They’re baaaaack. The area’s theater companies, that is. September marks season opener time for quite a few groups around town. Here are some of the highlights: This weekend kicks things off with the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage festival. Get a free first look at some of the new plays premiering around town this season. Lots of stuff looks interesting — a new take on Kafka’s The Trial from Catalyst, Ken Ludwig’s version of The…

Shakespearan works are often known for their pathos and their poetry. In Titus Andronicus, however, it’s all about the bloody. A slick production of the gruesome tragedy is now being staged by http://www.shakespearedc.org/ “>Shakespeare Theater Company as part of the Shakespeare in Washington festival. The story starts off pretty slowly, mired in complicated political intrigue that fails to fully engage. Then, the limbs start coming off, and things proceed swiftly from there. Titus is at…

So much theater, so little time…that’s what DC theater fans will lament as they view the hefty list of Beltway-bound openings this month. Enough introduction: let’s leave room to showcase everything from Kushner to Capote. Not to be confused with the Jennifer Lopez/Ben Affleck disaster, there’s Woolly Mammoth’s The Gigli Concert, focuses on an Englishman’s love for women and vodka which features a struggling Englishman in Dublin who is faced with a client with a…

December may have been classic musical central, but January brings a new year and host of exciting options, heavy topics and renowned playwrights showcased by local theatres. Opening this week is Studio Theatre’s anticipated Neil LaBute Festival, highlighting the work of the often-caustic man responsible for, among other things, The Shape of Things and In The Company Of Men. The festival kicks off with Fat Pig, which explores whether a man can overcome his friends’…