Reduced Shakespeare Company.D.C. theaters bring us an ABBA tribute, some Tennessee Williams and one unpronounceable show title during this lazy June. Here are the highlights.
>> That unpronounceable title is Forum Theater’s BOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA, a road trip through America (June 2).
>> Synetic’s take on Don Quixote may not feature “The Impossible Dream”, but it should have plenty of surprises (June 2).
>> Are you a fan of sea shanties (and who isn’t)? One man attempts to write them in Studio’s The History of Kisses (June 15).
>> Reduced Shakespeare Company is back, and they’ve gone Completely Hollywood (a sports-themed show follows next month) at Kennedy Center (June 21).
Also This Month
- Spooky Action performs Einstein’s Dreams (June 2).
- Keegan performs the irresistible The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (June 4).
- Scena tackles European writer Sofi Oksanen’s Purge (June 4).
- Arena Stage wraps up a killer season with The Glass Menagerie (June 9).
- Active Cultures brings back Sportaculture 3 for one night only (June 12).
- Shakespeare Theatre’s latest is The Merchant of Venice (June 21).
- The gripping Next To Normal makes a return trip to D.C. with original star Alice Ripley, this time to Kennedy Center (June 28).
- Take a chance on Mamma Mia! when it heads to Wolf Trap (June 30).
Still Playing: This weekend wraps up Constellation’s The Green Bird, Arena’s compelling Ruined, Olney’s Farragut North, MetroStage’s The Real Inspector Hound and American Ensemble Theater’s Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them; June 12 marks the end for Folger’s endearing Cyrano; the infectious Side by Side By Sondheim at Signature; Round House’s focused take on Amadeus and Theater J’s The Moscows of Nantucket; on June 19, Landless’ The B-Team, 1st Stage’s By Jeeves and Arena’s A Time To Kill close; Woolly’s Booty Candy shutters June 26; while Shakespeare Theatre’s thoughtful Old Times, Studio’s Venus in Fur and WSC’s mix of Tennessee Continuum and Night and Day all stretch into July.
