Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan.

Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan.

Oh, September. One of the season’s most jam-packed months is no exception this year, with more than 20 shows debuting around town. Whether you’re into new musicals, edgy Shakespeare or, well, Ray Bradbury, we’ve got you covered.

>> Kathy Rigby IS Peter Pan. And doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon. Catch her at Wolf Trap (Sept. 1).

>> The Kennedy Center’s Page To Stage festival is always a great opportunity to get a look at new works (Labor Day weekend).

>> If you liked their take on The Liar, you might want to revisit Shakespeare Theater for The Heir Apparent: the creative team is the same (Sept. 6).

>> No Rules Theatre Company gets to work with a local master, Holly Twyford, when staging Stop Kiss (Sept. 7).

>> A whole new audience gets to hear about the perils of burning books when Round House stages a take on Fahrenheit 451 (Sept. 7).

Also this month

  • The latest from the author of The History Boys is The Habit of Art, at Studio Theatre (Sept. 7).
  • MetroStage’s Savage in Limbo is set in a seedy Bronx bar (Sept. 8).
  • Things get farcical at 1st Stage with Don’t Dress for Dinner (Sept. 9).
  • The stresses of show biz come to the forefront with American Century’s The Country Girl (Sept. 9).
  • Taffety Punk’s signature all-girl Shakespeare shows are back with Much Ado About Nothing (Sept. 9).
  • E. Faye Butler stars in Alice Childress’ Trouble In Mind at Arena (Sept. 9).
  • The exuberant, dance-tastic Fela! comes from Broadway to Sidney Harman (Sept. 13).
  • Signature’s Sweet Tea takes a look at the lives of black gay men in the South (Sept. 13).
  • Synetic will bring back some of its popular silent Shakespeare shows before attempting to take them on tour. First up, Macbeth, which we reviewed years ago (Sept. 14).
  • Faction of Fools, in their new role at Galludet University, will perform Machiavelli’s The Mandrake (Sept. 15).
  • Kennedy Center hosts the National Theater of China, who will perform Two Dogs’ Opinions on Life (Sept. 20).
  • Forum’s back, with a take on the Caryl Churchill work Mad Forest (Sept. 22).
  • Jason Robert Brown’s moving (and rarely staged) Parade is a co-production of Theater J and Ford’s Theatre (Sept. 23).
  • Have you heard the people sing yet? A new production of Les Miserables makes a stop at Kennedy Center (Sept. 28).
  • Olney goes to trial with Witness for the Prosecution (Sept. 28).
  • Studio’s Lungs looks at sex and parenthood (Sept. 28).
  • Solas Nua brings back its fun-filled Improbable Frequency (Sept. 30).

Still Playing
This weekend is the end for Longacre Lea’s confusing but intriguing Something Past In Front of the Light and Olney’s Grease; Rep Stage’s Aphra Ben tribute, Or, closes Sept. 18; you’ve until Sept. 25 to catch Imagining Madoff at Theater J and Avant Bard’s Happy Days; while Arena’s exciting Oklahoma! and Signature’s two new musicals, The Hollow and The Boy Detective Fails, all go into October.

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