DCist's June Theatre Preview

Hedwig herself.

Well...it's still June, right?

DCist apologizes for the late preview, the result of what happens when your critic goes on vacation and forgets to assign it elsewhere. Better late than never, right?

Here's what's going on around town this month.

Woolly Mammoth's Fever/Dream satirizes corporate America - with a bonus dose of Kate Eastwood Norris (June 1).

Pull that wig down from the shelf; Hedwig's in D.C.! Hedwig And The Angry Inch plays the Warehouse (June 4)

When parenting goes wrong: King Lear at Shakespeare Theatre Company (June 16).

We're not quite in Fringe territory yet, but whet your appetite for summer theater festivals with this month's Source Festival (June 20).

Also this month:

Scena Theatre goes for a classic with Mother Courage (June 1).
The Keegan Theatre's latest is Lincolnesque.
Well, it's gotta be better than "A Pup Named...", right? Landless performs Spooky Dog and the Teen-Age Gang Mysteries, inspired by, well, you know. (June 5)
Theatre Alliance has a busy month! Next up is Five Flights (June 12).
Tyson's new 1st Stage performs Shakespeare's R&J (June 13).
It's Chekov, street-style: The Seagull on 16th Street at Theater J.
See how they...shop? Three Blonde Moms stops at Bethesda Theatre (June 17).
It's a wealth of riches over at Olney, where they're doing The Millionairess (June 17).
Sing along to Snoopy with You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown at Adventure Theater.
Rorschach's taking another crack at Jose Rivera with Brainpeople (June 28).

The Color Purple

Kennedy Center

Still Playing: This weekend is your last chance to catch Journeyman's Tartuffe which Andrej dug, Arena's Legacy of Light, Constellation's carnival ride Crazyface and Synetic's graceful Midsummer; June 21 marks the close of Catalyst's Bruise Easy, Folger's luminous Arcadia, Round House's A Sleeping Country, and Studio's character-driven Rock and Roll; the end of the month means the end of Arena's Looped, Shakespeare's Design For Living, Studio's Radio Golf and Rorschach's 1001, while Olney's The Glass Menagerie runs into July.