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weekend

was as a person before the

accusation that he whistled at a

white woman led to his murder.

the next two plays in the series

will be staged later in the

spring, with the world premiere

of “that summer in sumner”

debuting april 30 and the finale,

“Benevolence,” opening on May

22. Through June 21. Atlas

Plan Aheadnoteworthy events over the next few weeks

March 28 Women in Jazz

april is Jazz appreciation

Month, and at the smithsonian,

the focus this year is on women

who’ve made an impact in the

art form. that could be through

performing, conducting,

teaching or directing jazz

festivals, and the celebration

begins with a concert at the

national Museum of american

history appropriately titled

“Women in Jazz: on and off the

stage.” the smithsonian Jazz

Masterworks orchestra’s

selections highlight such

musicians as pianist Mary Lou

Williams, swing band

international sweethearts of

rhythm and acoustic bassist

amy shook. 7 :30 p.m. National

Museum of American History,

1300 Constitution Ave. NW.

americanhistory.si.edu. $25.50-

$30.

April 1 ‘Cost of Living’

a truck driver learns how to care

for his estranged wife after

she’s paralyzed in a car

accident, and a young waitress

gets a new job as a caregiver for

a graduate student with

cerebral palsy. these parallel

narratives eventually intersect

in Martyna Majok’s “Cost of

Living,” a thoughtful play about

survival and human connection

that won the Pulitzer Prize in

2018. round house’s cast
      includes Gregg Mozgala, an
      actor and dancer who has
      cerebral palsy, and regan
      Linton, a theater artist who
      uses a wheelchair due to a
      spinal cord injury. Through April


2019. Round House Theatre, 4545
      East-West Hwy., Bethesda.
      roundhousetheatre.org. $32-$73.

April 1 ‘the till tr ilogy’

Mosaic theater will present

playwright ifa Bayeza’s trilogy

about the life of emmett till,

whose brutal lynching in

Mississippi in 1955 galvanized

the civil rights movement, over

a two-and-half month span. the

first play, “the Ballad of emmett

till,” tracks the final two weeks

of the 14-year-old Chicago

teen’s life, showcasing who he

Performing Center, 1333 H St.

NE. mosaictheater.org. $20-$99.

April 4 ‘one with

eternity’

attendance for the hirshhorn

Museum’s blockbuster “yayoi

kusama: infinity Mirrors” show

broke records in 2017 — and

online, the exhibition hashtag

#infinitekusama reached

91 million twitter and instagram

accounts. if you didn’t get to see

the social media-friendly show

back then, you’ll get another

chance this year. a smaller

exhibition dubbed “one with

eternity: yayoi kusama in the

hirshhorn Collection” will

contextualize the Japanese

artist’s work and showcase the

hirshhorn’s recent kusama

acquisitions, including two

mesmerizing infinity mirror

rooms and her iconic polka-dot

“Pumpkin” sculptures. Through

Sept. 20. Hirshhorn Museum,

Independence Avenue and Seventh

Street SW. hirshhorn.si.edu. Fr ee,

same-day timed passes required.

— Adele Chapin

Cahty Carver/Courtesy of ota fine arts, tokyo

A piece from the “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” exhibition at

the Hirshhorn Museum, which will showcase her work again.

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Photo of Andhy Mendez and Marian Licha by Margot Schulman.Photo of Joy Jones and Michael Zachary Tunstill by Tony Powell.

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