Theater Calendar

Fri. Nov. 6, 2009 - Thu. Nov. 12, 2009

• Adding Machine: A Musical
  After losing his job to a machine, Mr. Zero’s monotonous life swirls into chaos. With jangling, percussive music reflecting period influences–including early-20th-century modernists, Tin...
  Studio Theatre,, To Nov. 15
• The Alchemist
  When the gentleman Lovewit flees England to avoid the Plague, Subtle, Face, and Dol set up headquarters in his home and set about exposing the social ills of their fellow Londoners.
  Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre,, To Nov. 22
• Angels in America
  Set in Reagan-Era New York City, Angels in America is Tony Kushner’s two-part epic on national themes, the AIDS crisis, and spiritual and political morality.
  Round House Silver Spring,, To Nov. 21
• Barrio Grrrl!
  Spunky 9-year-old Ana and her imaginary friend, Amazing Voice, dedicate their lives to saving the barrio in this Kennedy Center commission by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony nominee Quiara...
  Kennedy Center Family Theater,, To Nov. 15
• Danny and Chantelle
  Danny and Chantelle are best mates an’ all. They love the clubs. The buzz. getting buzzed up. Love the weekend. The music. The party. Hate tuesdays.
  Flashpoint, Opens Nov. 12
• Dracula
  Synetic company member Dan Istrate performs the title role in a show featuring some of Synetic's most heart-pounding choreography and drama, from vampiric wolves howling in the Transylvanian night to...
  Rosslyn Spectrum,, To Nov. 15
• A Flea in Her Ear
  A pair of missing suspenders is the catalyst for a wild trip to the Frisky Puss Hotel where Raymonde Chandebise has set a trap to catch her husband Victor with a lover.
  Source Theatre,, Closes Nov. 8.
• FULL CIRCLE
  The ancient Chinese myth of the chalk circle re-emerges at the fall of the Berlin Wall: as the crotchety East German Chancellor watches a play, students suddenly riot and the profiteers swoop in....
  Woolly Mammoth Theatre,, To Nov. 29
• Go, Dog. Go!
  Adapted from the book Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman.
  Adventure Theatre, Closes Nov. 8
• Int'l Festival of Hispanic Theater
  This year's festival combines the vibrancy and sauciness of the New World with the introspection and avant-garde of the Old.
  Gunston Arts Center,, To Nov. 15
• Lost in Yonkers
  In a remarkable coming-of-age story that won 4 Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, two brothers are left to fend for themselves in a dysfunctional household with their formidable immigrant grandmother,...
  Theater J,, To November 29
• Lulu
  Before today's Page Six bad girls, there was Lulu. Meet the original girl gone wild in Wedekind's outrageous sex tragedy. Abused, debased, and maligned, Lulu climbs through German and Parisian high...
  Washington Shakespeare Company's Clark Street Playhouse, Opens Nov. 12
• Much Ado About Nothing
  Reluctant lovers Beatrice and Benedick conceal their attraction behind a merry war of wit in Shakespeare’s romantic, clever comedy. The play’s musical language resonates with Caribbean...
  Folger Theatre,, To November 29
• Of Mice and Men
  Set in California during the Great Depression, Of Mice and Men is the tragic story of two displaced ranch workers traveling from place to place and job to job as a result of the economic recession....
  Church Street Theater, To Nov. 29
• PORT AUTHORITY
  The area premiere of a tale of the missed opportunities and lost loves of three generations of Dublin men.
  The Writer's Center,, To Nov. 22
• 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,
• Show Boat
  Spanning the years 1880 to 1927, this lyrical masterpiece concerns the lives, loves, and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk on the Mississippi.
  Signature Theatre, Opens Nov. 10
• A Streetcar Named Desire
  Cate Blanchett stars as Blanche DuBois in the U.S. premiere of Sydney Theatre Company's production of Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Liv...
  Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater,, To Nov. 21
• 26 Miles
  An '83 Buick Regal may be an unlikely place to find out what family really means, but when Beatriz and her estranged daughter head west on a spontaneous cross country road trip, neither is prepared...
  Round House Theatre Bethesda,, To Nov. 22