and 8, Sunday at 2 and 7. 1501 14th St.NW.
202-332-3300.www.studiotheatre.org. $35- $65.
WALTERCRONKITE ISDEAD. At Signature Theatre throughDec. 26
The premise of Joe Calarco’s slender new piece has some of the earmarks of an assignment in playwriting class: Two strangersmeet in a public place and . . . that place is ReaganNational Airport, on a stormy daywhen operations have come to a
halt.Margaret, a guarded Easterner, is seated at a tablewith a carafe ofwhitewine and, apparently, the last vacant chair at the airport. Enter Patty, a hyperdramatic Southerner, draggingwith her the accouterments of a bull-in-a-china-shop tourist. This oil-meets-water comedy has its consolations, especially as they concern Nancy Robinette’s ability to help uswith the belief thatMargaretwould have the patience for Patty’s attention-drawing hoots and sobs and guffaws.Where their sensibilities converge in the sterile cafe is in the trials of motherhood. That doesn’t come asmuch of a surprise, in a piece that too often lapses into predictability. Butmaybe in a time as politically fractious as this, themere idea of twowomen sitting and absorbing viewpoints they normallywouldn’t abide counts as revolutionary.
Sports TOWATCH
BASKETBALL STREETBALL CELEBRITY HOOPS CLASSIC Saturday at 7. Firebirds Track Club presents the AND1 and NYC Rucker Park Streetball Legends vs. the MOCO All-Stars.Watkins Mill High School, 10301 Apple Ridge Rd., Gaithersburg. 202-494-9588.
www.firebirdstrackclub.com. $12.
WIZARDS Friday at 7 vs. the Portland Trail Blazers. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-397-7328.
www.nba.com/ wizards. $10-$2,000.
HOCKEY
CAPITALS Saturday at 7 vs. the Atlanta Thrashers. Monday at 7 vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs. Thursday at 7 vs. the Florida Panthers. Verizon Center, 601 F St.NW. 202-397-7328.
capitals.nhl.com. $40-$300.
TOPLAY
Friday at 8, Saturday at 2 and 8, Sunday at 2 and 7, Tuesday andWednesday at 7:30 and Thursday at 8. 4200 CampbellAve., Arlington. 703-820-9771. 703-573-7328.
www.signature-theatre.org. $50-$76.
AlsoPlaying
Prices are for the entire run of the show; individual shows may vary.
THEDISTRICT
A GIRL’S GUIDE TOWASHINGTON POLITICS Chicago’s Second City returns with a humorous take on prominent female politicians, through Jan. 9.Wednesday at 8. Woolly Mammoth Theatre, 641 D St.NW. 202-393-3939.
www.woollymammoth.net. $30-$75.
AN EVENING WITH MARK TWAIN Kurt H. Sutton becomes the famous writer complete with a twangy voice, wit and wisdom, through Saturday. Saturday at 8. The Corner Store, 900 South Carolina Ave. SE. 202-544-5807.
www.cornerstorearts.org. $15 suggested donation.
BOXES RoseProse Productions presents eight vignettes about ordinary people whose lives are destroyed by unremarkable problems, through Tuesday. Monday and Tuesday at 7:30. Source, 1835 14th St.NW. 301-742-4673.
www.sourcedc.org.
www.boxestheplay.com. $17.
CANDIDE Mary Zimmerman directs a new adaptation of Voltaire’s satire about an optimistic man looking for true love, through Jan. 9. Friday and Thursday at 8, Saturday at 2 and 8, Sunday at 2 and 7:30,Wednesday at 7:30. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St.NW. 202-547-1122.
www.shakespearetheatre.org. $20-$82.
THE COVENANT JOURNEY A modern teen and a biblical teen search for answers and identity, through Saturday. Friday and Saturday at 1:30 and 7:30. Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater, 2700 F St.NW. 202-467-4600. 800-444-1324.
www.kennedy-center.org. $35-$90.
GOLDEN BOY A man is torn between a successful boxing career and his dreams of being a violinist in this Keegan Theatre production, through Dec. 19. Friday- Saturday and Thursday at 8, Sunday at 3. Church Street Theater, 1742 Church St.NW. 703-892-0202.
www.keegantheatre.com. $35, $30 students and seniors.
JULIUS CAESAR The Capital City Players of Washington DC presentsWilliam Shakespeare’s play, through Dec. 11. Friday- Saturday and Thursday at 7:30. Capitol Hill ArtsWorkshop, 545 Seventh St. SE. 202-547-6839.
www.chaw.org.
www.capitalcityplayersdc.org. $18, $15 for students and seniors.
MOJO Set in the 1950s, rock-and-roll meets London’s darker side at the Atlantic Club, through Dec. 26. Friday-Saturday and Wednesday-Thursday at 8:30, Sunday at 7:30. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St.NW. 202-332-3300.
www.studiotheatre.org. $30- $35.
SHEAR MADNESS The audience joins the fun in this performance based on a murder in a hair salon. Friday and Tuesday-Thursday at 8, Saturday at 6 and 9, Sunday at 2. Kennedy Center, Theater Lab, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600. 800-444-1324.
—P.M. C. STANLEY PHOTOGRAPHY
Frank Britton, left, plays Richard, withMundy Spears as Anne and Jay Saunders as Ratcliffe, in Washington Shakespeare Company’s “Richard III,” the troupe’s debut performance at Artisphere.
www.kennedy-center.org. $42.
SONGS FOR THE UNSUNG A compilation of songs about veterans’ experiences presented by theWashington National Opera, Double Nickels Theatre Company and the Armed Forces Retirement Home, through Thursday. Thursday 2 to 3:30. Armed Forces Retirement Home, 3700 North Capitol St.NW.
www.dc-opera.org. Free.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDMUSICAL THEATRE PROGRAM Students perform Broadway songs, through Monday. Monday at 6. Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St.NW. 202-467-4600. 800-444-1324.
www.kennedy-center.org. Free.
WIFE SWAPPERS An otherwise conservative couple venture into swinging, through Dec. 18. Friday andWednesday- Thursday at 7:30, Saturday at 7:30 and 10, Sunday at 3. D.C. Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833.
www.dcartscenter.org.
www.cherryredproductions.com. $25.
MARYLAND
AWRINKLE IN TIME Meg, her brother, a friend, the eccentric Mrs.Whatsit and her friends travel to a faraway planet to rescue Meg’s father, through Dec. 26. Friday and Wednesday-Thursday at 7, Saturday at 3 and 7, Sunday at 3. Round House Theatre, 4545 EastWest Hwy., Bethesda. 240-644-1100.
www.roundhousetheatre.org. $25-$60.
DIRTY STORY TheWeekday Players present a comedy based on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, through Monday. Sunday and Monday at 8. Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kogod Theatre, University of Maryland, Route 193 and Stadium Drive, College Park. 301-405-2787.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu. $10.
ON GOLDEN PONDWhile vacationing at their summer home, an elderly couple unexpectedly become babysitters to a teenage boy, through Dec. 19. Friday and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 2. Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Rd., Gaithersburg. 301-258-6394.
www.gaithersburgmd.gov/artsbarn. $15, $13 for City of Gaithersburg residents.
PETER PAN, THEMUSICAL The classic tale of Neverland and a boy who never grows up comes to Laurel, through Dec. 19. Friday- Saturday and Thursday at 8, Sunday at 2. Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel. 301-452-2557. 301-617-9906.
www.laurelmillplayhouse.org. $15, $13 students and seniors.
THE SEAFARER A stranger joins a card game on Christmas Eve in Dublin in Conor McPherson’s play, through Dec. 12. Friday and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 2. TheWriter’s Center, 4508Walsh St., Bethesda. 301-816-1023.
www.quotidiantheatre.org. $25, $20 seniors and students.
SOMETHING’S AFOOT The musical spoof on murdermysteries is presented by 2nd Star Productions, through Saturday. Friday at 8 and Saturday at 3. Bowie Playhouse,
Route 3 southbound between routes 450 and 50, Bowie. 410-757-5700. 301-832-4819.
www.2ndstarproductions.com. $20, $17 seniors and students.
THE WINTER’S TALE Lumina Studio Theatre presents Shakespeare’s romance about young lovers, a jealous husband and petty thieves, through Dec. 12. Saturday at 1 and Sunday at 1 and 6. Round House Theatre/Silver Spring, 8641 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. 301-565-2281.
www.luminastudio.org. $15, $8 students and seniors.
VIRGINIA
CAMELOT Presented by the Alliance Theatre, through Dec. 19. Friday and Saturday at 7:30, Sunday at 2, Thursday at 7. Mountain View Alternative High School, 5775 Spindle Ct., Centreville. 703-220-8101.
www.thealliancetheatre.org. $12.
SUNSET BOULEVARD Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical focuses on the old glamor of Hollywood and a romantic tragedy, through Feb. 13. Tuesday andWednesday at 7:30, Thursday at 8. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. 703-820-9771.
www.signature-theatre.org. $59-$85.
COMEDY
HILARY SCHWARTZ Friday at 8. The Corner Store, 900 South Carolina Ave. SE. 202-544-5807.
www.cornerstorearts.org. $20 suggested donation.
TEDDY CARPENTER Friday at 9. Bentz Street Sports Bar, 6 S. Bentz St., Frederick. 301-620-2222.
www.bentzstreetsportsbar.com. $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
NICK DI PAOLO Friday and Saturday at 9:55. Arlington Cinema ’N’ Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington. 703-486-2345.
www.arlingtondrafthouse.com. $18.
SHAHRYAR RIZVI AND BIG AL GOODWIN Saturday at 8. Hyatt Laugh Riot, Hyatt Regency Hotel, 7400Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 301-657-1234.
www.standupcomedytogo.com. $10.
ADAMFERRARAWednesday and Thursday at 8, through Dec. 12. Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave.NW. 202-296-7008.
www.dcimprov.com. $15-$17.
DANCE
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: WINTER DANCE INFORMAL Friday at 7. Students perform a range of styles from modern, jazz, ballet, tap and African dance. American University, Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave.NW. 202-885-2787.
www.american.edu/katzen. $5.
ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE DANCE COMPANY Friday and Saturday at 8. The Anne Arundel Community College
Dance Company performs “Perpetual Motion.” Anne Arundel Community College, Pascal Center for the Performing Arts, 101 College Pkwy., Arnold. 410-777-2457.
www.aacc.edu/dance. $15, $10 children and seniors.
MARYLAND DANCE ENSEMBLE Friday at 8 and Saturday at 2 and 8. Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kay Theatre, University of Maryland, Route 193 and Stadium Drive, College Park. 301-405-2787.
www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu. $25.
UNBOUND DANCE TEAMSaturday at 5 and Sunday at 4. The student group presents jazz, lyrical and contemporary dance steps. Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dance Theatre, University of Maryland, Route 193 and Stadium Drive, College Park. 301-405-2787.
www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu. $7.
CARLA&COMPANY Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 4. The in-house performers bring their high energy to their modern dance performances, suited for every age. Dance Place, 3225 Eighth St. NE. 202-269-1600.
www.danceplace.org. $22-$30, $17 seniors and students, $8 ages 2 to 17.
DANCE PROJECT FALL 2010 Saturday at 8:30. Presented by the Joy of Motion Dance Center. Joy of Motion Dance Center, Jack Guidone Theater, 5207Wisconsin Ave.NW. 202-520-3692.
www.joyofmotion.org. In advance: $15, $12 seniors and students. At the door: $20, $15 seniors and children in advance.
DINNERTHEATER
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Through Jan. 2. Friday-Saturday and Thursday at 6, Sunday at 10:30 and 5. Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5625 O’Donnell St., Baltimore. 410-649-1660.
www.tobysdinnertheatre.com. $49.50-$55.
A PROMTO DIE FOR! Help solve amystery while two potential prom queens duke it out, through May 8. Sunday at 6:30. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington. 888-471-4802.
www.mysterydinner.com. $44.95.
CINDERELLA Through Jan. 23. Friday- Saturday andWednesday-Thursday at 6, Sunday at 5. Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5900 SymphonyWoods Rd., Columbia. 800-888-6297. 301-596-6161.
www.tobysdinnertheatre.com. $49-$52.
OPERA
VIRGINIA OPERA Friday at 8 and Sunday at 2. Virginia Opera presents Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte.” George Mason University, Center for the Arts Concert Hall, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax. 703-993-8888. 888-945-2468.
www.gmu.edu/cfa. Friday: $44-$86. Sunday: $48-$98.
ANNAPOLIS OPERA COMPANY Sunday at 3. The company performs “Gifts from Grand Opera.” First Presbyterian Church, Duke of Gloucester and Conduit streets, Annapolis.
www.annapolisopera.org. $37.
HIKING CAPITAL HIKING CLUB Hike 3.5 to 5.5 miles near Harpers Ferry National Park on Saturday. 301-933-5508.
www.capitalhikingclub.org.
CENTER HIKING CLUB Hike 10 miles beginning in Sky Meadows State Park on Saturday. 703-517-3490. Hike nine miles in Great Falls, Va., on Sunday. 703-677-7777. Hike two to four miles through Vienna on Tuesday. 703-532-2031. www.centerhikingclub. org.
MOUNTAIN CLUB OF MARYLAND Hike 10 miles in the Patapsco Valley State Park on Saturday. 410-721-1106. Hike 10 miles in Gunpowder Falls on Sunday. 410-871-9108. Hike 10 miles near Harpers Ferry on Sunday. 410-871-0066. Hike six miles in the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area on Wednesday. 410-381-7212. Hike six miles in Patapsco Valley State Park on Wednesday. 410-750-8512. Hike nine miles along the Middle Patuxent River in Howard County onWednesday. 410-381-5489.
www.mcomd.org.
SIERRA CLUB OF HOWARD COUNTY Hike 2.5 or five miles in Meadowbrook Park on Saturday. 301-498-8462.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA HIKING CLUB Hike 12 miles in the George Washington National Forest on Saturday. 703-262-0340. Hike 4.6 miles in PrinceWilliam Forest Park on Saturday. 703-590-1442. Hike 7.8 miles along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland on Sunday. 410-531-3230.
www.nvhc.com.
WANDERBIRDS Hike 7.7 to 11.7 miles along the Appalachian Trail to Sky Meadows on Sunday. 703-328-1501.
www.wanderbirds.org.
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Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards host the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday atVerizon Center.
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