November 13, 2009

Music

Washington Performing Arts Society: Alfred Brendel: "On Character in Music." Embassy of Austria, November 16. Info/tickets 202-833-9800 or visit the Washington Peforming Arts Society website.

Theater

Theater J: "Lost in Yonkers" directed by Jerry Whiddon, through November 29. Info/tix 202-519-9400 or visit Theater J's website.

Ford’s Theater: "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, adapted by Michael Wilson. Nov. 23 - Jan 3. Info/tix 202-347-3833 or purchase tickets through Ticketmaster.

Woolly Mammoth Theater: "Full Circle" by Charles L. Mee. The performers, the audience, even the building itself become part of the experience. Info/tix 202-393-3939 or on Wolly Mammoth's website.

Olney Theater Center: "Camelot." Is the Obama Administration's "Audacity of Hope" the new Camelot? November 18 - January 3. Info/tix 301-924-3400 or on the Olney Theatre's website.

Visual Arts

Sackler Gallery of Art: "Falnama: The Book of Omens," 16th and 17th century Turkey and Persia; now through January 24. Info (no tickets required) 202-633-1000 or on the Freer/Sackler Gallery website.

Dance

Washington National Cathedral: Liz Lehrman Dance Exchange "Spirituality and Community Building through Dance." November 24th. The performance is part of the the Cathedral's Crossroads Spirituality Program. Info (no tickets required) 301-270-6700 or on the Dance Exchange website.

Opera

Washington Concert Opera: Gounod's "Faust" at GWU's Lisner Auditorium, November 22 at 6:00. Info/tix 202-364-5826 or visit Washington Concert Opera's website.