As far as I know, none of the shows currently playing involve dinosaurs… and that’s a real pity. Photo via Eric Haglund/flickr
Go ahead and throw out those SAD lightboxes and wash the caked-on road salt off your shoes: Winter is finally releasing its icy grip from the D.C. region! Or at least, it is if you count the snow we’re scheduled for this weekend. If you find yourself canceling your foolishly optimistic bocce plans for something great to do indoors, here are some of our picks for shows currently playing:
Now Playing
TXT is as much a play as it is an interactive audience experience; the show is powered primarily by audience suggestions via, what else, text message. The experience runs at the American Poetry Musuem. Every Sunday in 2015.
>>WALKING THE CITY OF SILENCE AND STONE: This serial podcast/play/walking tour via Forum Theater is currently on episode five of nine, with more updates planned to be released over the next few months. The weather is finally becoming bearable for a good self guided walk around the city; here’s hoping that the next episode takes you by some cherry blossom spots not overrun by tourists. Read our mid-season feature on the experience here.
>>THE METROMANIACS at Shakespeare Theatre Company. David Ives’ adaptation hits all the notes you’d expect of a Shakespearean comedy, with plenty of love plots and mistaken identities explored in rhyming verse. Its surprisingly and raucously funny, and despite its 18th century setting you can expect plenty of modern (and on point) zingers. The show has been (re)extended through March 22.
>>MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: Here’s what we said last month: The rule of thumb for Synetic Theater‘s vibrant, weird, and sexually charged dance adaptations is that they generally tend to do better when nobody talks, which is to say, every other show. This nonverbal take on Shakespeare in ’50s Las Vegas is the latest in their series of wordless adaptations. Through March 22.
KID VICTORY is a big, brassy musical about a boy returning to normal life after surviving a kidnapping. As our reviewer pointed out, he finds the world a bit harder to adapt to than Kimmy Schmidt; despite the glossy musical numbers, the show is a nuanced take on the struggles of returning to society. Plays at Signature Theatre through March 22.
>>DOCTOR CALIGARI is the latest offering from small but big-hearted Pointless Theatre. This show aims to recreate the nightmare-twisted sets and pervasive dread of the original silent film, which may be the world’s first horror movie. Check out our preview here, and keep an eye out for a review in the next few days. Through April 4th.
>>LAUGH is currently playing at Studio’s Mead Theatre, Studio’s second world premiere production this season. This one, set in the 1920s, involves people with a shared passion for slapstick silent films— so, you know, presumably not Caligari. Through April 19.
>>SOON This ominously-titled production at Signature Theater involves a Jewish goldfish and an impending heat apocalypse. I personally might have titled the show The Day After a Bad Jew Called Wanda, but I’m terrible at coming up with titles. Just ask my editor (ed. note: he’s better than he gives himself credit for) Through April 26.
Other Shows For Your Consideration:
THE ORIGINALIST at Arena Stage. A play about Scalia. Yes, really. Through April 22.
THE MAD: A FRACKING FAIRY TALE Three guesses which environmental catastrophe this comedy is about! Through March 21 at Theatre Du Jour.
NORWEIGANS in case you’re sad that winter is ending, you can still catch this snowy show at SCENA theatre. Through April 19.
