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Best Bets for June 2004

Below are the highlights in arts and entertainment for the month of June.

Theater

"Oklahoma," at Wolf Trap, June 24-27; truly, a dream production; tix/info 703-218-6500 or www.wolftrap.org.

"Cyrano de Bergerac," Shakespeare Theater. A blisteringly funny/poignant production of this late 19th century swashbuckler. Tickets/info www.shakespearetheatre.org.

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Tennessee Williams at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater Through July 4.

"The Glass Menagerie," Tennessee Williams at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater, July 17 - Aug 8.

Mel Brooks's "The Producers," Kennedy Center Opera House, June 23- Aug 22. All three: tickets/info 202-467-4600 or www.kennedy-center.org.

Folger Theatre Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," (through May 23) as funny as the Bard gets - and that's very funny. Tickets/info 202-544-7077 or www.folger.edu.

The Shakespeare Theatre at the Kennedy Center "Five by Tenn"; five rarely performed one acts by Tennessee Williams, through May 9 (part of The Tennessee William celebration.) Tickets/info 202-467-4600 or www.kennedy-center.org.

Venus Theatre, "Ugly Ducklings," by Carolyn Gage; a tough play with an all female cast about coming of age and the specter of homophobia; at the Warehouse Theater at 1021 7th Street NW, through May 16. Tickets/info 202-783-3933 or www.venustheatre.com.

Signature Theatre, "Elegies," by William Finn, directed by Joe Colarco. A haunting presentation of songs of remembrance. Some are funny, others poignant. Through May. Tickets/info 703-218-6500 or www.signature-theatre.org.

The Studio Theatre, "Far Away," by Caryl Churchill; a brief, but disturbing look at the origins of conflict and the fragility of alliances; through May 16. Tickets/info 202-332-3300 or www.studiotheatre.org.

Visual Arts

The Phillips Collection: August Sandler Photographs; Aaron Siskind, New Relationships in Photography; Revelation: Geroges Rouault at Work. All three through September 5. 202-387-2151 or www.phillipscollection.org.

The National Gallery of Art. The A. W. Mellon lectures, baroque art specialist Edward Lavin, "More than Meets the Eye," Sunday afternoons through May 23. (Events are free)/info 202737-4215 or www.nga.gov.

National Museum of Women in the Arts, "Nordic Cool: Hot Women Designers," through September 12. tickets/info 202-783-5000 or www.nmwa.org.

Music

Alfred Brendel, piano, May 1 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall; music of Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. Tickets/info 202-785-9727 or www.wpas.org.

Opera

Washington Opera, Puccini's "Manon Lescault," and Rossini's "La Cenerentola; 202-295-2400 or www.dc-opera.org.

Washington Concert Opera; Rossini's "La Donna del Lago," May 21 202-364-5826 or www.concertopera.org.

Baltimore Opera, Bizet's "Carmen," May 1-9; tickets/info 1-410-727-6000 or www.baltimoreopera.com.