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The doldrums of August are notorious in D.C. - the politicians leave, the lobbyists take vacation, and overtaken by humidity, the city doesn't pulse with as much life as it normally does. The theater world is often no exception, with many houses remaining dark during the month. Luckily, a couple companies are intrepid enough to mount productions regardless, and here are some of the highlights:
The always thoughtful Journeymen Theater tries its hands at Getting Out, a work that looks at starting your life over after prison. (Aug. 22)
Open Circle's production of Evita last year was a formidable one; we're anxious to see what the company, which highlights actors with disabilities, does with Songs For A New World, which we recently saw at Strathmore (August 9).
Get cool, boy! Beat the heat in August with Wolf Trap's production of West Side Story (August 28). It beats renting the movie, forgetting to return it, and then having to buy it off Blockbuster because your fines are so high, like I did one summer...
Also this month
- Didactic Theater does a one-night "Cabaret" (Aug. 7)
- Longacre Lea is in The Hothouse(Aug. 15).
- Solas Nua plans to hit all its Grace Notes (Aug. 15)
- Washington Shakespeare Company stages the provocative Private Lives by Noel Coward, over at Playbill Cafe (Aug. 16).
- Arena's latest, 33 Variations, focuses on Beethoven (Aug. 24).
- Janine alert! Annie Potts stars in the Consortium of the Arts' production of Love Letters (August 24).
- Theater J's Pangs of the Messiah returns (
Aug. 26Aug. 28). - Woolly Mammoth's The Unmentionables revolves around a wealthy entrepreneur, two Christian charity workers and a flamboyant government official (Aug. 27).
Still playing
Our critic Maria dug The Drunkard, which along with Olney's Godspell closes Aug. 5; Speaking of Olney, its Democracy and Brooklyn Boy along with Studio's zany Reefer Madness and Kennedy Center's The Phantom of the Opera close Aug. 12; Helzapoppin is rocking American Century Theater through Aug 18; Metrostage has Three Sistas through September.
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Pangs of the Messiah at Theater J is returning on August 28 and will run until September 16.
Thanks, guest 1. Had "Pangs", but got the date wrong.