Broadway-bound productions, cutting-edge performances & more coming to Washington, DC
May
2026
Southwest & The Wharf
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
May 06, 2026 - Jun 14, 2026
A fiercely intelligent and emotionally charged exploration of humanity.
Virginia
Signature Theatre
May 12, 2026 - Jul 26, 2026
Stephen Schwartz’s (Godspell, Wicked) musical masterpiece of purpose, ambition, lust and glory sizzles for summer, thrillingly staged as only Matthew Gardiner can do.
Downtown
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
May 26, 2026 - Sep 07, 2026
Celebrate 250 Years of American Stories at the Kennedy Center
Jun
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Jun 02, 2026
A Fine Madness
Capitol Hill
Folger Shakespeare Library
Jun 09, 2026 - Jul 05, 2026
Playwright and Broadway performer Jacob Ming-Trent stars in How Shakespeare Saved My Life at the Folger
Jun 12, 2026 - Aug 09, 2026
Their Friendship. Their Story. Their Legacy.
Jun 16, 2026 - Jul 26, 2026
A beautiful and moving play about two siblings striving for connection over the course of a lifetime.
