THE WASHINGTON POST • FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010
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THE DISTRICT CAT’S CRADLE Longacre Lea’s world premiere adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel looks at science, religion and the atomic bomb, through Sept. 5. Friday-Sunday and Wednesday-Thursday at 7:30. Catholic University, Callan Theatre, 3801 Harewood Rd. NE. 202-460-2188.
www.longacrelea.org. $15-$18, $12-$15 students and seniors.
THE COLOR[ED]S ARE TALKING AGAIN/LOS COLORES HABLAN DE NUEVO Participants in GALA’s Summer Youth Program and Paso Nuevo present an evening of poetry, music, video, song and scenes that explore identity and race. Saturday at 7:30. GALA Theatre-Tivoli, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174. www.
galatheatre.org. Free.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Scena Theatre presents a twist on Oscar Wilde’s satire of the elite, through Aug. 29. Friday-Saturday and Thursday at 8, Sunday at 3. H Street Playhouse, 1365 H St. NE. 703-683-2824.
www.scenatheater.org. $25-$40.
NOISES OFF Keegan Theatre presents Michael Frayn’s play within a play about backstage antics, through Aug. 22. Friday-Saturday and Thursday at 8, Sunday at 3. Church Street Theater, 1742 Church St. NW. 703-892-0202. www.
keegantheatre.com. $30, $25 seniors and students.
SEPARATED AT BIRTH Dog & Pony DC presents a show about clowns riding on public transportation, through Aug. 29. Friday-Saturday and Wednesday-Thursday at 8, Sunday at 3. Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW. 202-315-1305.
www.flashpointdc.org. $15, $10 students and seniors.
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 3 and 7. Kennedy Center, Theater Lab, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600. 800-444-1324. www.
kennedy-center.org. $42.
TWELFTH NIGHT Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Free for All is back with the Bard’s comedy, through Sept. 5. Thursday at 8. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. www.
shakespearetheatre.org. Free, tickets required.
MARYLAND
BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre presents the story of the rock and roll pioneer, through Sept. 5. Friday, Sunday and Thursday at 8:30. Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, 143 Compromise St., Annapolis. 410-268-9212. www.
summergarden.com. $18.
CHARLESTON REVISITED Anthony E. Gallo’s play is performed. Friday and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 2. Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt. 301-441-8770.
www.greenbeltartscenter. org. $15, $12 seniors and students.
DISCO INFERNO A Laurel Mill Playhouse Summer Youth Production about the music of the ‘70s, through Aug. 22. Friday and Thursday at 8, Saturday and Sunday at 2. Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel. 301-452-2557. 301-617-9906.
www.laurelmillplayhouse. org. $15, $13 students and seniors.
EQUUS The Hard Bargain Players present the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to help a young man with an unusual fascination with horses, through Aug. 21. Friday and Saturday at 8. Hard Bargain Farm, 2001 Bryan Point Rd., Accokeek. 301-292-5727. www.hbplayers. org. $10, $8 for students and seniors.
GODSPELL The play is presented by the Musical Theater Center. Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 7:30. Randolph Road Theatre, 4010 Randolph Rd., Silver Spring. 301-251-5766. www.
musicaltheatercenter.org. $8.
THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT Jesus’s infamous betrayer is on trial in the comedy presented by the Dignity Players. Friday and Saturday at 8.
comedy about 20 characters who inhabit Tuna, Texas, through Sept. 19. Tuesday-Friday at 8, Saturday at 8:30, Sunday at 7:30. Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre, Route 1 at Furnace Road, Woodbridge. 703-550-7384. www.
lazysusan.com. $41.95-$44.95, $35 ages 11 to 15, $25 age 10 and younger.
NUNSENSE The Little Sisters of Hoboken hold a fundraiser to raise money to bury one of their sisters, through Sept. 19. Friday-Saturday and Tuesday-Wednesday at 6., Sunday at 5. Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5900 Symphony Woods Rd., Columbia. 800-888-6297. 301-596-6161. www.
tobysdinnertheatre.com. $48-$51.
COMEDY
MIKE EAGAN Friday at 7 and Saturday at 7 and 10. Comedy Zone, 300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington. 877-335-2844. www.
tasteourlaughter.com. $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
THE CAPITOL STEPS Friday-Saturday at 7:30. Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-397-7328.
www.capsteps.com. $33-$35.
TONY ROCK Friday and Saturday at 8 and 10:30, Sunday at 8. Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-296-7008.
www.dcimprov.com. $15-$17.
JIM COATES Keegan Theatre’s farce “Noises Off” runs through Aug. 29 at Church Street Theater.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, 333 Dubois Rd., Annapolis. 410-266-8044, Ext. 127. www.
dignityplayers.org. $15-$20, $10-$15 students and seniors.
LOVE LETTERS Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, the play focuses on letters exchanged by two people during their lives. Saturday at 8. Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel. 301-452-2557.
www.laurelmillplayhouse. org. $10.
OUR TOWNThe City of Gaithersburg and the Damascus Theatre Company present Thornton Wilder’s play about families, through Aug. 29. Friday and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 2. Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Rd., Gaithersburg. 301-258-6394.
www.gaithersburgmd. gov/artsbarn. $15, $13 Gaithersburg residents, $9 children and students.
THE PRODUCERS Mel Brooks’s irreverent musical is presented by DLC Summer Stage. Friday at 8, Saturday at 3 and 8. Drama Learning Center, 9130-I Red Branch Rd., Columbia. 410-997-9352. www.dramalearningcenter. com. $15 in advance, $18 at the door.
SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR Bowie Community Theatre presents a play about two people (married to others) who meet once a year for a tryst. Friday and Saturday at 8. Bowie Playhouse, Route 3 southbound between routes 450 and 50, Bowie. 301-805-0219. www.bctheatre. com. $16, $11 seniors and students.
SCORPIONSWilliam establishes a fragile relationship with a homeless woman he passes every day, through Aug. 29. Friday and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 7. Fells Point Corner Theatre, 251 S. Ann St., Baltimore. 410-276-7837. www.
fpct.org. $10-$17.
ZELDA AT THE OASIS Zelda Fitzgerald looks into her past and future in this dramatic production. Sunday at 3. F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville Civic Center Park, 603 Edmonston Dr., Rockville. 240-314-8690. www.
rockvillemd.gov/theatre. $20, $18 seniors.
VIRGINIA
THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE RABBIT Uncle Rabbit finds pleasure in tricking his neighbors, through Aug. 20. Saturday and Sunday at 12:30. Synetic Family Theater, 4041 Campbell Ave., Arlington. 800-494-8497.
www.classika.org. $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
BRIGADOON The Sterling Playmakers present a musical love story about a mystical Scottish village. Friday and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 2. Potomac Falls High School, 46400 Algonkian Pkwy., Sterling. 703-437-6117. www.
sterlingplaymakers.com. $12-$15.
CHESS Two of the greatest chess masters compete on the boards and in the game of love, through Sept. 26. Friday-Saturday and Thursday at 8, Sunday at 2 and 7, Wednesday at 7:30.
JUANA ARIAS FOR THE WASHINGTON POST “Separated at Birth,” a play about clowns riding public transportation, is on stage at Flashpoint.
Signature Theatre, Max Theater, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. 703-820-9771.
www.signature-theatre.org. $55-$81.
CINDERELLA Morningstar
Productions presents the classic tale of love. Friday at 7:30, Saturday at 2 and 7:30. Plymouth Haven Baptist Church, 8600 Plymouth Rd., Alexandria. www.
Cinderella2010.com. $8, $5 younger than 12 and seniors.
LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL Elle Woods, an underestimated blonde, takes on Harvard. Friday at 8, Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 8. Wolf Trap, Filene Center, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna. 703-255-1868. 877-965-3872. www.
wolftrap.org. $20-$80.
THE MISER, THE LEARNED LADIES AND THE FAKE MADWOMANThe Traveling Players ensembles present a festival of three classical plays. Friday at 3. The Madeira School, 8328 Georgetown Pike, McLean. 703-987-1712.
www.travelingplayers.org. Free.
NARNIA The classic story is
performed as a musical by the Vienna Youth Players. Friday and Saturday at 7:30. Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St. SE, Vienna. 703-255-6360.
www.viennava.gov. $13, $11 students and seniors.
SERENADING LOUIE Lanford Wilson’s drama about the conflicts between two couples, through Aug. 21. Friday and Thursday at 8, Saturday at 2:30 and 8, Sunday at 2:30. Gunston Arts Center Theater II, 2700 S. Lang St., Arlington. 703-998-4555. www.
americancentury.org. $29-$32, $26-$29 students and seniors, free for age 18 and younger.
DINNER THEATER
BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY A show about Buddy Holly and his music, through Sept. 12. Friday-Saturday at 6, Sunday at 10:30. Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5625 O’Donnell St., Baltimore. 800-888-6297. 301-596-6161. www.
tobysdinnertheatre.com. $48.50-$54.
GREATER TUNA Two men perform a
HAL SPARKS Friday and Saturday at 9:45. Arlington Cinema ‘N’ Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington. 703-486-2345.
www.arlingtondrafthouse. com. $18.
LAFAYETTE WRIGHT AND BIG AL GOODWIN Saturday at 8. Hyatt Laugh Riot, Hyatt Regency Hotel, 7400 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 301-657-1234.
www.standupcomedytogo. com. $10.
Dance
DANCE PLACE ENERGIZERS CREATIVE ARTS CAMP PARTICIPANTS Friday at 7, through Friday. Dance Place, 3225 Eighth St. NE. 202-269-1600.
www.danceplace.org. $10, $3 ages 2 to 17.
ADRAIN BOLTON ARTS ACADEMY Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 3 and 7. The academy presents “Jungle Book.” Dance Place, 3225 Eighth St. NE. 202-269-1600.
www.danceplace.org. $20.
WPAS SUMMER STEPS WITH STEP AFRIKA! Sunday at 6. Participants from Washington Performing Arts Society’s Summer Performing Arts Academy perform stepping and other percussive dance styles. Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600. 800-444-1324.
www.kennedy-center.org. Free.
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