Theater Calendar

Fri. Aug. 22, 2008 - Thu. Aug. 28, 2008

• Ace
  The Signature Theatre presents one boys path to self discovery.
  Signature Theatre, Opens Aug. 26
• Disney's The Lion King
  The plot? Recycled. The characters? Cardboard. The opening number? Theater of the finest kind: With its puppets and its masks and its ritual-rooted style, Julie Taymor's re-imagining of The Lion King...
  Kennedy Center, Closes Aug. 24
• Jerry Springer: The Opera
  The Studio Theatre presents Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee's musical based on The Jerry Springer Show.
  Studio Theatre, To Sept. 7
• Maria/Stuart
  Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company presents Jason Grote's play about a man who tries to keep his family's problems under wraps.
  Wooly Mammoth Theater, To Sep. 14
• Mrs. Warren's Profession
  Greenbelt Arts Center presents George Bernard Shaw's play about a daughter who discovers that her mother works in the world's oldest profession.
  Greenbelt Arts Center, To Sept. 6
• 1984
  Catalyst Theater Company presents Jim Petosa directing Christopher Gallu's adaptation of George Orwell's chilling dystopian novel.
  Atlas Performing Arts Center, Opens Aug. 27
• Rabbit Hole
  Olney Theatre Center presents the Washington-area premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a suburban couple dealing with a life-shattering accident.
  Olney Theatre Center, To Aug. 31
• Rooms: A Rock Romance
  MetroStage presents Paul Scott Goodman and Miriam Gordon's musical about the relationship between a singer/songwriter and a rock musician.
  MetroStage, To Sept. 7
• 1776
  Little Theatre of Alexandria presents Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone's play about the Second Continental Congress.
  Little Theatre of Alexandria, Closes Aug. 23
• 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, Open run
• Songs For a New World
  Jason Robert Brown's four-character song cycle gets blown up in more than one way: Suzanne Richard's ambitious rethink for Open Circle Theatre inflates the cast to 24 and grafts on a loose...
  Round House Theatre Silver Spring, Closes Aug. 26
• Stones In His Pockets
  The Keegan Theater presents a play directed by Kerry Waters Lucas about a Hollywood film crew that sets up in a small Irish village.
  Theater on the Run, Closes Aug. 24
• Stones in His Pockets
  Keegan Theatre presents Marie Jones's comedy about a Hollywood film crew that overruns a small Irish town.
  Theatre on the Run, Closes Aug. 23
• Theories of the Sun
  Longacre Lea Productions presents the world premiere of Kathleen Akerley's magic-realism play set in France in 1963.
  Catholic University of America, To Sept. 7