Barber’s Best Bets

On stage:—The Elden Street Players present Alan Bennett’s Tony Award-winning drama, The History Boys, beginning Friday.
It’s a look at the lives of a group of students and their teachers as they prepare for tests that will decide their place at university and, perhaps, define their futures. The play runs in Herndon through June 27. For more information, call (703)-481-5930 or visit http://www.eldenstreetplayhouse.org.

—The Port City Players are presenting the comedy The Curious Savage at the Lee Center for the Performing Arts in Alexandria. The story of a wealthy widow committed to a sanitarium by her avaricious stepchildren when she decides to give away most of her money, this witty and endearing work runs through June 14.
Tickets and additional information is available at (703)-838-2880 or by visiting http://www.portstreetplayhouse.com

—The current production from the Keegan Theatre is pitch perfect for local audiences.
Lincolnesque is the satiric story of what happens when a congressional speechwriter who has lost his touch is secretly replaced-by his brother. Lincolnesque continues at Theatre on The Run in Arlington through June 28. You can get tickets and more by calling (703)-892-0202 or visit http://www.keegantheatre.com.

—GALA Hispanic Theatre, based in the Tivoli Theatre building in Washington’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, “opens” The Mummy in the Closet: the Return of Eva Peron, on Thursday. Based on true events, this bizarre comic tale looks at what happened to the mummified remains of Argentinean First Lady and cultural icon Eva Peron following the ouster of her dictator husband Juan in 1955.
You can cuddle up to Mummy at GALA through June 28.

—Finally, Round House Theatre in Bethesda brings back a special ticket offer for their current show, A Sleeping Country. A comedy about an insomniac who travels to Venice in search of sleep, Country continues through June 28. As Round House did with One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, patrons who show proof that they’re 30 years old or younger at the box office can purchase tickets for the special price of $10.
Clubs and Concerts:

The outdoors and the indoors are alive with the sounds of all kinds of music as the summer season rolls on.

—Wolf Trap welcomes the Cirque du Solei spin-off Cirque Dreams for their presentation of “Jungle Fantasy,” a mix of music. motion and acrobatics, Thursday.
Singer/songwriter John Prine is on stage Friday. Talking Heads co-founder David Byrne performs an mix of original music and classic Heads tunes Saturday.
On Sunday, Wolf Trap celebrates the rollicking sounds of the bayou with their 20th Annual Louisiana Swamp Romp.
Celtic Woman begins the new week with crystal clear harmonies on June 8. Only lawn seats are available for this show.
The intoxicating, genre hopping sounds of Pink Martini fill the air on June 9 and the Indigo Girls headline on June 10.

—Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md. hosts the annual Capital Jazz Fest, starting Friday. A wide variety of jazz & R & B performers, including Al Jarreau, are on the bill.
There’ll also be food vendors, artists and craftsmen selling their wares. The festival continues through Sunday.

Earth, Wind & Fire share the Pavilion main stage with Chicago on June 10.

—The Ram’s Head Tavern in Annapolis has an eclectic bill of fare on tap. Blue Oyster Cult takes the stage on Thursday. Veteran British singer and songwriter Robin Hitchcock and his latest band, the Venus 3, perform a show for all ages at the Tavern on Sunday. Start time is 1 p.m.

Rock and roll icon Little Richard is the headliner on June 9.

—The Patriot Center, on the George Mason University campus, welcomes the reunited New Kids on the Block for a June 7 show.

—The State Theatre in Falls Church features the sound of the 1980’s with The Legwarmers on June 5 and 6.

—The David Grisman Quartet takes the Birchmere’s stage Thursday, while soul singer Freddie Jackson begins a weekend stand at Blues Alley in Georgetown the same night. Enjoy!

Joe Barber’s entertainment review and reports can be heard Fridays through Sundays on the WTOP-FM Radio Network (103.5, 103.9, 107.7 & wtop.com. He can be seen regularly on WETA-TV’s Around Town.