With Oscar-winning music by Elton John and Tim Rice, the birds, giraffes, gazelles and lions from the original movie are brought to life on stage by more than 40 actors. 

The Lion King tells the story of the Lion King on the Savannah of Africa.  The young lion cub, Prince Simba, is convinced by his wicked uncle,  that the young cub accidentally killed his father.

Simba leaves the kingdom in shame, unaware that his evil uncle was secretly attempting to takeover the throne and the kingdom.  Years later, Simba is asked to return returns to overthrow his uncle and take his rightful place of power, thus completing the Circle of Life.

The Loin King
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington DC. 20566 (map it)

Date and Time – Nightly (except Mondays) at 7:30 p.m., June 26th – August 24th, 2008, with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays

Tickets - $36.00 – $95.00 and are available online or by phone at 202-467-4600.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Foggy Bottom/George Washington University station (23rd and I St.) – Blue and Orange lines, then a 3-block walk.

There is also a free Kennedy Center shuttle that runs every 15 minutes Monday – Friday from 9:45 a.m.- Midnight, Saturdays 10:00 a.m.- Midnight, and from Noon – Midnight on Sundays.

Parking - limited parking is available at the Kennedy Center for $15.00.

Images – Flickr – on Broadway, at Disney 
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Over the course of her reintroduction to the dating world, she agonizes over the perfect outfit for the perfect first-impression, has a brush with Eastern European mobsters, attends a Buddhist fund-raiser, and fights with a bad-fitting pair of  designer pumps (not to mention, a collection of 600 pairs of shoes), all which cause her to examine her own own prejudices, expectations, hopes and fears.

Serious and funny, the story follows her through a succession of classic bad dates.

Bad Dates
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD 20832 (map it)
301-924-3400

Dates and Times – Most Tuesday – Sunday evenings, Mar. 19 – Apr. 20, 2008

Tickets – $25.00 – $41.00 and are available online or by calling the box office.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – line, then a  block walk or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Free parking is available.

Images – Flickr – Red shoes, bisque
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Leonard needs a lawyer, a good one.  Enter Sir Wilfrid Robarts. A sickly barrister who’s under strict doctor’s orders to avoid stress, cigars, drinking and most importantly…the courtroom.  He takes Leonard’s case anyway, but only under the watchful eye of his private and overly-controlling nurse.   

When the case goes to trial, after having provided a credible alibi for her husband, Leonard’s actress wife, Christine, is surprisingly called as a witness for the prosecution.

Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution is a classic story of betrayal, guilty consciences, lies and deception that make this case a twisted mystery for everyone involved.

Witness for the Prosecution was made into a 1957 movie, staring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton. It was nominated for six Academy Awards.

This production, at the Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre in suburban Woodbridge, Virginia, includes a Pennsylvania Dutch style dinner buffet. It’s fairly generic (chicken, beef, fish) buffet that gets mixed (or worse) reviews, so don’t expect a fine dining experience.  After 20+ years, the building is also ready for an upgrade. But the actors and productions are usually of a high-caliber and enjoyable. 

Witness for the Prosecution
Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre
Corner of Route 1 and Furnace Road
Woodbridge, VA  (map it)
703-550-7384

Dates and Times – Daily except Mondays through March 16, 2008. Cocktails (not included in the cost) start at 6:00, buffet opens at 6:30, curtain up at 8:00, all times one half hour later on Saturdays, one half hour earlier on later on Sundays. All performances are non-smoking.

Tickets – Adults – $41.95, kids 11-15 – $35.00, kids under 11 -  $25.00, Saturdays the adult price is $3.00 more.  Call 703-550-7384 for reservations (strongly recommended).

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Franconia, Blue line, then a 9½-mile (15-20 minutes) cab ride south on I-95.

Parking – Free parking is available.

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