Today, November 20 through Thursday, January 3: If you’ve ever fallen victim to being set up on a blind date by your father, you’ll love the play The Fantasticks. Its got meddlesome parents, singing, dancing, and Christmas lights! [Arena Stage] MORE »

Sunday, November 15: Fact: No city can call itself a hipster haven unless it hosts a Tweed Ride.  So, find your tweed jacket, wool vest, knickers, pipe, and bell, all of which you obviously have, you hipster you, and get ready for DC’s first annual Tweed Ride: a leisurely jaunt through the H Street Corridor followed by drinks at Marvin. What a pointless afternoon of merry-making it will be! [Dandies and Quaintrelles] MORE »

Saturday, November 7 through Sunday, November 29: Lost In Yonkers, a play about a very dysfunctional Jewish family, will make you 1) regret your decision to go home for Thanksgiving and 2) crave a delicious corned beef sandwich. [Theater J] MORE »

Tonight through Sunday, November 1: Remember that time when New Orleans was an actual thriving city?  Well, in an apparent FU to the world for doing nothing to save the city, the Classical Theater of Harlem has shifted the setting of classic play Waiting for Godot to New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. Inactivity has never been so captivating, timely and depressing. [Publick Playhouse] MORE »