This month, D.C. stages a zany mystery, tells a story of musician brothers, showcases a play about exorcists and ghost writers — and welcomes a few Broadway icons to town. Here are the highlights for a jam-packed February in local theater.

Don’t miss:

MUSIC & LYRICS: Two brothers are musicians — and one is in prison — in Mosaic Theater Company’s compelling-looking Bars and Measures. Inspired by true events, the story follows the conversation between the two brothers as they cross boundaries of religion and the law to connect over a shared musical language. (Feb. 2-26)

BLINDED WITH SCIENCE: There are three stories, 20 characters, and a whole lotta mystery in Constellation Theatre Company’s upcoming Incognito. Scientists, musicians, and lovers try to understand the human brain — and themselves — in these interconnected tales.(Feb. 10-March 12)

IT’S GOT A KICK: Desperate to save his family’s shoe factory, a young man teams up with an exuberant drag queen to revolutionize the business, and his small hometown. Kinky Boots, the inclusive, celebratory Broadway phenomenon from Cyndi Lauper and collaborators, finds its way to the Olney Theatre stage. (Feb. 10-March 19)

GHOST STORY: What happens when you depend a little too closely on an exorcist … or a ghost writer? The intriguing world premiere Ghost/Writer at Rep Stage takes a look with two parallel ghost stories unfolding a century apart (Feb. 9-26)

GOD SAVE THE KING: The master of the underworld himself, Patrick Page of Hadestown, goes from God to Shakespearean icon in Shakespeare Theatre’s King Lear. Artistic director Simon Godwin directs this adaptation.(Feb. 23-March 26)

Also this month:

• With one look, Norma Desmond will break your heart in Sunset Boulevard at the Kennedy Center (Feb. 1-8). Also at the Kennedy Center, Broadway’s recent revival of Into the Woods moves on tour, including some of the stellar cast (including Gavin Creel) (Feb. 23-March 19). Both involve Stephanie J. Block, so guess she’s staying in town for a while.
• You really only need one, but Woolly Mammoth has Seven Methods for Killing Kylie Jenner. (Feb. 4-26)
• Arena Stage’s The High Ground is a love story set on the grounds of the Tulsa race massacre. (Feb. 10-April 2)
• Diagnosed over at Creative Cauldron is set inside a family-owned boutique that proves a community gathering place. (Feb. 5-March 5)
• A lunch lady is the unlikely star of Faction of Fools’ new play, Love Like Tuesday. (Feb. 16-March 11)
• Can a man get his visa before the Taliban come for him? Selling Kabul at Signature Theatre finds out. (Feb. 21-April 2)
• Once upon a December, Anastasia came to Capital One Hall …oh wait, it’s February. (Feb. 3-5)
• Flying V Fights has one of its Grapplemania events Feb. 18.
• A garden fight in D.C. (that’s right) gets really ugly in Gala’s Jardine Salvage. (Feb. 2-26)
• Cakes for gay weddings always seem to make the news, and in the Prologue/NextStop collab, The Cake, they’re the subject of theater. (Feb. 2-26)
• Best Medicine Rep plays around with noir in In the Gutter. (Feb. 24-March 19)
• The crime family saga New Jack City is already back at the National Theatre. (Feb. 16-18)
• The teen company over at Round House Theatre performs coming-of-age stories in Girlhood (Feb. 17-19). Also for younger audiences, Imagination Stage hosts The Hula-Hooping Queen. (Feb. 15-April 8)
• A trio of readings to keep an eye on: Irishtown over at Solas Nua on Feb. 11, Peerless from We Happy Few on Feb. 22, and Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: A Walk to Respect at Kennedy Center.

Still playing:

Adrift: a Medieval Wayward Folly from Happenstance Theater and the introspective Two Jews Walk into a War from Theater J wrap Feb. 5; Feb 12 weekend is it for the heartbreaking English at Studio Theatre, Billy and George from Avant Bard, and Aquarium from Imagination Stage; Feb. 19 marks the end for the infectious Ride the Cyclone at Arena Stage, 46 Plays for America’s First Ladies at NextStop, and Endgame from Washington Stage Guild; you’ve got until Feb. 25 to catch Lifespan of a Fact at Keegan Theatre; Something Rotten at Toby’s Dinner Theatre runs into March.