Seldom-seen Sondheim, a hip-hop musical, an Angels anniversary, and more are on D.C.-area stages in March. Here are the highlights.

Don’t miss:

THE SEASON OF SONDHEIM CONTINUES: Nerd fans of composer Stephen Sondheim know it can be hard to track down a staging of Pacific Overtures, a musical about the westernization of Japan. Signature Theatre’s doing it this season as part of its year of Sondheim, though — and not for the first time. (March 7-April 9)

PUSH IT REAL GOOD: A musical about morality … but make it hip hop. Keegan Theatre performs this world premiere of Push the Button by Drew Anderson and Dwayne Lawson-Brown, a show that was originally workshopped at Keegan’s Boiler Room Series for new works. (March 25-April 7)

A MYSTERY OF THE MIND: How did this photographer suddenly wake up in her ex-girlfriend’s apartment in Istanbul? Unseen at Mosaic Theater has the answer in this play by Mona Mansour. (March 30-April 23)

SO IT’S ACTUALLY THE LITTLE MERMAID: A rain cloud falls in love with a person, and a Hans Christian Anderson lookalike is around to tell the tale of Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea from Rorschach Theatre billed as an “adaptation, a reimagining, and a critique of The Little Mermaid.” (March 24-April 16)

BEN AFFLECK WOULD APPROVE: Three strangers come together in a Dunkin’ Donuts for Jennifer Who is Leaving at Round House, part of the National Capital New Play Festival. The show deals with society’s expectations of women, especially when it comes to caregiving. (March 30-May 7)

Also this month:

• Line cooks with checkered pasts are at the heart of Studio Theatre’s Clyde’s, from Pulitzer-winner Lynn Nottage. (March 1-April 9)
• You oughta know that Jagged Little Pill is making a stop at the National. (March 14-26)
• Another local theater, this time NextStop in partnership with Prologue, is taking on The Cake, about the conundrum that a baker feels over a wedding cake for a gay celebration. (March 10-April 2)
• Speaking of collabs, Woolly Mammoth and Shakespeare Theatre Company come together for
• The Jungle, where a new society is coming together in France. (March 28-April 16)
• Also at Woolly, Aya Ogawa’s comedic autobiographical story, The Nosebleed, makes its regional premiere. (March 31-April 23)
• Naveen and Keshav’s adorably star-crossed romance is at the center of A Nice Indian Boy at Olney (March 8-April 9).
• Also facing an uphill romantic battle are the Príncipe y Príncipe princes in GALA Hispanic Theatre’s latest (March 11-25).
• Steinem is the Gloria in question for Theater J’s Gloria: A Life (March 8-April 2).
• In other historical figure tales, singer and activist Sister Rosetta Tharpe provides the inspiration for Ford’s Theatre’s Shout Sister Shout (March 15-May 13).
• For a taste of some classic tales, Avant Bard aims to modernize Julius Caesar (March 9-April 1), Shakespeare’s Academy Class of 2023 tries to tackle Macbeth in just 60 minutes (March 10-11), and Synetic aims to bring new life to Beauty and the Beast (March 3-April 2).
• It’s been 30 years since Angels in America made an unforgettable epic of the AIDS crisis; Arena Stage is putting on Part One: Millennium Approaches (and will do a one-night reading of Part Two: Perestroika April 17).
• On the Far End at Round House is the true story of Muscogee leader Ella Jean Hill and her family, done as a one-woman show. (March 28-May 7)
• How will three sisters find their way from the forest they were abandoned in? The fairytale This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing from Theater Alliance follows the path each one takes. (March 1-25).
• The Storehouse from Perisphere is inspired by the relationship between writers Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Jacobs. (March 10-25)
• Four people in a Japanese garden find a connection in 1st Stage’s How the Light Gets In. (March 2-19)
• It’s got groove, it’s got meaning; Grease is the word at Toby’s. (March 24-June 11)
• A soldier and a slave face off in Washington Stage Guild’s Ben Butler. (March 23-April 16)

Kids like theater too …

Parents of younger audiences might consider the musical The Mortification of Fovea Munson at Kennedy Center (March 4-19); Sleeping Beauty from Puppet Co. (March 2-April 9); Aquarium from Imagination at Atlas (March 9-12); The Snow Queen from Creative Cauldron’s Learning Theater Ensemble (March 17-April 2); and Wake Up Brother Bear at Imagination Stage (March 11-April 8).

But wait, there’s more …

A few quickies to consider: For one night only at Atlas, The Fire Behind the Comb is a theatrical memorial of a mother who died from long Covid but lived a fascinating life (March 5). Meanwhile, a King Lear-themed mock trial takes the stage at Shakespeare March 13, R.E.S.P.E.C.T  is, of course, about Aretha Franklin at Capital One Hall March 22, and queer immigrant story Tacones (which premiered at Fringe) is at Atlas March 12. (Both Tacones and The Fire Behind the Comb are part of Intersections 2023).

Still playing:

Diagnosed from Creative Cauldron and Woolly’s provocative  Seven Methods for Killing Kylie Jenner wrap March 5; the March 11 weekend is the end for Faction of Fools’ Love Like Tuesday and Constellation Theatre Company’s intersecting Incognito; you’ve got until March 19 to catch Something Rotten at Toby’s, the ode to acceptance Kinky Boots from Olney, In the Gutter from Best Medicine Rep, and the Kennedy Center production of Into the Woods (star Gavin Creel is also in concert there March 13); King Lear at Shakespeare closes March 26; Arena’s The High Ground, Signature Theatre’s Selling Kabul, and Imagination Stage’s The Hula-Hooping Queen all run into April.