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Lansburgh Theatre

450 7th Street, NW Washington DC 20004
Phone:
202-547-1122
Website:
http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/
Capacity:
451

Events at this venue were rated 4.5 by 1267 members.

The Lansburgh Theatre offers a classic proscenium stage, an intimate space for dramatic theatre, ensemble music and dance. The theatre is set in beautifully restored 19th-century building in the heart of Washington’s lively arts districts. The Lansburgh is a jewel -- much loved by its established audiences for over the past 15 years.

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Current Events on Goldstar

when there are new events at Lansburgh Theatre.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$59.00 - $70.00
Our Price:
$29.50 - $35.00
Servanttwomasters
3.0 by 2 members

In this classic farce by Carlo Goldoni, the crafty Truffaldino decides to double his wages and his meals by serving two masters at once, but can he pull off this feat without letting either master know that... Learn More.

Past Events on Goldstar

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$35.00 - $65.00
Our Price:
$17.50 - $32.50
Tryst-with-destiny-041812
4.0 by 1 member
  • No upcoming dates available

All of the drama of a vital era in India's turbulent history comes to the stage in A Tryst With Destiny at the Lansburgh Theatre. The action revolves around the towering figures of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$45.00 - $55.00
Our Price:
$22.50 - $27.50
Tamingshrew-032912
4.8 by 41 members
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With the words stripped out and telling Shakespeare's greatest stories solely through physicality and movement, Synetic presents the eighth installment of its Silent Shakespeare series, The Taming of the... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$50.00
Our Price:
$25.00
1793659-pestrushka-basil-twist
4.1 by 8 members
  • No upcoming dates available

The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland are partnering to bring puppeteer Basil Twist to DC. Known the world... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$59.00 - $70.00
Our Price:
$29.50 - $35.00
Twogents-goldstar
4.2 by 30 members
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Shakespeare Theatre Company performs Two Gentlemen of Verona, possibly the Bard's earliest romantic comedy, and a story filled with love, adventure and farce. Two Gentlemen of Verona centers on Valentine and... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$50.00
Our Price:
$25.00
Stay-temp
4.0 by 3 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Theater of the First Amendment presents Stay, a world premiere performance piece conceived by Heather McDonald and Susan Shields. This inventive new work merges theater, dance, multimedia and music. Seven... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$63.00 - $74.00
Our Price:
$31.50 - $37.00
Heir-main
4.5 by 135 members
Roar
  • No upcoming dates available

Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) presents the world premiere adaptation of French farce The Heir Apparent by Broadway playwright David Ives, who also wrote STC's hit production of The Liar. An adaptation of... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$59.00 - $69.00
Our Price:
$29.50 - $34.50
Old-times
3.8 by 63 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Stephen Culp (Desperate Housewives), Tracy Lynn Middendorf (Lost) and multiple Helen Hayes Award-winner Holly Twyford star in this memory play by Nobel prize winner Harold Pinter. During a visit from an old... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$50.00 - $55.00
Our Price:
$25.00 - $27.50
Kinglearsynectic
5.0 by 9 members
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Synetic Theater, winner of 17 Helen Hayes Awards, presents Shakespeare's great tragedy King Lear about an aging monarch who unwisely gives away his kingdom to his ungrateful daughters. Starring Helen Hayes... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$43.00
Our Price:
$23.00
David-alan-grier-031011
4.6 by 10 members
  • No upcoming dates available

David Alan Grier is known for his sketch comedy work and impressions on In Living Color, and for starring in NBC's DAG and Comedy Central's Chocolate News. He's performed stand-up on numerous late-night talk... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$58.00 - $88.00
Our Price:
$29.00 - $44.00
1220194-cymbeline-010311
4.2 by 38 members
Roar
  • No upcoming dates available

The Shakespeare Theater Company presents Cymbeline, a fairy-tale romance by the Bard, said to have been based on an ancient Celtic legend. The story centers around King Cymbeline, his villainous Queen, and... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$45.50
Our Price:
$25.50
1150207-halandfinesse-102710
5.0 by 4 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Hal Sparks began his career in Chicago with the famed Second City troupe, and hosted E!'s Talk Soup before moving on to roles in Queer as Folk and Dude, Where's My Car? He recently completed an hour-long... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$45.50
Our Price:
$25.50
1150205-carolinerhea-102710-v1
Not yet rated
  • No upcoming dates available

Caroline Rhea headlines the Lansburgh Theatre. Her outspoken comedy style made her a top stand-up comedy star, and led to roles on TV's Sabrina the Teenage Witch and The Drew Carey Show. She's hosted her own... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$58.00 - $88.00
Our Price:
$29.00 - $44.00
Allswell
3.9 by 19 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Four-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl, Only When I Laugh) makes her Shakespeare Theatre Company debut in this dark comedy by the Bard. Young Helena, with deception and persistence, will go... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$76.00 - $86.00
Our Price:
$38.00 - $43.00
Avenueq-070410
4.7 by 285 members
  • No upcoming dates available

The national touring production of the massively popular, Tony-winning, adult puppet musical Avenue Q comes to Washington's Lansburgh Theatre. Full of humor and hummable tunes, Avenue Q is a hilarious look... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$55.00 - $92.00
Our Price:
$27.50 - $46.00
Liar-040510
4.7 by 107 members
Roar
  • No upcoming dates available

Shakespeare Theatre Company presents The Liar, a farce by Pierre Corneille, adapted by Broadway playwright David Ives. When the charming and handsome pathological liar Dorante enters Paris, he impresses... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$55.00
Our Price:
$27.50
Catalyst-030810
3.0 by 1 member
  • No upcoming dates available

This is CityDance Ensemble's season finale performance, coming on the heels of a standing ovation at the 2009 VelocityDC Dance Festival and sold-out performances at The Kennedy Center. The groundbreaking... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$20.00 - $30.00
Our Price:
$10.00 - $15.00
802707-aurelia-021810
4.5 by 2 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Acrobat and artist Aurélia Thierrée presents Aurélia's Oratorio, a topsy-turvy world of surreal surprises, tricks, and transformations, where dreams come to life and the impossible happens before your... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$50.00 - $55.00
Our Price:
$25.00 - $27.50
Antony-cleo-012510
4.8 by 11 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Synetic Theater explores one of Shakespeare's last great tragedies with their trademark "art of silence," using a blend of music, movement and dance. Shakespeare's love story Antony and Cleopatra stars Ben... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$65.00 - $92.00
Our Price:
$32.50 - $46.00
Thealchemist-100309
3.6 by 14 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Considered Jonson's best comedy, The Alchemist follows the antics of three con-artists: Subtle, Face and Dol. When the gentleman Lovewit flees England to avoid the Plague, the trio set up headquarters in his... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$14.00
Our Price:
$7.00
Stephenking-110409
Not yet rated
  • No upcoming dates available

Following the publication of his latest novel, Under the Dome, celebrated storyteller and bestselling author Stephen King (Just After Sunset, Duma Key, The Stand, The Shining and more than 50 other novels)... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$60.50 - $79.75
Our Price:
$30.25 - $39.75
Design4living-040609
4.3 by 44 members
Roar
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The master of 20th-century English comedy, Noël Coward, wrote this hilarious and sophisticated look at love, friendship and the joys and perils of fame. Filled with Coward's trademark sparkling wit, Design... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$35.00 - $45.00
Our Price:
$17.50 - $22.50
Krakauer-032309
Not yet rated
  • No upcoming dates available

The Post-Classical Ensemble presents Encounters: A John Adams Snapshot, an evening featuring two works by the influential American composer. Pianist Benjamin Pasternak performs the swirling, minimalist ... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$20.00 - $30.00
Our Price:
$11.00 - $15.00
Junglebooks-041309
4.8 by 5 members
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The beloved characters of Rudyard Kipling's classic tales come to life as CityDance performs Jungle Books, an imaginative live music and dance event for the whole family. CityDance breathes new life into... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$48.50 - $74.75
Our Price:
$24.25 - $37.25
Dog-011409
4.7 by 51 members
Roar
  • No upcoming dates available

A master of Spain's Golden Age, playwright Lope de Vega explores love, fidelity and class with wry humor in The Dog in the Manger. The haughty countess Diana rejects her many aristocratic suitors only to... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$41.00 - $58.00
Our Price:
$22.00 - $30.50
Tangled-010509-v2
4.0 by 4 members
  • No upcoming dates available

The acclaimed CityDance Ensemble performs five pieces by five choreographers -- including two world premieres -- in an evening of modern dance at the Lansburgh Theatre. The program includes Larry Keigwin's... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$30.00
Our Price:
$15.00
Wpas-winterheat-121708
4.8 by 32 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Warm up this winter with three red-hot dance troupes as they present a collage of high-energy percussive stepping, modern and contemporary West African dance. Drawing on African-American traditions, these... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$41.00 - $65.00
Our Price:
$22.00 - $34.00
Christmas-carroll-120408
4.8 by 6 members
  • No upcoming dates available

A Washington favorite holiday tradition, Charles Dickens' magical story of Christmas is brought to delightful life in this exciting and imaginative retelling. Now in its fifth season, this haunting... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$48.50 - $79.75
Our Price:
$24.25 - $39.75
Wayworld
4.0 by 24 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Shakespeare Theatre Company presents William Congreve's classic comedy of manners The Way of the World. The tale of the clever and conniving lovers Millamant and Mirabell, and their devious plot to thwart... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$60.50 - $74.75
Our Price:
$30.25 - $37.25
Toinette-argan
4.8 by 37 members
  • No upcoming dates available

The eccentric, wealthy hypochondriac Argan (René Auberjonois) decides to marry his strong-willed daughter Angélique off to a doctor so he'll always have a physician around. But Angélique loves another man... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$43.00 - $56.00
Our Price:
$23.00 - $29.50
America-poster
4.2 by 84 members
Roar
  • No upcoming dates available

600 Years of History in 6000 seconds! From Washington to Watergate, yea verily from the Bering Straits to Baghdad, from New World to New World Order, the three cultural guerrillas of the Reduced Shakespeare... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$43.00 - $56.00
Our Price:
$23.00 - $29.50
Bible-poster
4.3 by 56 members
Roar
  • No upcoming dates available

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... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$37.00
Our Price:
$19.50
Sonnets
4.0 by 3 members
  • No upcoming dates available

The immortal words of Shakespeare's treasured Sonnets come alive in CityDance's spirited interpretation of transcendent literature and universal meaning. Partnering with the Shakespeare Theatre Company to... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$48.50 - $74.75
Our Price:
$24.25 - $37.25
Shrew-coming
4.5 by 30 members
  • No upcoming dates available

The Shakespeare Theatre Company presents The Taming of the Shrew. Unlike Shakespeare's other comedies, Shrew doesn't end with the wedding between the central couple -- instead, it offers a spirited... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$37.00
Our Price:
$17.50
6125913born
3.8 by 9 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Iconic music, legendary lyrics and electrifying choreography drive CityDance Ensemble's premiere performance at the Lansburgh Theatre. An anthem to youth, adventure and growing up in America, this concert... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$58.00
Our Price:
FREE - $32.00
1420532love_letters
4.3 by 12 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Annie Potts (TV's "Designing Women") stars in A.R. Gurney's funny and bittersweet play that follows the "near misses" of a relationship through a lifetime of letters between a man and a woman. Their... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$55.50 - $62.50
Our Price:
$27.75 - $31.25
503632hamlet_coming
4.2 by 16 members
  • No upcoming dates available

One of the greatest plays ever written, Shakespeare's Hamlet has captivated audiences for 400 years with its explorations of life, love, duty and vengeance. Commanded by his murdered father's ghost to seek... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$55.50 - $62.50
Our Price:
$27.75 - $31.25
8184023titus
4.3 by 12 members
  • No upcoming dates available

For the first time in its history, the Shakespeare Theatre Company presents Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. Written at the beginning of Shakespeare's career, the play reinvents the revenge tragedies popular... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$55.50 - $62.50
Our Price:
$27.75 - $31.25
1222338richard_coming
4.3 by 12 members
  • No upcoming dates available

In Richard III, Shakespeare creates a self-proclaimed villain battling to obtain and retain the crown. A ruthless Machiavellian, Richard seduces and slaughters his enemies and relatives, becoming so tainted... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$44.00 - $62.50
Our Price:
$22.00 - $31.25
3113913beaux_coming
4.7 by 40 members
  • No upcoming dates available

After squandering their fortunes on drink and gambling, Tom Aimwell and Jack Archer seek refuge in the countryside. They hope to seduce two ladies of status and fortune, but true love and a band of thieves... Learn More.

Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC)

Full Price:
$62.50 - $69.50
Our Price:
$31.25 - $34.75
1122538enemy_coming
4.1 by 7 members
  • No upcoming dates available

Written by the playwright of A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People is a scathing indictment of the oppressive effects of censorship. When Dr. Stockmann discovers that his city's baths are... Learn More.

Map and Directions

http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/.../directions.aspx

Handicap Information

* The Shakespeare Theatre Company is committed to providing full access for people with disabilities.

* For patrons with physical disabilities or mobility impairments, a limited number of accessible seats are available. Please request special seating at time of ticket purchase.

* An infrared audio enhancement system is available for all performances. Both headset receivers and neck loops (to use with hearing aids outfitted with a "T" switch) are available at the coat check on a first-come basis.

* Two sign-interpreted performances are held for each production. Please check schedule.

* Two audio-described performances are held for each production. Please check schedule.

* Program notes in large print and Braille are available at the coat check.

* TTY: 202.638.3863

Handicap seating may be available.

Please contact us before buying tickets to make arrangements.