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Events on May 8th For Washington, DC 20201

Levine Presents: World Beat Concert at Levine School of Music

Levine School of Music (Washtington, DC)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Enjoy the sounds of Word-Beat artists Tom Teasley (global jazz percussionist) and Charles Williams (vocalist), who meld music and voice, using inspirational texts of such authors as Martin Luther King Jr., accompanied by inventive percussive rhythms and melodies.  Learn More

The Stephen Schwartz Project - A World Premiere Musical Revue

MetroStage (Alexandria, VA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $35.00 - $40.00   Our Price: $17.50 - $20.00*
Rated: 3.1 stars
The Stephen Schwartz Project is a new musical revue featuring the songs of award-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz. Celebrate the work of one of Broadway's most acclaimed writers with "Wicked" new musical arrangements from Broadway and regional favorites Pippin, Godspell, Children of Eden and The Baker's Wife, plus the award-winning films Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas and more...all at MetroStage.  Learn More

A.R. Gurney's The Dining Room from The Foundry Players

Fellowship Hall at Foundry United Methodist Church (Washington, DC)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 - $15.00   Our Price: $6.00 - $7.50*
Rated: 2.0 stars
How have we changed in the past 100 years? And, if you had to pick one thing to symbolize that change, what would it be? Playwright A.R. Gurney (Love Letters) attempts to answer these questions with a play set in a dining room, with 57 characters portrayed by six actors, throughout the course of a day.  Learn More

Translations: Irish Drama by Brian Friel

Church Street Theater (Washington, DC)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00   Our Price: $15.00*
Rated: 3.2 stars
Translations, often considered the literary masterwork of Irish playwright Brian Friel (Dancing at Lughnasa), is set in the politically charged landscape of early 1800s Ireland. The inhabitants of a small town in County Donegal feel the repercussions as British engineers come through town to Anglicize place names.  Learn More

Off-Broadway Hit Gutenberg! The Musical! at Black Box Theatre

Black Box Theatre (Indian Head, MD)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00   Our Price: $9.00*
Rated: 2.7 stars
In this two-man musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers' audition for their new project: a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg (not actor Steve Guttenberg!). The show was recently nominated for the 2007 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical and for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical by the Outer Critics Circle.  Learn More

D.C. Premiere of ANIMA from Doorway Arts Ensemble

Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint (Washington, DC)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: 2.0 stars
ANIMA shows the devastating consequences of living one's life for someone else. Ella struggles to free herself from an abusive relationship with Vlad, a parasite reliant on her for his emotional survival. When James, a shaken Iraq war veteran, arrives at Ella and Vlad's apartment needing a place to stay, a bloody power struggle explodes on stage.  Learn More

The School For Scandal: Sheridan's Uproarious Comedy at the Folger Theatre

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 7:30pm (Preview)
Full Price: $25.00 - $55.00   Our Price: $12.50 - $27.50*
Rated: 2.6 stars
The Folger Theatre presents Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic The School For Scandal. This witty comedy of manners, which concerns a young wife who gets entangled in the schemes of Lady Sneerwell and her cadre of gossips, is a hilarious and scathing portrait of high society.  Learn More

Cinderella: Washington Ballet Performs Septime Webre's Ballet, Based on Prokofiev's Score

Warner Theatre (Washington, DC)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $80.00   Our Price: $40.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
The Washington Ballet presents Septime Webre's Cinderella. A spectacle for all ages, choreographer Webre's ballet combines opulent beauty, athleticism and schtick, with ravishing costumes and Prokofiev's ultra-lush score, to tell the world-famous fairy tale of the poor girl whose fairy godmother helps her win the love of the Prince.  Learn More

Camus' Thriller The Plague, Adapted for the Stage

Warehouse Theater (Washington, DC)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00   Our Price: $12.50 - $15.00*
Rated: 2.6 stars
French-Algerian author, philosopher and journalist Albert Camus wrote The Plague in 1947. Set in the French North African city of Oran in 1942, the story describes an entire population engaged in a moral struggle as an unknown pandemic rapidly sweeps through the entire city. Washington playwright Otho Eskin has adapted this chilling thriller for the stage.  Learn More

Award-Winning Drama Intimate Apparel at Atlas Performing Arts Center

Atlas Performing Arts Center (Washington, DC)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $33.00 - $35.00   Our Price: $16.50 - $17.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
African Continuum Theatre presents Lynn Nottage's award-winning drama Intimate Apparel. A woman discovers her passion in the face of overwhelming racial, economic and social pressures to submit to spinsterhood. In 1905 New York City, Esther's life as a lingerie maker for the rich is severely limited until she gives flight to the dream of love. The unexpected consequences break her heart but not her spirit.  Learn More

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