February’s theater scene brings a month of insomnia and exorcisms, dames and deaths. But before we outline the month’s offerings, allow us to say thanks to DCist reader Jeffrey, who reminded us that tickets for the Monty Python spectacular, Spamalot, coming to the National Theater in June, go on sale Februrary 26. They’ll be gone faster than you can say “shrubbery,” so mark your calendars.
In the meantime, how far would you go to protect your children? In Woolly Mammoth’s The Velvet Sky, one mother goes sleepless for 13 years straight to protect her son from the Sandman (Jan. 30).
It’s Teatro de la Luna’s busiest month, as they kick off their International Festival of Hispanic Theatre. This year’s offerings come from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Uruguay (Feb. 1).
Star-crossed lovers? Jewish mysticism? Exorcism? Theatre J and Synetic Theater‘s The Dybbuk promises to be intriguing, at the very least (Feb. 11).
The frequently-innovative Actors’ Theatre of Washington stages Boston Marriage, a David Mamet work with lesbians at its center. The advertisements promises comic style in the Wildean tradition, so count us in. (Feb. 17).
