‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’ opens at the Kennedy Center on October 5

‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ opens at the Kennedy Center on October 5

DON’T MISS

  • The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time, which took Broadway by storm with its inventive staging of Mark Haddon’s 2003 novel, stops at The Kennedy Center (Oct. 5).
  • Two companies bring us modern takes on Greek myths. Next Stop gives us Eurydice, the story of Odysseus told from the female perspective. (Oct. 27). And Taffety Punk takes on An Illiad, inspired by Homer’s tale (Oct. 1).
  • Go on a farcical double date with Woolly Mammoth as they stage Kiss, by Chilean playwright and screenwriter Guillermo Calderón. (Oct. 10).
  • See an original musical production of the childhood movie favorite Freaky Friday at Signature (Oct. 4).

Mike Daisey brings back The Trump Card for a brief engagement. (Ursa Waz/Wooly Mammoth)

ALSO OPENING:

  • Witch, which looks at the “invisible women” among us, debuts at Convergence Theatre (Oct. 14).
  • The Broadway spoof Ruthless! The Musical is staged at Creative Cauldron (Oct. 6).
  • The citizens of Beertown in D.C. open up their Time Capsule at Dog and Pony (Oct. 18).
  • See Salvadoran folk tales come to life in the kid-friendly Volcanes at Gala (Oct. 8).
  • Spooky singing takes place at Cabaret Macabre: The Return, performed by Happenstance (Oct. 27).
  • Track the path of a beloved toy rabbit in The Mysterious Journey of Edward Tulane at Imagination Stage (Oct. 8).
  • Nu Sass has some fun with Shakespeare, chronicling the Bard’s best death scenes in 43 1/2: The Greatest Deaths of Shakespeare’s Tragedies (Oct. 20).
  • See the Puppet Company’s version of Hansel and Gretel (Oct. 13).
  • Quotidian tackles Irish playwright Conor McPherson’s The Night Alive. We reviewed Round House’s 2015 production here, and noted that while the play, “can be very, very bleak … the storyteller teases out enough hope to keep viewers optimistic about the characters’ future.” (Oct. 21).
  • Feel like traveling to Columbia, Md.? You’ll be rewarded with Red Branch’s production of Evil Dead the Musical (Oct. 7).
  • Monologuist Mike Daisey brings The Trump Card back to Woolly for a brief engagement on Oct. 25. In our review of his August appearance, we wrote, “if you want to understand Trump but can’t stand to listen to him, Daisey might be the next best thing.”
  • The former off-Broadway musicalZombie Prom (just what it sounds like) comes to Unexpected Stage (Oct. 6).
  • Spooky Action takes on the 18th century political satire Rameau’s Nephew (Oct. 20).
  • The Hothouse New Play Development Series, with work by Mollye Maxner, John Bavoso and others, opens at Theatre Alliance (Oct. 3).

Lolita Marie and Sadeeq Heard in ‘brownsville,’ which runs through October 6. (C. Stanley Photography/Theater Alliance)

STILL PLAYING:

  • Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By the Sea is one of the most anticipated films of the fall. See his play Lobby Hero, about a security guard and his supervisors drawn into a criminal investigation, is at 1st Stage through Oct. 16.
  • Motherstruck, Staceyann Chin’s “personal journey to motherhood as a single woman, lesbian, and activist who does not have health insurance,” at Studio (through Oct. 23),
  • Collective Rage, which we wrote, “is about trading in high heels for boxing gloves and self-hatred for a guitar … and about pussy,” at Woolly (through Oct. 9).
  • Knuffle Bunny:A Cautionary Musical, based on the children’s book by Mo Willems, at Adventure Theater (through Oct. 23),
  • Brownsville Song , which tries to make dramatic sense of a black life cut short. We wrote that while the production, “stumbles a bit in the telling, it’s … ultimately worth listening to.” At Anacostia Playhouse (through Oct. 6).
  • Two-time Emmy winner Marg Helgenberger stars in the Lillian Hellman classic The Little Foxes at Arena (through Oct. 30),
  • Urinetown, which we wrote, “honors the Tony-award winning book with loving exuberance, luxuriating in what makes musicals such a cathartic joy.” At Constellation (through Oct. 9).
  • Synetic takes on Dante’s Inferno at (Oct. 30).
  • Remember the ’90s in Be Awesome, which we wrote, “captures the feel of the decade for those who grew up in it without alienating those who didn’t.” At Flying V(through Oct. 9).
  • The Diary of Anne Frank at Olney (through Oct. 23).
  • Audrey Cefaly’s comedy The Gulf turns Signature‘s ARK theatre into “a steamy southern waterway.” (through Nov. 6),
  • Sense and Sensibility at Folger, which we wrote, “moves faster than juicy gossip.” (through Oct. 30).
  • Come from Away, which we wrote, “focuses on what unites us rather than what divides us.” It goes to Toronto next before hitting Broadway in the spring, where we expect it will be a hit thanks to its feel-good-tale of Canadian goodwill in the midst of an American tragedy. At Ford’s (through Oct. 16).
  • Office sexual politics is at play in What We’re Up Against at Keegan (through Oct. 15).
  • At the end of the Great War, a small Virginia town is rocked by secrets in Blackberry Daze at MetroStage (through Oct. 9).
  • The high-flying musical Catch Me If You Can at NextStop (through Oct. 9).
  • Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare Theater Company (through Oct. 30).
  • We wrote that Round House’s Millennium Approaches is still unflinching after 25 years. Both plays in the Angels in America series are still at Round House (through Oct. 30).

LOOKING AHEAD: Get ready for the annual production of A Christmas Carol at Ford’s, Six Degrees of Separation at Keegan, a stop on the national tour of Once at the National Theatre, the Shakespeare-inspired Tame at Avant Bard, and much more.

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