Theater Calendar

Fri. Nov. 28, 2008 - Thu. Dec. 4, 2008

• Altar Boyz
  It's the last night of their tour, and a Christian pop quintet has to keep it together in the face of life-altering (and hilarious) realizations. (MR)
  Bethesda Theatre, Extended to Jan. 3
• Blackbird
  Lisa Joyce and Jerry Whiddon star in David Harrower's play about an inappropriate relationship.
  Studio Theatre, Opens Dec. 3.
• BOOM
  A graduate student and a frisky journalism student explore sex, science, and the great, big, boom. (MR)
  Woolly Mammoth Theater, Extended to Dec. 7
• Dublin Carol
  Jack Sbarbori directs this Dublin-based twist on Charles Dickens' classic tale features assistant funeral director John Plunkett, an alcoholic who wonders if it's time to make some changes in his...
  Quotidian Theatre Company, To Dec. 14
• Frost/Nixon
  A theatrical adaptation of the famous interview between British talk-show host David Frost and President Richard Nixon. (MR)
  Kennedy Center,, Closes Nov. 30.
• GREY GARDENS
  Barbara Walsh, Barbara Broughton, Bobby Smith, and Jenna Sokolowski star in this adaptionof Doug Wright's book; directed by Serge Seiden.
  Studio Theatre,, To Dec. 21
• Isn't it Romantic
  Written by David Koch, this production explores the various stages of love as exemplified by the works of classic songwriters such as Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart, and George and Ira Gershwin. (MR)
  MetroStage, To Dec. 21
• Miss Nelson Is Missing!
  The kids in room 207 work to solve the disappearance of their teacher.
  Imagination Stage's Lerner Family Theatre, To Jan. 4, 2009
• Peter Pan
  Director Eve Muson and the Olney Theatre Center stage James Matthew Barrie's musical about a boy who never grows up.
  Olney Theatre Center for the Arts, To Jan. 4, 2009
• PLAYING FROM THE HEART
  Imagination Stage presents C. Denby Swanson's adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone.
  Imagination Stage's Reeve Theatre, Closing Nov. 30.
• President Harding Is a Rock Star
  Landless Theatre presents a musical about the controversial president.
  District of Columbia Arts Center, Closing Nov. 30.
• Shear Madness
  The "most fun night" Arch Campbell's ever had at the Kennedy Center is an extended vaudeville routine set in a Georgetown hair salon rather than a play. Funny without ever becoming either witty or...
  Kennedy Center,
• Twelfth Night
  Shakespeare Theatre Company presents the Bard's tale of shipwrecked twins.
  Shakespeare Theatre Company, Opens Dec. 2