Upcoming Events: Theater

2011-2012 Season

First You Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb
Jun. 8 - Jul. 1, 2012
Come hear the music play! Celebrate the songwriting team who created Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Zorba, and many more in this musical revue featuring a cast of 6 backed by a 23-piece orchestra.
Memphis
Jun. 12 - Jul. 1, 2012
This four-time Tony Award winner, including Best Musical, begs you to turn up the dial. Inspired by actual events, Memphis introduces a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready for her big break.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Barbara Cook
Jun. 15 - 16, 2012
The silvery soprano who knows how to work the spotlight, legendary Broadway star Barbara Cook (Candide, The Music Man, She Loves Me) takes the stage in her own series for the final Spotlight performances of the season.
The Addams Family
Jul. 10 - 29, 2012
The Addams Family brings the darkly delirious world of Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley and, of course, Lurch to life. It's a "classic, full-tilt, fast paced, old-fashioned musical comedy!" (Chicago Tribune).

2012-2013 Season

Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Maureen McGovern
Fri., Oct. 12, 2012, 7:30 PM
From movie star to vocal sensation, Maureen McGovern has performed Gershwin at Carnegie Hall, numerous roles on Broadway (Little Women, Threepenny Opera), and now in Broadway legend Barbara Cook's intimate cabaret series.
DruidMurphy: Conversations on a Homecoming
Wed., Oct. 17, 2012, 7:30 PM
Tony Award–winning Druid Theatre Company presents the story of Irish emigration through a three-play cycle of works by renowned Irish dramatist Tom Murphy--Famine, A Whistle in the Dark, and Conversations on a Homecoming.
Songs of Migration
Oct. 17 - 20, 2012
Created by internationally acclaimed South African trumpeter, composer, and lyricist Hugh Masekela, Songs of Migration is a musical tribute to the great songs of migrants across the African continent.
DruidMurphy: A Whistle in the Dark
Thu., Oct. 18, 2012, 7:30 PM
Tony Award–winning Druid Theatre Company presents the story of Irish emigration through a three-play cycle of works by renowned Irish dramatist Tom Murphy--Famine, A Whistle in the Dark, and Conversations on a Homecoming.
DruidMurphy: Famine
Fri., Oct. 19, 2012, 7:30 PM
Tony Award–winning Druid Theatre Company presents the story of Irish emigration through a three-play cycle of works by renowned Irish dramatist Tom Murphy--Famine, A Whistle in the Dark, and Conversations on a Homecoming.
War Horse
Oct. 23 - Nov. 11, 2012
Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Play, War Horse is a powerfully moving and imaginative drama. At its heart are astonishing life-sized puppets that bring to life galloping, charging horses strong enough for men to ride.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Donna Murphy
Fri., Nov. 9, 2012, 7:30 PM
Star of stage and silver screen and winner of two Tony Awards (The King and I, Passion), Donna Murphy brings her Broadway cred to the cabaret stage.
Jekyll & Hyde
Nov. 20 - 25, 2012
American Idol finalist and Tony nominee Constantine Maroulis (Rock of Ages) joins with Grammy Award nominee and R&B superstar Deborah Cox in this thrilling revival of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's musical.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Judy Kuhn
Fri., Dec. 7, 2012, 7:30 PM
A Tony nominee for her role as Cosette in Les Misérables, Kennedy Center favorite Judy Kuhn (Kennedy Center Honors, Sondheim Celebration) returns to grace Barbara Cook's Spotlight.
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Dec. 11, 2012 - Jan. 6, 2013
Direct from Broadway, the classic holiday movie White Christmas comes to the stage at last! This brand new musical shines with classic Irving Berlin hits like "Blue Skies," "How Deep is the Ocean?," and, of course, the unforgettable title song.
Million Dollar Quartet
Dec. 18, 2012 - Jan. 6, 2013
Million Dollar Quartet is the smash hit Broadway musical, inspired by the true story of the famed recording session where Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock ‘n' Roll," brought together Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Terri White
Fri., Jan. 25, 2013, 7:30 PM
From her smash debut in Barnum to scene-stealing turns in Chicago and the Kennedy Center's own revival of Follies, actress and singer Terri White returns to light up Barbara Cook's theater cabaret series.
Nordic Cool 2013: Winter Guests, Norway: Bird in Magic Rain with Tears
Feb. 20 - 21, 2013
This multimedia two-act play that revolves around the intertwined fates of three characters--a conceptual artist grieving over her son's death, a boy-prostitute searching for the truth about his past, and a terminally ill businessman longing for love.
Nordic Cool 2013: Vesturport, Iceland: Bastard - A Family Saga
Feb. 21 - 22, 2013
Based on The Brothers Karamazov, this is a theatrical interpretation of Dostoyevsky's philosophical treatment on God, free will, and mortality that has influenced thinkers from Sigmund Freud to Kurt Vonnegut.
Nordic Cool 2013: National Theatre, Norway: The Wild Duck
Feb. 26 - 27, 2013
Norway's National Theatre performs Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck, which unfolds around a scandalous lie driving its way between two old friends, Gregers and Hjalmar.
Nordic Cool 2013: Tampere Workers Theatre, Finland: The Warmblooded
Mar. 2 - 3, 2013
Once the proud owners of a small farm, the Kotalas now live beneath the overpass of a forgotten highway alongside a motley crew of drunks and Romanian gypsies in this warm-hearted tale.
Nordic Cool 2013: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Sweden: Fanny and Alexander
Mar. 7 - 9, 2013
Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre presents the U.S. premiere of Fanny and Alexander, its brilliant stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Oscar-winning feature film.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Adam Pascal
Fri., May 10, 2013, 7:30 PM
Known for playing Roger Davis in Rent the musical (and the movie), Broadway veteran Adam Pascal (Aida, Memphis) brings his gritty power to Barbara Cook's Spotlight.
The Guardsman
May 25 - Jun. 23, 2013
The Kennedy Center presents a brand new production of the 1920s Broadway comedy smash The Guardsman that starred Lunt and Fontanne as newlywed actors, full of fresh love, tender egos, and jealous schemes.
Anything Goes
Jun. 11 - Jul. 7, 2013
Winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival, Cole Porter's first-class comedy features some of musical theater's most memorable standards, including "I Get a Kick out of You," "You're the Top," and, of course, "Anything Goes."
The Book of Mormon
Jul. 9 - Aug. 18, 2013
Nine 2011 Tony Awards say it's the Best Musical of the Year. Vogue says, "It's the funniest musical of all time." And the New York Times says, "It's the best musical of this century." It's The Book of Mormon.