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Events on April 5th For Alexandria, VA 22311

Cherry Blossoms, Mistaken Identity & Unrequited Love In Condensed Mikado

Atlas Performing Arts Center (Washington, DC)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 2.9 stars
Kimonos, cherry blossoms, mistaken identity, unrequited love, and a lot of silliness make this show a great crowd-pleaser. The Condensed Mikado is a delightful production, created by the Washington Savoyards especially for the National Cherry Blossom Festival — the entire story of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular opera in a little over an hour.  Learn More

Doubles Tennis For Single Professionals in Fairfax

Four Seasons Tennis Club (Fairfax, VA)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 7:15pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $35.00   Our Price: $12.50 - $17.50*
Rated: 3.1 stars
Professionals in the City hosts a Saturday Night Singles Tennis Party. Join fellow singles from the DC metro area to play, eat and socialize—with the possibility of finding your special someone right on the court! Whether you're a pro or just a beginner, you'll be matched with other singles for games and fun.  Learn More

Alexandria Symphony Orchestra Presents Bliss, with Guest Cellist Lynn Harrell

Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center (Alexandria, VA)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $40.00 - $70.00   Our Price: $20.00 - $35.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Inspire the inner spirit to dance as the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with The Metropolitan Chorus and Heritage Signature Chorale, presents "Bliss." The concert will feature Smetana's "The Bartered Bride Overture," Hailstork's "Earthrise" (inspired by Beethoven's "Ode to Joy"), and Dvorák's "Cello Concerto" with special guest, world-renowned cellist Lynn Harrell.  Learn More

The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) from Reduced Shakespeare Company

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $43.00 - $56.00   Our Price: $23.00 - $29.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
It's an affectionate, irreverent roller-coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment as the boys of the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackle the great theological questions: Did Adam and Eve have navels? Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? And why isn't the word "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds?  Learn More

Washington Ballet Performs High Lonesome and Other Dance Masterpieces

Sidney Harman Hall (Washington, DC)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $80.00   Our Price: $40.00*
Rated: 3.6 stars
The Washington Ballet performs dance works by George Balanchine, Choo-San Goh and Trey McIntyre at Sidney Harman Hall. Dazzlingly crafted, these masterworks spotlight the creativity and spirit of choreographers at the top of their game. From one to the next, you'll experience movement at its best.  Learn More

Keegan Theatre Presents Last Days of the Killone Players

Theatre on the Run (Arlington, VA)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
In a dying town in the west of Ireland, an amateur theatre group comes together for the first read of their final production. As the Celtic Tiger threatens to devour everything in its path, this group spends a single evening, remembering, laughing and embracing the past. Stories will be told and long buried secrets will finally rise to the surface.  Learn More

onesixtyone and JINX from Washington Improv Theater

Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint (Washington, DC)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 - $15.00   Our Price: $6.00 - $7.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Washington Improv Theater's founding troupe creates a 30-minute onstage film. From the bad guys of action movies to heroines of costume dramas, the group onesixtyone will find the hilarity in every audience suggestion. Opening for onesixtyone will be JINX, a troupe made up of talented ladies and gentleman who have almost as much fun on stage as you will watching them.  Learn More

Viva Zarzuela! — Two Spanish Light Opera Favorites

Mexican Cultural Institute (Washington, DC)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $33.00   Our Price: $16.50*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Rick Davis and Carlos Rodríguez direct a blockbuster Spanish light opera combo, with Cuban favorite Cecilia Valdés (1932) and the Spanish crowd-pleaser La revoltosa [The Troublemaker, 1897]. Cecilia's story of doomed inter-racial romance is framed by luscious melodies and tropical dance rhythms, while The Troublemaker's sparkling humor is pure fun.  Learn More

Portia Coughlan: Heartbreaking, Poetic Irish Drama

H Street Playhouse (Washington, DC)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Haunted by the death of her twin brother Gabriel, Portia Coughlan has become, in turn, a ghostly figure, traversing the ever shifting Irish landscape in search of the missing part of herself. Weaving various Shakespearean and mythological strands together, Marina Carr crafts a modern epic of heart-breaking beauty that refuses to let you go.  Learn More

The Pacifica Quartet in Concert from Candlelight Concerts

Wilde Lake Interfaith Center (Columbia, MD)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $29.00   Our Price: $14.50*
Rated: 4.0 stars
Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often daring repertory choices, the Pacifica Quartet has carved out a compelling musical niche. Recent career highlights include complete Beethoven quartet cycles in Chicago, New York City, California, and Wisconsin, performances in Europe and Japan, and the release of a new CD.  Learn More

Arthur Miller's The Price Starring Robert Prosky at Theater J

Theater J at Goldman Theater (Washington, DC)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $50.00   Our Price: $7.50 - $25.00*
Rated: 3.6 stars
This scorching, three-time Tony Award nominee for drama features DC treasure Robert Prosky alongside his two sons for the first time on a DC stage. Gregory Solomon is hired to assess a family's possessions in the wake of a father's death. Two brothers' long-repressed dreams, desires and resentments bubble to the surface as The Price explores the legacy of choices that have made for a terrible injustice.  Learn More

Colorblind: The Katrina Monologues: Black Box Theatre Presents Hurricane-Inspired Monologues

Black Box Theatre (Indian Head, MD)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00   Our Price: $9.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
The devastation of Hurricane Katrina left behind a myriad heartbreaking stories and In a series of ten stirring multimedia monologues, singer-songwriter and playwright Tom Flannery tells the stories of those forgotten by the most powerful among us. This production, which benefits the Black Box Theatre and the American Red Cross, features DC bluesman Michael Baytop.  Learn More

Lord of the Flies, A Stage Play Based on the Acclaimed Novel

Round House Theatre - Bethesda (Bethesda, MD)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $50.00 - $60.00   Our Price: $25.00 - $30.00*
Rated: 3.0 stars
William Golding's Lord of the Flies is the dramatic tale of a group of schoolboys who have survived a plane crash on a deserted island. Before long, this well-behaved group descends into savagery and becomes a bloodthirsty, murderous tribe.  Learn More

Cherry Blossom Cruise on the Potomac River

Washington Harbor (Washington, DC)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 5:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 6:00pm
Full Price: $30.00   Our Price: $15.00*
Enjoy views of the beautiful cherry blossoms and other Washington, D.C. landmarks on this one-hour cruise down the Potomac River as you chat with old friends and make some new ones. The cherry blossoms are expected to peak between March 27 and April 3, so don't miss this opportunity to see them at their best!  Learn More

Bad Dates - a Good Comedy from Olney Theatre Center

Olney Theatre Center - Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab (Olney, MD)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 1:45pm
Full Price: $43.00   Our Price: $21.50*
Rated: 2.0 stars
Walk a mile in Haley Walker's shoes — all 600 pairs! This divorced single mom moves from Texas to New York and reenters a dating scene more daunting than breaking-in a new pair of stilettos. A string of rotten romances, Tibetan Buddhists and even the Romanian Mafia all get in the way of finding Mr. Right. Is Jimmy Choo the only man fit for Haley?  Learn More

Brecht's The Good Woman of Setzuan: Revolutionary German Playwright's Surreal Comedy

Clark Street Playhouse (Arlington, VA)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.2 stars
Constellation Theatre Company presents The Good Woman of Setzuan, a comic fantasy by German playwright Bertolt Brecht (The Threepenny Opera, Mother Courage and Her Children). Three gods descend to earth in search of one good person and discover that kindness and compassion don't pay the rent. Shen Te, a kind and generous prostitute, is driven to disguise herself as the shrewd and unethical male businessman Shui Ta in order to navigate the demands of love, family and hungry neighbors.  Learn More

Smokey Joe's Cafe: Rock & Roll Music of Leiber & Stoller

Bethesda Theatre (Bethesda, MD)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $50.00 - $55.00   Our Price: $25.00 - $27.50*
Rated: 2.3 stars
The longest running musical revue in the history of Broadway! Smokey Joe's Cafe has nearly 40 hits by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, including "On Broadway," "Jailhouse Rock," "Hound Dog," "Fools Fall In Love" and "Stand By Me."  Learn More

Cellist Carter Brey and the National Philharmonic Play Haydn, Schubert

Music Center at Strathmore (North Bethesda, MD)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $39.00   Our Price: $19.50*
Rated: 3.0 stars
Cellist Carter Brey joins the National Philharmonic for an evening of works composed for chamber orchestra. They'll play Haydn's Symphony no. 85, nicknamed "The Queen" because it was a favorite of Marie Antoinette, and his Cello Concerto in D Major, plus Schubert's Symphony No. 5.  Learn More

JCC Symphony Orchestra in Concert, Playing Mahler, Bruch and More

JCC of Greater Washington (Rockville, MD)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $33.00   Our Price: $16.50*
Rated: 2.5 stars
This semi-professional orchestra has won accolades from both press and concert-goers alike, and regularly engages exceptional and often internationally-acclaimed soloists. Director Joel Lazar — "One of Washington's premier conductors," according to the Washington Post — opens each concert with insights that make the music enjoyable and accessible to all.  Learn More

Off-Broadway Hit all wear bowlers, a Vaudeville-Style Comedy

The Studio Theatre - Mead Theatre (Washington, DC)
Saturday, Apr. 5 2008 @ 2:30pm
Full Price: $39.00 - $41.00   Our Price: $18.50 - $20.50*
Rated: 3.9 stars
all wear bowlers, the hit show from New Vaudeville sensations Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobell, will be presented at the Studio Theatre. This show was the toast of Off-Broadway and The Philadelphia Fringe. all wear bowlers is the story of two silent film clowns who take a wrong turn and find themselves trapped in a haunted theatre.  Learn More

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