Woo! We made it through the dog days of August and finally have a substantial amount of theater opening this month. Here are some of the highlights.

The Kennedy Center’s Page-To-Stage festival, which focuses on readings, offers glimpses into experimental new works and peeks at upcoming seasons for area theaters (Sept. 5).

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is in the house at Toby’s Dinner Theater, as the company performs Sweeney Todd (Sept. 5).

Everyone knows the story of The Picture of Dorian Gray, but get a new interpretation of it at Round House (Sept. 9).

If DCist has any teeny-bopper fans out there, A) God help us and B) They should be aware that High School Musical is playing Wolf Trap (Sept. 5).

Billy Crystal stops in D.C. for the touring production of 700 Sundays at the National (Sept. 8).