While many D.C. theaters are gearing up for big February productions, there are a handful of excellent musical gems opening in town.

Last Chance

My Fair Lady – This classic musical with memorable, sing-a-long songs like “Wouldn’t it be Loverly” comes from Lincoln Center Theater straight to The Kennedy Center for a touring production that’s received rave reviews. Get ready to dance all night until this revival closes January 19.

Just Opening

Pipeline — Celebrated playwright Dominique Morriseau penned this drama about a single mom determined to fight for her teenage son, who’s pitted against his private school teacher. Catch it at Studio Theatre’s Mead Theatre starting January 15.

Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World – From the Voices from a Changing Middle East at the Mosaic Theater Company comes a romcom about a Muslim immigrant from Egypt who sweeps a quirky American waitress off her feet. Steinberg New Play Award winner Yussef El Guindi penned this funny romp that doesn’t steer away from tackling cultural assumptions. The show opens January 16.

Spring Awakening – No better cure for the “Bitch of Living” quite like this teen-angsty, exuberant rock musical about teenagers in the 19^th century exerting their independence from their oppressive parents. This musical, with songs by Duncan Sheik, won Tonys and launched the careers of Glee stars Johnathan Groff and Lea Michele. Snag seats to this equal parts daring and crowd-pleasing choice at Round House Theatre, under the direction of D.C. musical man Alan Paul. Opens January 22.

Gun & Powder – A world premiere musical at Signature Theatre based on the true story of the Clarke sisters, African-American twins in the wild west who pass as white to get money to help their mother pay off a debt. There’s outlaw adventure and romance in this production, directed by Robert O’Hara in his Signature debut.  Watch this show ignite starting January 28.

Silent Sky — Arena Stage deputy artistic director Seema Sueko directs this fact-based play at Ford’s Theatre about Henrietta Leavitt, a turn-of-the-century astronomer who, along with several other female scientists, helped catalog thousands of stars and paved the way for the mapping of the Milky Way. It opens January 24.

Quick Runs

The Near Misses Presents: An Experimental Electropop Opera – Catch this one-show-only performance at the DCAC of The Near Misses, a four-woman electropop band & experimental opera group that uses inventive percussion instruments and integrated movement to tell intimate, moving, near death stories. They also include video to help tell their tales in an immersive way. One show only on January 5.