Atlas March Events

Final Chance to see Pirates of Penzance

Act quickly to catch the last five performances, March 6-9
tickets are selling fast so buy now!

"... a positive '10' ... This production is so well done it deserves full houses for every performance. ... 150 minutes of sheer joy ... and a wonderful kid show with pirates being so popular nowadays." -Bob Anthony

Listen to Washington Savoyards and Pirates of Penzance in "A Little Light Opera" with WAMU's Stephanie Kaye

Student rush tickets are $10 to all shows with a valid ID.

40 Acres: The Reparations Play
Tribute Productions presents a staged reading of 40 Acres: The Reparations Play
By Robert Alexander
Directed by Mary Hall Surface

March 7th and 8th at 7:30pm; March 9th at 2pm

A corporate lawyer is stunned by the news that his parents are plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking reparations for broken promises made to African Americans after the Civil War.

Featuring Holly Twyford, Chris Wilson, Frederick L. Strother Jr., Beverly Cosham, and David Emerson Toney

A post show discussion with the cast and special guests will follow each reading. Dr. Raymond Winbush from Morgan State University and the author of Should America Pay will participate in a panel discussion with the cast on Friday and Sunday.

Reservations accepted with a $3 donation benefiting the Atlas. You can make a reservation here or call the box office, 202.399.7993.

March Musical Events
Congressional Chorus plays to sold out houses March 8th and 9th in A Night at the Speakeasy. The resident chorus of the Atlas Performing Arts Center will perform a set of 1920s hits in an elegant cabaret setting.

Washington Musica Viva and Capital City Symphony present Chaise Lounge Saturday March 22, 2008 at 8pm. Described by founder Charlie Barnett as having an "early stereo" sound reminiscent of Capitol Records circa 1959, Chaise Lounge features stellar musicians and a singer, Marilyn Older, with a voice like no other. Audience members are invited to join the performers after the show for a complimentary Stella Artois beer (with ticket) at Dr. Granville Moore's across the street.

Capital City Symphony presents Choral Hits Sunday March 30th, 5pm .
The Atlas's resident symphony will be joined by guest artists Capitol Hill Chorale: Fred Binkholder, Music Director: Daniel Campos, Viola: and Andrea Duplechain, Mezzo-Soprano.
Handel, Viola Concerto
Brahms, Liebeslieder Waltzes
Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky

Tickets for these events can be purchased at the box office 202.399.7993 or online.

African Continuum Theatre Company News

A cast of distinguished Washington women will perform a staged reading of Oni Faida Lampley's Mixed Babies in African Continuum Theatre Company's Celebrity Fundraiser.

Celebrity readers will include Sweet Honey in the Rock vocalist and composer Ysaye M. Barnwell, USA Channel 9 news-anchor J.C. Hayward, DC Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Barbara Lang and Helen Hayes award-winning actress Jewell Robinson. The evening will be hosted by NBC4 news anchor Jim Vance.

The event is Monday, March 24at 8:00 pm
Tickets are $100.
A dessert reception will follow the performance.
Valet parking @ $10 is available for all performances.
Proceeds will benefit future productions and programming at the theater and help to bring the District's young people to our performances.

African Continuum Theatre Company, now in its twelfth season, is Washington's only professional African-American theatre company.

Tickets are available at the Atlas box office at 202.399.7993, or online.

INDIGO presents Songs from the Heart, and Other Vital Organs

Doug Bowles (leader of the SingCo Rhythm Orchestra; renowned singer and voice teacher; author of G.I. JIVE: Letters From the War - a big band radio broadcast; and music director for the upcoming world premier of The Stephen Schwartz Project at Metro Stage) and Howard Brietbart (music director, world respected and sought after piano collaborator; arranger, composer and longtime pianist for the Capitol Steps) present an evening of songs that moved Doug at one time or another and in one place or another. Songs that inspire the heart; songs from a wicked imagination; songs that move the feet and songs that hit you right in the gut. All the great American songwriters from between the world wars are represented and some very lovely special arrangements by Howard make this a very special evening. Saturday, March 22, at 9:00 PM. Tickets are $22.50 plus a two-drink minimum.

Springtime means Cherry Blossoms and Condensed Mikado
For the third year, the Washington Savoyards presents the rollicking Condensed Mikado, during Washington's famed National Cherry Blossom Festival. Scott Kenison, who with David Simmons, created this ninety-minute campily staged version of Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved Mikado which reminds us that when sauces are condensed, the flavors and delight are heightened. The story and songs of mistaken identity, potential life and death disasters, job promotions that turn out to be not at all what one had hoped, spurned affections, and new love is all there. It just flies by quickly. True to the Cherry Blossom Festival, there are definitely cherry blossoms in the Condensed Mikado, on stage March 27 to April 13. For tickets, call the box office 202.399.7993 or purchase online.