May 2008 Best Bets

Music

Washington Choral Arts Society
John Adams's "El Niño," featuring a film by Peter Sellars
May 18 at 7:30 at Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Information and tickets available at 1-888-430-SING (7464) or www.choralarts.org

Visual Arts

The Phillips Collection Jacob Lawrence’s "Migration Series" Through October 26

The complete series including all 60 panels, rarely seen in their entirety. A MUST SEE! Information and tickets at 202-397-SEAT or www.phillipscollection.org

Theater

Folger Theater
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The School for Scandal"
May 11 - June 15

Directed by Richard Clifford. Information and tickets at 202-544-7077 or www.folger.edu

Signature Theater
Kander & Ebb's "The Happy Time"
Through June 1

A charming and unfairly neglected little gem. Information and tickets at 703-573-SEAT or www.signature-theatre.org

Studio Theatre
Alan Bennett's "The History Boys"
Extended through May 18

Information and tickets at 202-232-3300 or www.studiotheatre.org

Shakespeare Theater
Free-for-All “Hamlet” at the Carter Barron Amphitheater
May 22-June 1

No tickets are necessary. Information at 202-547-1122 or www.shakespearetheatre.org

Opera

Washington National Opera
Richard Strauss’s Elektra
Kennedy Center Opera House
May 10-27

Information and tickets at 202-295-2400 or www.dc-opera.org

Wolf Trap
Verdi’s A King for a Day [Un Giorno di Regno]
June 13 & 17
Information and tickets at 1-877-WOLFTRAP or www.wolftrap.org