Springing to full-blooded life onstage at Ford's under the assured direction of Peter Flynn, the Founding Fathers of 1776 can be a horny, harried lot, yearning for their faraway wives as much as they yearn for liberation from a faraway tyrant. By the time the president of Congress, John Hancock, and his cohorts have agreed on a statement they can ... [Read]

A buoyant musical that fits Ford's Theatre to a T, 1776 dramatizes the impassioned debates that forged America's democracy. Sherman Edwards wrote the music and lyrics and Peter Stone handled the book. Peter Flynn directs and Michael Bobbitt provides the choreography for this production starring Peter Boyer, Floyd King, Rick Hammerly, Christopher Bloch, William Diggle and Tom Story. To May ... [Read]

In a work commissioned by Ford's Theatre, playwright Richard Hellesen explores the two documented encounters between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln during a period of national crisis. As Lincoln searches for a way to end slavery in the summers of 1863 and 1864, Douglass's rhetoric and conviction challenges the president to envision a post-emancipation world. Together, the men imagine not ... [Read]

Ford's Theatre has cancelled preview performances of Necessary Sacrifices. The following dates are affected: Jan. 20-24. Ticket exchanges are available and an updated performance schedule will be announced. From the Ford's press release: Due to a private health matter, David Emerson Toney has withdrawn from the cast of the Ford's Theatre Society production of Necessary Sacrifices. Ford's Theatre is currently ... [Read]

Ford's Theatre remounts its music-filled production of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Michael Wilson and directed by Michael Baron. Edward Gero returns as Ebenezer Scrooge, and the production features imaginative special effects, familiar carols and themes of giving back and living with grace. To Dec. 31. Ford's Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. Tickets are $41 to $65. ... [Read]