Theatre Week is underway, which means you can snag cheap tickets to a number of local plays and musicals. To help you choose, we’ve compiled a preview of some of the top productions you can see around town during the multi-week commemoration, as well as through the rest of fall.

PLAYS

1. The American Five

Ford’s Theatre | September 19-October 12

Ford’s Theatre travels through time to the ’60s when five civil rights pioneers—Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Bayard Rustin, Stanley Levinson, and Clarance B. Jones—plan one of the biggest catalysts to the movement, the March on Washington ($26+).

2. Julius X

Folger Theatre | September 23-October 26

Julius X: A Re-envisioning of the Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare parallels ancient Rome and its ambitio

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