Constellation’s “The Ramayana”.August brings lots of reruns of past productions, and lots of anticipation about what will open as seasons kick off next month. Here’s what’s going on to tide you over until then.
>> Constellation re-stages its immensely popular production of The Ramayana. Here’s what our critic had to say about it then (August 4).
>> Five words: Cate Blanchett at Kennedy Center. Uncle Vanya comes to town (August 4).
>> Longacre Lea gets back to business with a production of Something Past In Front of the Light (August 10).
>> Nothing says summer like free Shakespeare. You’ve got Julius Caesar as Shakespeare Theatre Co.’s “Free For All” production (August 18). Meanwhile, Olney will stage The Taming Of The Shrew (August 26).
Also This Month:
- Luck be a lady; it’s Guys and Dolls over at Wolf Trap (August 11).
- See comedian Reggie Watts Live In Concert at Woolly (August 23).
- The Hollow (as in Sleepy) opens at Signature (Aug. 23).
- WSC opens its season with a 50th anniversary production of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days (August 29).
- Rep Stage wades into Aphra Benh territory with the farcical Or, (August 31).
- In Imagining Madoff, Theater J takes a visit to the notorious criminal’s prison cell (August 31).
Still Playing:
This weekend is your last opportunity to catch American Century’s Visit To A Small Planet, Landless’ Rock Bottom: A Rock Opus, Birds of a Feather over at The Hub, and Quotidian’s The Cherry Orchard; make sure you get to Scena’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Studio’s Pop! and Woolly Mammoth’s Clybourne Park before August 14; Wicked at the Kennedy Center and Keegan’s polished Steel Magnolias close the August 22 weekend; at the end of the month, Olney’s Grease and Toby’s Anything Goes close up shop; meanwhile, Arena Stage’s return engagement of the jubilant Oklahoma! marches on through October.
