DCist's March Theater Preview
Looks like we get a little breather from February madness this month. Still, March isn't exactly lacking in theater options, from well-worn musicals to one-man (and one-woman) extravaganzas.
If Studio Theater's recent production of Grey Gardens wasn't enough for you, revisit the notorious central figure in Ganymede Arts' After the Garden (March 5).
Find out what they did for love when the touring production of A Chorus Line auditions for D.C. audiences at the National (March 10).
Composer Frank Wildhorn has his share of detractors in the musical theater world, but if last year's Ford's Theatre gala is any indication, the singers in A Civil War will certainly perform his score with passion (March 27).
Also this month
- For two nights only, check out Richard III: An Arab Tragedy at the Kennedy Center.
- It's all Greek to Shakespeare Theatre Company as they perform Ion (March 10).
- Olney's got a world premiere up its sleeve in King of the Jews (March 11).
- Forum Theatre's Marisol focuses on the plight of a copy editor (March 14).
- Two estranged friends try to avoid war in Theater J's latest, Benedictus (March 14).
- Another Kennedy Center cameo: Khamsoun ("Fifty"), a Tunisian work. (March 14)
- I only want to say...that Ted Neely's STILL in Jesus Christ Superstar, over at the Warner. (March 17).
- One woman's vision=Stoop Stories at Studio. (March 20).
- Check out the fruits of Arena's open casting call for the lead role in Crowns. (March 27).
- Woolly goes south in its intriguing-looking Antebellum (March 30).
Still playing
This weekend's your last chance to catch the lovely, if schizophrenic The Winter's Tale at Folger, the impressively performed The Heavens Are Hung In Black at Ford's, Mark Twain's Is He Dead at Olney, the touring production of A Bronx Tale and Theater J's The Accident; March 15 weekend marks the end for MetroStage's Cool Papa's Party, the very funny The Little Dog Laughed at Signature, Krapp's Last Tape at Keegan, Arena's A Delicate Balance and Catalyst's ambitious Roundheads and Peakheads; Solas Nua's Pumpgirl, Studio's The Receptionist and Synetic's dizzying Dante bow March 22; Shakespeare's Dog In The Manger wraps up at the end of the month; and High School Musical at Toby's plays on forever - or at least until June.