jackson as a rock star (7/11-8/5)
SYNETIC THEATER
Crystal City
Arlington, Va.
800-494-8497
synetictheater.org
The Taming of the Shrew -- The latest in the company's signature "Silent Shakespeare" series (To 4/22)
Home of the Soldier -- This world premiere text-based play commemorates the heroism of our armed forces (5/23-7/1)
THEATER J
1529 16th St. NW
800-494-8497
theaterj.org
New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza -- The return of Theater J's 2010 hit production, a literate, suspenseful retelling of the story of the 1656 interrogation of philosopher Baruch De Spinoza. By David Ives (Now to 4/1)
The Whipping Man -- In 1865, two newly freed slaves and the son of their former master -- a Jewish Confederate soldier who has retreated to the burnt remains of his home and celebrate an unconventional Passover Seder (4/18-5/20)
The History of Invulnerability -- David Bar Katz's play looks at the Jewish creator behind the legend of Superman (6/6-7/8)
WASHINGTON IMPROV THEATER
Source
1835 14th St. NW
202-204-7770
washingtonimprovtheater.com
Fist!, iMusical Time Machine and Harold Night continue through April at the Source. Visit the website for schedule and details.
WOLF TRAP
1645 Trap Road
Vienna, Va.
703-255-1900
wolf-trap.org
Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific – The classic musical based on the 2008 Tony-winning Lincoln Center production (5/31-6/3)
Riverdance -- Some people just can't get enough of the Irish song and dance show (6/15-17)
RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles -- The touring tribute revue returns after its Broadway debut last year, which won a Drama Desk Award (6/22-23)
Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King & I (8/31-9/2)
Rock of Ages -- The hit jukebox musical featuring '80s hard rock tunes (9/9)
WOOLLY MAMMOTH
641 D St. NW
202-393-3939
woollymammoth.net
Arias With a Twist -- When aliens abduct a large drag queen and drop her in a teeny Garden of Eden, will she have room to fall from grace? Cabaret sensation Joey Arias and Obie Award-winning puppeteer Basil Twist team up to tell the tale (4/4-5/6)
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play -- In Anne Washburn's vision of post-apocalyptic America, survivors invent a new entertainment industry from the ashes of the old. Steven Cosson directs and J. Michael Friedman provides music for this world premiere (5/28-7/1)
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs -- The controversial monologist Mike Daisey returns with his acid indictment of Apple (7/17-8/5)
WSC AVANT BARD
Artisphere Black Box
1101 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, Va.
703-418-4808
wscavantbard.org
Spring Rep. 2012 -- The Greek masterpiece The Bacchae by Euripides is paired with Sam Shepard's The Tooth of Crime -- an interesting rotating rep if ever there was (5/10-7/1)
