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Globe Theatre’s Henry VIII

Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW, Washington

Henry VIII is one of Shakespeare’s final plays, a political thriller based on the power struggle between the Tudor court and the eponymous King’s ambitious first minister, Cardinal Wolsey. Though famous in its own time as the most extravagant of the playwright’s own creations, the work is hardly performed today; Mark Rosenblatt’s spectacular 2010 production […]

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Globe Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW, Washington

Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods and wander into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen of the fairies. Shakespeare put some of his most […]

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Globe Theatre’s Julius Caesar

Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW, Washington

Opposing dictatorship and republicanism, private virtue and mob violence, Shakespeare’s tense drama of high politics reveals the emotional currents that flow between men in power.

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National Theatre Live’s Yerma

Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW, Washington

The incredible Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Great Britain) returns in her award-winning role. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece. The unmissable theatre phenomenon sold out at the Young Vic and critics call it ‘an extraordinary […]

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Globe Theatre’s Julius Caesar

Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW, Washington

Opposing dictatorship and republicanism, private virtue and mob violence, Shakespeare’s tense drama of high politics reveals the emotional currents that flow between men in power.

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National Theatre Live’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW, Washington

Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. Following his smash hit production of A Streetcar Named Desire, Benedict […]

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Globe Theatre’s Much Ado About Nothing

Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW, Washington

One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, Much Ado About Nothing contrasts the happiness of lovers Claudio and Hero, and the cynicism of sparring partners Beatrice and Benedick, who are united in their scorn for love.

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Globe Theatre’s The Duchess of Malfi

Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW, Washington

The widowed Duchess of Malfi longs to marry her lover, the steward Antonio. But her rancorous brothers, Ferdinand and the Cardinal, are implacably opposed to the match. When their spy, Bosola, discovers that the Duchess has secretly married and carries Antonio’s child, they exact a terrible and horrific revenge.

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Film Premiere: ‘SEAT 25’ presented by Explore Mars, Inc.

GW Lisner Auditorium 730 21st Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

SEAT 25 -- It is five years after NASA found liquid water on the surface of Mars. The Martian atmosphere has changed. All contact has been lost with the planet. On Earth, entrepreneur Michael Macmillan is preparing the first crewed mission to the Red Planet, with a seat reserved for an ordinary person willing to […]

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Film Premiere: ‘FIGHT for SPACE’

Landmark's E Street Cinema, Auditorium 1, 555 11th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20004

FIGHT FOR SPACE -- A critical exposé of the U.S. space program that examines why humans haven't returned to the Moon, sent humans to Mars, and why NASA's budget has remained stuck in low Earth orbit. Filmed over the course of 4 years, FIGHT FOR SPACE is the product of thousands of Kickstarter supporters who […]

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