Washington DC visitors are likely to find a performance of interest at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Numerous events are held daily at this grand facility, which contains several theaters, stages, concert halls and a main opera house. It is located on the Potomac River at New Hampshire Ave. NW, accessible from the nearby Foggy Bottom MetroRail station. Whether your interest is ballet, symphony, opera or jazz, you’re sure to find something appealing on the calendar during your visit. Tickets typically range from $20 to $100, depending on the performance, time and seating choice. Additionally, free performances are offered every day at 6 p.m. on the Millennium Stage. The Kennedy Center is the home of the National Symphony Orchestra, which performs regularly throughout the year. Free guided tours of the facility are available during the day.
Other popular venues around town include the Lincoln Theatre, the Warner Theatre and the GALA Theatre, each hosting numerous musical, theatre and dance performances at varying price levels.
Washington also boast numerous exceptional home-grown professional theater companies, many with quite affordable prices and all boasting top-notch productions. You are really missing out on one of DC's local treasures if you don't try to catch a locally-produced show while you're here.
Half-price tickets to shows at a variety of venues, large and small, are available on the day of performance at Ticketplace, conveniently located at 407 7th Street, NW, between D and E Streets, close to the Archives/Navy Memorial subway stop and very near the Shakespeare Theatre, the Harman Center for the Performing Arts, and the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. A comprehensive list of professional theater productions onstage throughout the DC region is available at the Helen Hayes Washington Theater Awards website, and Potomac Stages is a favorite theater-review website that also covers the region and will help you find shows that are conveniently located, appropriate to your tastes and whether you've got children along, and exciting.
Located right outside of Washington in Vienna, Virginia, is the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. The venue hosts a large variety of performances, from Riverdance to Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Also available are children's theater performances, educational programs for preschoolers through teachers, sing-a-longs, and more. A highlight of Wolftrap's Filene Center includes summer performances where guests can have a picnic on the lawn while listening to their favorite performer.
Each year, Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh & Co organizes a Festival of Indian Arts, bringing world-class Indian Artists to the DC area. This year's featured artists include Sri and Srimathi Dhananjayan and Dr. Mallika Sarabhai among others.
Off-Site Links:
- http://www.kennedy-center.org/
- http://www.thelincolntheatre.org/
- http://www.warnertheatre.com/
- http://www.galatheatre.org/
- http://www.cultural-alliance.org/tick...
- http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/
- http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/har...
- http://www.woollymammoth.net/
- http://www.helenhayes.org/sub/wp.cfm
- http://www.potomacstages.com/
- http://www.wolf-trap.org/
- http://www.dakshina.org/