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Best bets for theater this week
Sarah Kaufman and Stephanie Merry | Washington Post Staff Writers | Updated 11/21/2009
The most promising performances during the days ahead, including "August: Osage County," left.
Pennsylvania Ballet: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker
Washington, DC | 11/24 - 11/29
The Kennedy Center has hosted many versions of the "Nutcracker" over the years -- one with an American theme, another featuring unicorns and pneumatic flowers, even one on ice. But for the first time, the center presents one of the finest of all: George Balanchine's version, danced by the Pennsylvania Ballet.
A Christmas Carol
Washington, DC | 11/23 - 1/3/10
It may be a familiar story -- Scrooge, Tiny Tim, the ghost of Christmas past -- but the Ford's rendition is practically a Washington institution.
August: Osage County
Washington, DC | 11/24 - 12/20
The Tony- and Pulitzer-winning play follows the unraveling of one seriously dysfunctional family in rural Oklahoma.
Mulan
Bethesda, MD | 11/28 - 1/10/10
The Disney film is now a stage play: The story follows a headstrong girl in ancient China who proves to be a resource against the invading Huns.
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