DCist's April Theater Preview
Well, they don’t call it Shakespeare in Washington for nothing. This month brings quite the selection of Bard-tastic choices. We’ve got Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare Theater (April 3), The As-You-Like-It-inspired She Stoops to Comedy at Woolly Mammoth (April 1), and The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Coriolanus at the Kennedy Center (April 13). Plus, Edward III just opened this week at Washington Shakespeare Company, and even Lord John Marbury's in DC this weekend, doing the Will thing.
For the less Bard-inclined? We love Broadway’s Carolee Carmello from her work in everything from Parade to Urinetown. She graces the Signature stage with her presence in Saving Aimee, about the founder of the Four Square Gospel Church (April 10).
The sexy title should be enough to draw audiences to Rorschach’s References to Salvadore Dali Make Me Hot (April 11).
MetroStage’s The Musical of Musicals: The Musical is – you guessed it – a parody of you-know-what. We’re not exactly sure how this is different from Forbidden Broadway, but then again, we haven’t seen it, have we? (April 12).
And we can’t wait to see Synetic’s slant on the political Animal Farm (April 26).
Also this month:
- American Century Theater’s That Championship Season is about, well, basketball. And the American spirit, naturally. (March 30)
- That downer of a masterpiece, Crime and Punishment, plays at Round House Bethesda. (April 4)
- The acclaimed The Heidi Chronicles is staged by Arena. (April 6)
- Scena’s latest focuses on St Nicholas. (April 9)
- Keegan Theater’s A Man For All Seasons is all about Henry VII (he is, he is). (April 12)
- See the black-box version of Charles Dickens with Meat & Potato Theater’s Hard Times. (April 12)
- Olney stages I Am My Own Wife, the story of an unapologetic, inspiring cross-dresser. (April 18)
- The era of the House Un-American Activities committee sets the scene for The Director: The Third Act of Elia Kazan at Round House Silver Spring. (April 19)
- Landless Theater stages Renaissance an adaptation of a Project Greenlight screenplay. (April 20)
- Theater Alliance’s In On It features two lovers, three realities. (April 27)
Still playing:
The empathetic love story Frankie and Johnny, leaves Arena April 8, when Writer’s Cramp at Scena also exits; Musefire's Free Jujube Brown is at Warehouse TheaterDCAC until April 14; Family Secrets, which Salima had mixed feelings about, closes April 15; The Pillowman plays at Studio until April 22; at month’s end, Eubie! at Olney and the excellent Meet John Doe at Ford’s take a bow.