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Olney Theatre Center's "The Millionairess" stars Julie-Ann Elliott and Paul Morella. It closes July 19. (By Stan Barouh)
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Friday, July 10, 2009

ALSO PLAYING

The District

BARACK STARS A comedy revue that lampoons power players from Washington and Chicago, by the Second City, through Aug. 2. Tuesday-Thursday at 8. Woolly Mammoth Theatre, 641 D St. NW. 202-393-3939 or http://www.woollymammoth.net.

BREAK OF NOON The Washington Stage Guild performs a staged reading of the Paul Claudel play concerning four travelers facing a figurative crossroads in life's journey, Sunday at 2:30 and 7. Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW. 240-582-0050 or http://www.stageguild.org.

DARK PLAY OR STORIES FOR BOYS Carlos Murillo's play examines the dark side and consequences of the online persona, through Aug. 2. Saturday at 8, Sunday at 2 and Thursday at 8. H Street Playhouse, 1365 H St. NE. 202-396-2125 or http://www.theateralliance.com.

[EXPLETIVE] A A bloody, modern update of "The Scarlet Letter" with a title no family newspaper can publish, through Aug. 9. Wednesday and Thursday at 8:30. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300 or http://www.studiotheatre.org.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST Keegan Theatre presents Dale Wasserman's adaptation of the Ken Kesey novel about inmates in an asylum, through Aug. 15. Thursday at 7:30. Church Street Theater, 1742 Church St. NW. 703-892-0202, 202-265-3767 or http://www.keegantheatre.com.

OUT AT SEA The Ambassador Theater presents the Polish one-act survival play that finds three men stranded on small raft, through Thursday. Monday-Thursday at 8. Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW. 202-315-1305 or http://www.flashpointdc.org.

PHÈDRE A screening of a performance from London's National Theatre, starring Helen Mirren as an aggrieved wife who accuses her stepson of rape, Monday at 7:30. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122 or http://www.shakespearetheatre.org.

SHEAR MADNESS Indefinitely. Friday at 8, Saturday at 6 and 9, Sunday at 3 and 7, and Tuesday-Thursday at 8. Kennedy Center, Theater Lab, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600 or http://www.kennedy-center.org.

SPRING AWAKENING A rock-and-roll journey from youth to adulthood with original music by Duncan Sheik, through Aug. 2. Friday at 7:30, Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 and 7:30, and Tuesday-Thursday at 7:30. Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600 or http://www.kennedy-center.org.

Maryland

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' A musical revue of songs from Harlem's golden age, through Aug. 2. Friday at 7:30, Saturday at 1:30 and 7:30, Sunday at 1:30 and 6:30, Wednesday at 1:30 and 7:30, and Thursday at 7:30. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd., Olney. 301-924-3400 or http://www.olneytheatre.org.

LYLE THE CROCODILE A family's friendly pet crocodile, Lyle, is shipped off to the zoo by an angry neighbor whose cat is frightened by the reptile, through Aug. 9. Friday at 10:30, Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 and 3:30, and Tuesday-Thursday at 10:30. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda. 301-280-1660 or http://www.imaginationstage.org.


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