MetroStage at the Lyceum – Love Notes and Blue Notes with Aaron Myers and Yvette Spears – Oct 6
A Cabaret with Lisa Vroman – Nov 10 www.MetroStage.org

The Wild Duck via Shakespeare Theater Company

Shakespeare Theatre Company – The Wild Duck – Oct 18 – Nov 16 www.ShakespeareTheatre.org

Everyman Theatre – ‘Art’ – Oct 19 – Nov 16 www.EverymanTheatre.org

Woolly Mammoth – The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar) – through Oct 12 www.WoollyMammoth.net

The Little Theatre of Alexandria – Grease – Oct 25 – Nov 15 www.TheLittleTheatre.com

The Outsider via Aldersgate Theatre

Aldersgate Theatre – The Outsider – Oct 3 – 19 www.ACCTonline.org

IN Series – St. John the Baptist – through Oct 12 www.inseries.org

Compass Rose Theater – Annie – through Oct 19 www.CompassRoseTheater.org

1st Stage – Fair Play – Oct 16 – Nov 2 www.1stStage.org

Lizzie the Musical via Keegan Theatre

Keegan Theatre – Lizzie the Musical – Oct 31 – Nov 30 www.KeeganTheatre.com

Arena Stage – Damn Yankees – through Nov 9
Freemont Ave. – Oct 8 – Nov 23 www.ArenaStage.org

Toby’s Dinner Theatre – Saturday Night Live – through Nov 7 www.TobysDinnerTheatre.com

Providence Players of Fairfax – The Mousetrap – Oct 10 – Oct 25 www.ProvidencePlayers.org

GALA Hispanic Theatre – Héctor, The Electric Kid – Oct 18 – Nov 1 www.GALATheatre.org

The Last Five Years via Next Stop Theatre

Next Stop Theatre – The Last Five Years – Oct 30 – Nov 23 www.NextStopTheatre.org

Silver Spring Stage – Friends With Guns – through Oct 12
Witch – Oct 31 – Nov 16 www.SSStage.org

Adventure Theatre – Not Your Mother Goose! – Oct 3 – Nov 2 www.AdventureTheatre-MTC.org

Studio Theatre – The Heart Sellers – through Oct 26 www.StudioTheatre.org

Spooky Action Theatre – The Dragon – through Oct 19 www.SpookyAction.org

The Turn of the Screw – The Musical via Creative Cauldron

Creative Cauldron – The Turn of the Screw – The Musical – Oct 2 – 27 www.CreativeCauldron.org

National Theatre – PlayStation – The Concert – Oct 17 & 18 – Twilight – In Concert – Oct 24 and 25 www.BroadwayAtTheNational.com

Hippodrome Baltimore – The Rocky Horror Show – Oct 17 – Nov 2 www.TheHipp.org

Taffety Punk – Cyrano – through Oct 11 www.TaffetyPunk.com

Rorschach Theatre – So Late Into The Night – Oct 7 – Nov 2 www.rorschachTheatre.com

Evil Dead – The Musical via Workhouse Arts Center

Workhouse Arts Center – Evil Dead – The Musical – through Nov 2 www.WorkhouseArts.org

ExPats Theatre – Cold Country – through Oct 19 www.ExPatsTheatre.com

The Colonial Players – Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors – Oct 24 – Nov 15 www.ColonialPlayers.org

Bethesda Little Theatre – French Cupcakes – Oct 10 – 19 www.BLT-online.org

Synetic Theatre – Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus – Nov 1 – 23 www.SyneticTheatre.org

Furlough’s Paradise via Theater Alliance

Theater Alliance – Furlough’s Paradise – through Nov 23 www.TheaterAlliance.com

Theatre J – This Much I Know – through Oct 19 www.EDCJCC.org

Avant Bard Theatre – The 9th Annual Scripts in Play Festival – Oct 4 – Oct 20 www.AvantBard.org

Prince William Little Theatre – The Woman in Black – Oct 10 – Oct 18 www.HyltonCenter.org

What’s Onstage in the DMV – September 2025

August 12, 2025

Jordan Wright

Special to The Zebra

Luzia via Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil – Luzia – Sept 6^th – Oct 19^th – www.CirqueduSoleil.com

Arena Stage – Damn Yankees – Sept 9^th – Nov 9^th www.ArenaStage.org

Everyman Theatre – (Baltimore) – August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson – through Sept 28^th www.EverymanTheatre.org

The Little Theatre of Alexandria – Lost in Yonkers – Sept 6^th – Sept 27^th

www.TheLittleTheatre.com

Round House Theatre – The Inheritance – through Oct 19^th – www.RoundHouseTheatre.org

fire work at Theater Alliance

Theater Alliance – fire work – through Sept 21^st – www.theateralliance.com

Creative Cauldron – Summer Passport Music Festival – through Sept 14^th – www.CreativeCauldron.org

NextStop Theatre – Dream House – Sept 11^th – Oct 5^th – www.NextStopTheatre.org

Firdous Bamji (Lukesh), Dani Stoller (Natalya), and Ethan J. Miller (Harold) in This Much I Know at Theatre J. (Photo/Ryan Maxwell Photography)

Theatre J – This Much I Know – Sept 20^th – Oct 19^th – www.EDCJCC.org

Signature Theatre – Play On! – through Oct 5^th

Strategic Love Play – Sept 23^rd – Nov 9^th www.SigTheatre.org

Olney Theatre – Red Pitch – through Oct 19^th – www.OlneyTheatre.org

Mosaic Theatre – Dodi & Diana – Sept 4^th – Sept 28^th

Songs of the Goat – Antigone – Sept 4^th – Sept 14^th

www.AtlasArts.org

Studio Theatre – The Heart Sellers – September opening TBA – Check the website www.StudioTheatre.org

Keegan Theatre – Everything is Wonderful – Sept 13^th – Oct 5^th www.KeeganTheatre.com

Kiss of the Spider Woman at the GALA Theatre

GALA Theatre – Kiss of the Spider Woman – Sept 4^th – Sept 28^th www.GalaTheatre.org

Imagination Stage – The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Sept 4^th – October 12^th www.ImaginationStage.org

1^st Stage – The Logan Festival of Solo Performance – Sept 18^th – Sept 28^th www.1stStage.org

Saturday Night Fever at Toby’s Dinner Theatre

Toby’s Dinner Theatre – Saturday Night Fever – through Nov 2^nd www.TobysDinnerTheatre.com

Aldersgate Church Community Theater – The Outsider – October 3^rd – October 19^th www.AcctOnline.org

Colonial Players (Annapolis) – An Ideal Husband – Sept 5^th – Sept 27^th

www.TheColonialPlayers.org

ExPats Theatre – Cold Country – Sept 27^th – Oct 19^th www.ExPatsTheatre.com

The Fully Monty at Arlington Players

Arlington Players – The Full Monty – www.TheArlingtonPlayers.org

Round House Theatre – Sojourner – Sept 11^th – Oct 6^th www.RoundHouseTheatre.org

Hippodrome Theatre (Baltimore) – The 39 Steps – Sept 12^th Sept 28^th – www.TicketMaster.com

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company – The Great Privation – Sept 11^th – Sept 29^th www.WoollyMammoth.net

Shakespeare Theatre Company – Merry Wives – Sept 9^th – Oct 5^th – www.ShakespeareTheatre.org

Folger Shakespeare Theatre – Julius X: A Re-envisioning of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare – Sept 23^rd – Oct 26^th www.Folger.edu

The Dragon at Spooky Action Theatre

Spooky Action Theatre – The Dragon – Sept 9^th – Oct 19^th www.spookyaction.org

Capital One Hall (Tyson’s Corner) – The Addams Family – A Musical Comedy – Sept 19^th – Sept 21^st – www.CapitalOneHall.com

Jeremy Jordan in Concert at Hylton Performing Arts Center (Photo/Stephanie Diani)

Hylton Performing Arts Center – Jeremy Jordan in Concert – Sept 21^st – www.HyltonCenter.org

Ford’s Theatre – The American Five – Sept 19^th – Oct 12^th www.MyFords.org

Kennedy Center – The Sound of Music – Sept 9^th – Oct 5^th – www.Kennedy-Center.org

Kinky Boots Pulls Out All the Stops at The Little Theatre of Alexandria

Kinky Boots Pulls Out All the Stops at

The Little Theatre of Alexandria

Kinky Boots

The Little Theatre of Alexandria

Jordan Wright

July 29, 2025

Special to The Zebra

Cast of Kinky Boots at The Little Theatre of Alexandria. (Photo/Matt Liptak)

In this warm-hearted story of tolerance, love and self-acceptance, Lola (Clayton Alex James), is a Black drag performer. Together with her chorus line of queens dubbed ‘The Angels’ they perform in a drag club on the seamier side of London. When, in a stroke of fate, she meets Charlie (Matthew Rubin), the reluctant scion of Price & Sons, a fourth-generation shoe factory in the hinterlands of England. Lola schools him in ‘dragdom’ and what it means to be absolutely fabulous in six-inch high-heeled boots. When Lola tells Charlie the challenge of strutting her stuff in ladies’ boots, ill-designed to support the weight of a man, Charlie becomes sympathetic to her plight and seizes on the idea of making flashy boots with 6-inch heels.

Intrigued by Lola, soubriquet “Kinky”, and the idea of making boots for a new niche market, he offers her the job of Head Designer at his factory. Unfortunately, the factory is run by a crew of narrow-minded blue-collar workers. Lola, bullied by the male workers tries to fit in by wearing suits to work instead of her sexy outfits – a transition that falls flat. Hoping to present Lola’s racy designs at the pinnacle of shoe shows in Milan, the female workers, who are enamored of Lola’s sassiness and feminine chutzpah, get on board. Macho man Don (Dino Vergura) the floor manager and George (Michael Blinde) the firm’s accountant are reluctant to veer from their standard men’s shoe line. And therein lies the conundrum.

Keenan Parker (Lauren), Carla Wheaden (Pat), Maia Potok-Holmes (Ensemble), David Reph, (Ensemble), Clayton Alex James (Lola), Matthew Rubin (Charlie), Cara Stankewick (Ensemble), Maria Ciarrocchi (Trish), Karen Toth (Ensemble), Cooper Sved (Harry/Ensemble). (Photo/Matt Liptak)

James is fierce and fabulous with a leggy Amazonian frame that complements his versatile voice, especially in the solo “Hold Me in Your Heart”, a show-stopping performance tinged with raw emotion. His duet with Kaplan in “Not My Father’s Son” is especially tender. And should you ever question what drives men wild, Lola (aka Simon) sets us straight in “Sex Is in the Heel”, adding, “Red is for sex, and sex shouldn’t be comfy.” Throw in a slew of sexy gams and plenty of flashy dancing and you’ve got a winner.

Contrary to what you may imagine, the romance in Playwright Harvey Fierstein’s six-time Tony Award winning musical is not between Charlie and Lola, but with Charlie’s fiancée, Nicola (Sophie Page), who has grander ideas for their future turning the factory into condominiums and one of his employees Lauren (Keenan Parker) who believes in his dreams. Guess who wins out.

Through it all, pop diva Cyndi Lauper’s show-your-true-colors, 16-number score is as sustaining as a hummingbird’s heartbeat and her emotionally stirring ballads and electrifying show tunes add up to a night of crazy, hilarious theatre. Fun for all, especially, according to Lola for, “Ladies and Gentlemen, and those who have yet to make up their minds.”

Cast of Kinky Boots. (Photo/Matt Liptak)

Music and Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper; Book by Harvey Fierstein; Orchestrations and additional arrangements by Stephen Oremus; Written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth; Directed by Kevin Stockwell; Choreography by Michael Page; Costume Design by Jean Schlichting and Kit Sibley; Scenic Design by Julie Fischer; Lighting Design by JK Lighting (Jeff Auerbach and Kimberly Crago); Music Director and Conductor, Aimee Faulkner with a 10-piece orchestra; Dance Captain, Maia Potok-Holmes; Sound Design by Alan Wray; Hair and Makeup Design by Jennifer Finn.

With The Angels – Marc Barbet, David Maeng, Danny Seal and Tyler Ward; Maria Ciarrocchi as Trish; Josh Katz as Simon, Sr./Ensemble; Zuri Luis as Young Simon/Young Lola; Brian Lyons-Burke as Price, Sr./Homeless Man; Maia Potok-Holmes as Milan Stage Manager/Ensemble/Featured Dancer/Dance Captain; David Reph Ensemble; Cara Stankewick Ensemble/Featured Dancer; Cooper Sved as Harry/Ensemble; Karen Toth Ensemble/Featured Dancer; Carla Wheaden as Pat.

Through August 16^th at The Little Theatre of Alexandria, 600 Wolfe Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. For tickets and information call the box office at 703.683.0496 or visit www.TheLittleTheatre.com.

What’s Onstage in the DMV – August 2025

Jordan Wright

Special to The Zebra

Play On! via Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre – Play On! – Aug 12^th – Oct 5^th – www.SigTheatre.org

Arena Stage – Damn Yankees – Sept 9^th – Nov 9^th – www.ArenaStage.org

The Inheritance, Parts One and Two via Round House Theatre

Round House Theatre – The Inheritance, Parts One and Two – through Aug 27^th– Oct 19^th – www.RoundHouseTheatre.org

Toby’s Dinner Theatre – The Little Mermaid – through Aug 17^th

Saturday Night Live – Aug 22^nd – Nov 7^th – www.TobysDinnerTheatre.com

Keegan Theatre – Apropos of Nothing – through Aug 10^th – www.KeeganTheatre.com

Merry Wives via Shakespeare Theatre Company

Shakespeare Theatre Company – Merry Wives – Sept 9^th – Oct 5^th – www.ShakespeareTheatre.org

Creative Cauldron – Summer Passport Music Festival – through Sept 14^th – www.CreativeCauldron.org

Theatre J – The Rise of the Superhero – through Aug 25^th – www.EDCJCC.org

Kinky Boots via The Little Theatre of Alexandria

The Little Theatre of Alexandria – Kinky Boots – through Aug 16^th – www.TheLittleTheatre.com

Dominion Stage – Everything is Wonderful – Aug 8^th – Aug 23^rd – www.DominionStage.org

August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson via Everyman Theatre

Everyman Theatre – August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson – Aug 31^st – Sept 28^th – www.EverymanTheatre.org

Olney Theatre – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – A Synetic Theatre Production – through Aug 10^th

Red Pitch – Sept 17^th – Oct 19^th www.OlneyTheatre.org

Dodi and Diana via Atlas Arts Mosaic Theatre

Atlas Arts Mosaic Theatre – Dodi & Diana – Sept 4^th – Sept 28^th – www.MosaicTheater.org

MetroStage at the Lyceum – Soulmates in Song: A Musical Journey with Roz and Shanti – Aug 18^th – www.MetroStage.org

Adventure Theatre – The Lightning Thief – through Aug 17^th – www.AdventureTheatre-MTC.org/shows

Julia Nightingale (Delphi Diggory), Aidan Close (Scorpius Malfoy), and Emmet Smith (Albus Potter) in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the National Theatre DC. (Photo/Matthew Murphy)

Broadway at the National – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – through Sept 7^th – www.TicketMaster.com

The Puppet Company – New Squid on the Block – through Aug 10^th – www.ThePuppetCompany.org

Max Chernin and the company in the National Tour of PARADE. (Photo/Joan Marcus)

Kennedy Center – Sesame Street the Musical – through Aug 31^st

Parade – Aug 19^th – Sept 7^th

Opera in the Outfield – Porgy and Bess – at Nationals Park – Free – Aug 23^rd – www.Kennedy-Center.org

The Gaithersburg Arts Barn – The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – through Aug 10^th – www.GaithersburgMD.gov

What’s Onstage in the DMV – July 2025

Jordan Wright

Special to The Zebra

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child North American Tour (Photo/Matthew Murphy)

The National Theatre – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – July 8^th – Sept 6^th – www.TheNationalDC.org

Arena Stage – A Wrinkle in Time – through July 20^th – www.ArenaStage.org

Faction of Fools – How the Sausage Gets Made – Jul 17^th – Aug 9^th – www.FactionofFools.org

Contemporary American Theater Festival – Shepherdstown, WV – July 11^th – August 3^rd[email protected]

Summer Passport Music Festival via Creative Cauldron

Creative Cauldron – Summer Passport Music Festival – June 20^th – Sept 14^th –

www.CreativeCauldron.org

Olney Theatre – Kim’s Convenience – June 25^th – July 27^th

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (a Synetic Theater production) – July 17^th – Aug 10^th – www.Tickets.olneytheatre.org

Theatre J – The Rise of the Superhero – July 21^st – Aug 25^th www.EDCJCC.org

The cast of The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical at Signature Theatre (Photo/Christopher Mueller)

Signature Theatre – The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical – through Jul 13^th

You’ve Got a Friend – Women Pop Rock: Women Songwriters – July 2^nd – July 13^th

Broadway in the Park at Wolf Trap – June 28^th one night only

www.SigTheatre.org

Keegan Theatre – Apropos of Nothing, A Comedy – Jul 12^th – Aug 3^rd – www.KeeganTheatre.com

Cast of Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern US Tour

The Kennedy Center – Les Miserables – through July 13^th

Sesame Street the Musical – July 10^th – Aug 31^st

Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern – July 22^nd – Aug 3^rd

www.Kennnedy-Center.org

Toby’s Dinner Theatre – Disney’s The Little Mermaid – through Aug 17^th – www.TobysDinnerTheatre.com

Wipeout via Studio Theatre

Studio Theatre – Wipeout – through July 27^th – www.StudioTheatre.org

Shakespeare Theatre Company – Duel Reality – July 1^st – July 20^th – www.ShakespeareTheatre.org

Imagination Stage – Dory Phantasmagory – through Aug 3^rd – www.ImaginationStage.org

Bye Bye Birdie via Port Tobacco Players

Adventure Theatre – The Lightning Thief – through Aug 17^th – www.AdventureTheatre-MTC.org

Port Tobacco Players – Bye Bye Birdie – July 11 – Aug 3^rd – www.PTPlayers.com

The Little Theatre of Alexandria – Kinky Boots – July 26^th – Aug 16^th – www.TheLittleTheatre.com

Woolly Mammoth – Dead Inside – July 9^th – July 27^th – www.WoollyMammoth.net