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FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019

THURSDAY

BRIAN COURTNEY WILSON The Birchmere.

birchmere.com. 7:30 p.m. $35. CHRIS

THOMAS KING Blues Alley. bluesalley.com. 8

p.m. Through Sept. 1. $25-$30. LUCIBELA

Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. kennedy-

center.org. 6 p.m. Free. THE RICK

WHITEHEAD TRIO Lake Anne Plaza.

restoncommunitycenter.com. 7 p.m. Free.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND Merriweather Post

Pavilion. merriweathermusic.com. 6 p.m.

$39.50-$89.50.

gypsysallys.com. 7 p.m. $12. CAPLETON

Howard Theatre. thehowardtheatre.com.

8:30 p.m. $25-$30.

WEDNESDAY

AARON ABERNATHY Strathmore.

strathmore.org. 7 p.m. Free. MAMES

BABEGENUSH Amp by Strathmore.

ampbystrathmore.com. 8 p.m. $26-$46.

FRIDAY
ASHANTI, KIANA LEDÉ The Anthem.
theanthemdc.com. 8 p.m. $40-$80.
BATTERY LANE Wiehle-Reston East Metro
Station Plaza. restoncommunitycenter.com. 7
p.m. Free. BRITTANY HOWARD 9:30 Club.
930.com. 8 p.m. Through Saturday. $55.
CYRUS CHESTNUT Blues Alley.
bluesalley.com. 8 p.m. Through Sunday. $30-
$35. FARRUKO Wolf Trap, Filene Center.
wolftrap.org. 8 p.m. $40-$150. FUNKY
DAWGZ BRASS BAND National Gallery of
Art Sculpture Garden. nga.gov. 5 p.m. Free.
THE FABULOUS DIALTONES Gypsy Sally’s.
gypsysallys.com. 7 p.m. $15. THE
MANHATTAN TRANSFER The Birchmere.
birchmere.com. 7:30 p.m. $55.

SATURDAY
BEAU YOUNG PRINCE Songbyrd Music
House. songbyrddc.com. 7 p.m. $15.
FREDDIE JACKSON The Birchmere.
birchmere.com. 7:30 p.m. $49.50. LIL KEED
The Fillmore. fillmoresilverspring.com. 8 p.m.
$25. STOKLEY Fort Dupont Park. nps.gov/
fodu. 6 p.m. Free. WHITE FORD BRONCO
Gypsy Sally’s. gypsysallys.com. 7 p.m. $25.

SUNDAY
CHANTE MOORE The Birchmere.
birchmere.com. 7:30 p.m. $69.50. GARY
CLARK JR., NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND
THE NIGHT SWEATS Merriweather Post
Pavilion. merriweathermusic.com. 5:30 p.m.
$45-$75. THE ALARM State Theatre.
thestatetheatre.com. 6 p.m. $33. THE
BEACH BOYS Wolf Trap, Filene Center.
wolftrap.org. 3 p.m. $35-$85. WHY? U Street
Music Hall. ustreetmusichall.com. 7 p.m.
$20.

MONDAY
BIG BUSINESS Comet Ping Pong.
cometpingpong.com. 9 p.m. $12.
PENTATONIX Merriweather Post Pavilion.
merriweathermusic.com. 6 p.m. $29.50-
$129.50. STING Wolf Trap, Filene Center.
wolftrap.org. 8 p.m. Through Wednesday.
$145-$175.

TUESDAY

BISHOP GUNN Gypsy Sally’s.

show by Steven Levenson with a score by

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The Kennedy

Center, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600.

kennedy-center.org. Through Sept. 8. $79-

$175.

DISNEY’S ALADDIN From the producer of

“The Lion King” comes the stage production

of the Disney favorite. The Kennedy Center,

2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600. kennedy-

center.org. Through Sept. 7. $39-$179.

FABULATION OR, THE RE-EDUCATION OF

UNDINE Once rich and successful, Undine

finds herself broke and pregnant after her

husband steals her money in this play by

Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Genius Award

winner Lynn Nottage. Atlas Performing Arts

Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993.

atlasarts.org. Through Sept. 22. $20-$65.

LEGALLY BLONDE Based on the hit movie,

the musical chronicles the journey of Elle

Woods to Harvard Law. Andrew Keegan

Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. 202-265-

3767. keegantheatre.com/portfolio-item/
      legally-blonde/. Through Sept. 8. $52-$62.
      THE CAT IN THE HAT Adam Immerwhar
      directs this story about the mischievous cat
      and his siblings. Adventure Theatre MTC,
      7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. 301-634-


3768. adventuretheatre-mtc.org. Through
      Sunday. $20.

DANCE

STEP AFRIKA! DANCE PARTY Dance with

Step Afrika! to the latest and most popular

party songs, featuring DJ Nitecrawler. The

Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. stepafrika.org.

Sunday at 4 p.m. Free.

OPENINGS

CABARET Kander and Ebb’s Tony Award-

winning musical set in 1929 centers on a

writer who arrives in Berlin for work but gets

distracted by an affair with performer Sally

Bowles. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-

Sandy Spring Rd., Olney. 301-924-3400.

olneytheatre.org. Opening Wednesday.

ONGOING

ASSASSINS A Sondheim vaudeville that

goes through the mind of nine assassins,

including John Wilkes Booth and Lee

Harvey Oswald, and imagines what they

would do to inspire one another to pull the

trigger or change their life-altering

decisions. Signature Theatre, 4200

Campbell Ave., Arlington. 703-820-9771.

signature-theatre.org. Through Sept. 29.

$40-$110.

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL VOLTA The theatrical

and acrobatic show, directed by Jean

Guibert, is on the theme of sports and

competition. Tysons II, 8025 Galleria Dr.,

Tysons. cirquedusoleil.com. Through

Sept. 29. $49-$150.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN Young Evan Hansen

pens a letter and a lie that snowballs into

something worse in this award-winning

On the Town/On Stage

ALSO PLAYING

Prices are for the entire run of the

show; individual shows may vary.

POP MUSIC

Prices listed where available

JESSE DITTMAR FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Gary Clark Jr. will perform at Merriweather Post Pavilion on

Sunday, joined by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats.

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“Joyfully intoxicating”

— New York Times

“Poignant drama”

— Guardian

PART OF THE AUGUST WILSON FESTIVAL

AUGUST WILSON’S

JITNEY

BY AUGUST WILSON

DIRECTED BY RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON

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