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The Grand Parade (of the 20th Century) in Broadway

THE GRAND PARADE (OF THE 20TH CENTURY)
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
2/6-2/10/2013
Immerse yourself in the "unpredictable and imaginative" (American Theatre) world of acclaimed theater troupe Double Edge Theatre. Inspired by the multi-layered paintings of Marc Chagall, The Grand Parade is an original world premiere event that fuses physically daring spectacle with evocative music to create a thrilling, kaleidoscopic exploration of the 20th century. Conceived by Artistic Director Stacy Klein and the Double Edge ensemble with original music by renowned Russian composer Alexander Bakshi.
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ONCE ON THIS ISLAND JR
SEED SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON DC
2/8-2/10/2013
With its poignant story and catchy Caribbean flavored score, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND JR. is a feast for the heart, mind, and soul. The highlyoriginal and theatrical Caribbean adaptationof the popular fairy tale The Little Mermaid garnered eight Tony nominationsfor its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. In almostnon-stop song and dance, the show tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasantgirl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy boy from the otherside of her island. When Daniel is returned to his people, the fantastical godswho rule the island guide Ti Moune on a quest to test the strength of her loveagainst the powerful forces of prejudice, hatred and death.Equally effective regardless of its cast size, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND JR. features minimal--though colorful--sets and costumes that capture the imagination of the audience. Creative movement is also part of the show's style, calling upon performers to portray trees, wild animals and even a fierce rainstorm. Its catchy, contemporary, and Caribbean-flavored score by theTony� Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (RAGTIMEand the animated film Anastasia) includes tender ballads and rousingcelebratory numbers for an ensemble cast of strong singers.
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THE GRAND PARADE (OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY)
Arena Stage
2/6-2/10/2013
The Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle: - music: Alexander Bakshi; dir: Stacy Klein.
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NEXT TO NORMAL
McLean Community Players, Alden Theatre
2/1-2/16/2013
"Rock is alive and rolling like thunder in next to normal. It's the best musical of the season by a mile...an emotional powerhouse with a fire in its soul and a wicked wit that burns just as fiercely."-Rolling Stone "No show on Broadway right now makes as a direct grab for the heart-or wrings it as thoroughly-as next to normal does. ... [It] focuses squarely on the pain that cripples the members of a suburban family, and never for a minute does it let you escape the anguish at the core of their lives. next to normal does not, in other words, qualify as your standard feel-good musical. Instead this portrait of a manic-depressive mother and the people she loves and damages is something much more: a feel-everything musical, which asks you, with operatic force, to discover the liberation in knowing where it hurts."-Ben Brantley, The New York Times Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics). It was named Best Musical of the Season by Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times
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OUR TOWN
Ford's Theatre
1/25-2/24/2013
Ford's Theatre: - Thornton Wilder; dir: Stephen Rayne.
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SHAKESPEARE'S R&J
Signature Theater
2/5-3/3/2013
The Acclaimed Play Four young men. One scarf. Shakespeare's transcendent saga of forbidden love reimagined in a brave and bold in-the-round setting. A repressive all-male Catholic boarding school bans Romeo and Juliet in favor of Latin conjugations and the Ten Commandments. Four students unearth a secret copy and steal into the night to recite the prohibited tale of adolescent passion. While it begins as a lark, the story gradually draws the boys into a discovery of universal truth that parallels their own coming-of-age. A riveting drama within a drama, Shakespeare's R&J transcends the boundaries between play and player.
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HENRY V
Folger Theatre
1/22-3/3/2013
Folger Theatre: - William Shakespeare; dir: Robert Richmond.
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THE CONVERT
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
2/11-3/10/2013
OBIE Award-winner Danai Gurira returns to Woolly with her rich, unflinching, and compassionate new play. Set amid the colonial scramble for Southern Africa in 1895, the play follows Jekesai, a young girl who escapes a forced marriage in her native village and lands in a Westernized household where Africans are pitted against each other over the arrival of Christianity.
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GOOD PEOPLE
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
2/1-3/10/2013
Good People By David Lindsay-Abaire Directed by Jackie Maxwell In the Kreeger Theater February 1 - March 10, 2013 Enter South Boston's Lower End, where minimum wage is the maximum wage and hard work and sacrifice don't ensure success. Facing eviction, single mother and mouthy "Southie" native Margaret Walsh reunites with an old flame who "made good," hoping that his fortune can somehow improve her own. But not every man wants to relive his past, and with each surprising twist of their meeting they discover the dire costs the truth can hold. From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole) and named the Best Play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle during its Broadway run, Good People is a "poignant, brave and almost subversive" (New York Post) drama about life in a broke and broken American town.
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GOOD PEOPLE
Arena Stage
2/1-3/10/2013
The Kreeger Theater: - David Lindsay-Abaire; dir: Jackie Maxwell.
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LA CASA DE LOS ESP
GALA Hispanic Theatre
2/7-3/10/2013
GALA Theatre: - Caridad Svich; dir: Jos
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THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT
The Studio Theatre
1/30-3/10/2013
The Metheny Theatre: - Stephen Adly Guirgis; dir: Serge Seiden.
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THE CONVERT
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co
2/11-3/10/2013
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: - Danai Gurira; dir: Michael John Garces.
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HUGHIE
Shakespeare Theatre Company, Lansburgh Theatre
1/31-3/17/2013
Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Schiff (The West Wing) will make his Shakespeare Theatre Company mainstage debut when he stars in Eugene O'Neill's Hughie during STC's 2012-2013 Season. This new offering will replace the previously announced production of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman. One of Eugene O'Neill's later works, Hughie is a commanding study of Erie Smith, a man whose illusions of a grand lifestyle are wavering after the death of the stranger who quietly validated his larger-than-life confidence. Erie is searching for a new person to affirm his transparent fantasies or else be forced to face his own crushing self-pity. Hughie stands to transfix its audience with the raw force wrought by one of O'Neill's most stirring characters.
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METAMORPHOSES
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
2/8-3/17/2013
"THE SOUL WANDERS IN THE DARK, UNTIL IT FINDS LOVE. AND SO, WHEREVER OUR LOVE GOES, THERE WE FIND OUR SOUL." Back in D.C. for the first time since her smash hit productions of The Arabian Nights and Candide, and ten years after this exquisite production stormed Broadway and earned her the Tony Award for Best Director, MacArthur "Genius" Mary Zimmerman returns with Metamorphoses. Zimmerman's magical interpretation of Ovid's Metamorphoses proves myths about romance, family, loss and redemption never go out of style. Through lyrical storytelling and stunning imagery, Zimmerman constructs a wondrous world where gods and mortals interact in a giant pool on our famous in-the-round stage. These timeless stories - "powerful, moving, and funny" (Talkin' Broadway) - ripple through the depths of imagination, reminding us of the transformative power of theater.
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METAMORPHOSES
Arena Stage
2/8-3/17/2013
The Fichandler Stage: - Mary Zimmerman ; dir: Mary Zimmerman.
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RACE
Theater J
2/6-3/17/2013
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater: - David Mamet; dir: John Vreeke.
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