Signature tells the story of a vocally challenged recording artist in ‘Mrs. Miller Does her Thing,” opening February 28.

DON’T MISS

• Constellation puts on the inventive Peter Pan prequel Peter and the Starcatcher (Feb. 9).
• Brother Mario is — you guessed it — about the Nintendo icon, with a production courtesy of Flying V (Feb 23).
• The Gospel at Colonus, a gospel musical about Oedipus, is staged by WSC Avant Bard (Feb. 23).
• The Demon Barber of Fleet Street visits OIney in Sweeney Todd (Feb. 1).
• Signature’s Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing (Feb. 28) is based on the life of the notoriously untalented singer.

Christopher McLinden and Robert Joy in the American Conservatory Theater production of ‘King Charles III,’ opening at The Shakespeare Theatre Company on February 7. Photo by Kevin Berne.

ALSO OPENING

• Spooky Action Theater takes audiences to The River, where the action takes place in an isolated fishing cabin (Feb. 2).
• Theater J’s The How and the Why tackles science, evolution, and women’s choices (Feb. 15).
• I Wanna Fucking Tear You Apart dominates the Studio Theatre stage with a tale of complicated friendship (Feb. 1)
• Synetic brings its signature Shakespeare style to The Taming of the Shrew (Feb. 15).
• At 1st Stage, meet Trevor, a beloved chimpanzee (Feb. 2).
• Fairy tale fans should check out Adventure Theater’s Ella Enchanted (Feb. 3), adapted from Gail Carson Levine novel about a girl given the “gift” of obedience.
• Two plays open at Arena Stage this month. Watch on the Rhine is a WW11-era suspense drama (Feb. 3), while Intelligence is a new political drama about post-9/11 security (Feb. 24).
• Yo También Hablo de la Rosa (I Too Speak of the Rose) is the next drama to grace Gala’s stage (Feb. 2).
• Also in fairy tale-based children’s fare, Imagination Stage offers The Freshest Snow Whyte (Feb. 11).
• In the classic The Gin Game, this month at MetroStage, a simple card game escalates (Feb. 2).
• Shakespeare Theatre Company takes on King Charles III (Feb. 7), the Broadway and West End hit about regime change.

(Left to right) Holly Twyford, Danny Gavigan, Maggie Wilder, and GregoryLinington. (Scott Suchman)

STILL PLAYING

• Arena’s abortion dramedy Roe runs through Feb. 19. We wrote that the production is, “a timely emotional experience directed not at ideologues, but everyday people coming to terms with how tough issues impact actual human beings.”
• Folger’s production of the Bard’s As You Like It runs until March 5.
• Ford’s bracing Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is around until Feb. 19. We wrote that, “as suits Edward Albee’s classic, the performances are as enthralling as they are repulsive.”
• Hooded: Or Being Black for Dummies runs at Mosaic through Feb. 19.
• Pinky Swear’s musical Lizzie, about the legendary alleged killer Lizzie Borden, wraps up Feb. 5. In our preview of the show, director Piero Bonamico told us that, “really it’s a rock concert.”
• Round House’s production of the Tony Kushner musical Caroline or Change ends Feb. 26. Stay tuned for our review next week.
• Baby Screams Miracle, about a family that prays to get through an apocalyptic storm, rolls around at Woolly until Feb. 26.

ON THE HORIZON

March brings a production of the epic musical Ragtime to Ford’s; the Frankenstein-inspired From the Mouths of Monsters comes to Kennedy Center; Jason Robert Brown’s tragic musical Parade comes to to Keegan; and much more.