June kicks off the summer theater slowdown in D.C., with many theaters’ annual seasons wrapping up. But there are still some openings of note, including several musicals in both local and touring productions.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch comes to the Kenndy Center on June 13 (The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)
DON’T MISS
The fierce rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch wraps up its national tour here in D.C. at Kennedy Center (June 13).
Check out some battle choreography in Flying V Fights: The Secret History of the Unknown World (June 8).
August Wilson’s work takes the Round House stage as they perform How I Learned What I Learned (June 7).
The Kennedy Center is alive with The Sound of Music (The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)
ALSO OPENING
Part of August Wilson’s ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom heads to 1st Stage (June 1).
Set in Trinidad during Carnival, Jean and Dinah…The Play opens at Essential Theater (June 8).
Imagination Stage has a new spin on a classic: Wonderland: Alice’s Rock and Roll Adventure (June 21).
The hills are alive: The Sound of Music makes a stop at Kennedy Center (June 13).
The anniversary tour of Rent has a stay at The National Theater (June 20).
You could grow accustomed to the classic musical My Fair Lady when it gets the Olney treatment (June 21).
The Source Festival showcases a variety of plays throughout this month and next.
At Theatre Alliance, Still Life with Rocket presents a dying matriarch looking back (June 8).
Disney’s The Little Mermaid is live at Wolf Trap (June 29).
It’s the local premiere for Keegan’s When We Were Young and Unafraid, set in a shelter for domestic violence in the early 1970s (June 17).
Oscar Ceville and Nanna Ingvarsson (JBryanda Minix)
STILL PLAYING
Recreating one of the last performances by legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday, Lady Day wraps up her run at Anacostia Playhouse June 11.
Ulysses on Bottles, Gilad Evron’s play about an Israeli-Arab ex-teacher who sails into Gaza on a raft made of plastic bottles, exits Mosaic June 11.
Time’s running out for Scena’s stage adaptation of Rainer Warner Fassbinder’s film, Fear Eats the Soul (June 4), which we wrote, “is a love story that transcends politics”.
Constellation’s version of The Arabian Nights ends June 4.
Folger’s production of Sheakespeare’s lesser-known Timon of Athens, which we wrote, is “worth donating your time to,” closes June 11
It’s not entirely clear if Laura Bush Killed a Guy at The Klunch, but as we wrote, “you’ll laugh, gain insight into how we all see her, and maybe nosh on some of her famous Cowboy Cookies in the lobby beforehand”—but only through June 4
Maria Callas’ Master Class runs at MetroStage through June 11.
Don’t be pissed — Urinetown runs a little longer at NextStop (June 25).
Mathematics-themed Proof ends its Olney appearance June 18.
Shakespeare Theater will teach at The School for Lies through July 2.
Signature’s rocking take on Jesus Christ Superstar, which we wrote, “still has the ability to make us think — and to make us uncomfortable,” ends July 2.
Based on the work of Oliver Sacks, The Man Who exits Spooky Action June 4. We wrote that, “everyone involved takes special care in their portrayals of these unusual neurological disorders.”
Studio’s The Father wraps up June 18.
Synetic’s inventive, silent Hunchback of Notre Dame, which we called “primal, moody theater,” closes June 11.
Just a few days left for Taffety Punk’s health-care dramas Mercy Killers & Side Effects, which close June 3. We previewed these powerful one-man performances here.
HIR at Woolly Mammoth ends its run June 18. Stay tuned for a review tomorrow.
Avant Bard’s King Lear, with a valedictory performance by the Helen Hayes-award winning Rick Foucheux, closes June 25.
LOOKING AHEAD
July brings Cabaret to Kennedy Center, a symphonic metal version of The Mystery of Edwin Drood from Landless, and of course, the Capital Fringe Festival.
