<lst>Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte" is being presented by the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia on Friday, March 3 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 5 at 2 p.m. at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center, 125 S. Old Glebe Road. Mozart's classic comic opera is set in a modern-day corporate office. Tickets cost $35, $30 and $20. Special rates for groups and full-time college students are available. For information or to buy tickets call 703-528-1433 or visit www.novaopera.org.
"Death and the King's Horseman," a play by the Washington Shakespeare Company, is written by Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and directed by John Vreeke. The play runs through March 12 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Washington Shakespeare Company, 601 South Clark St. For tickets call 800-494-TIXS (8497).
"Grimm Brothers’ Tales" is being presented by Classika Theatre, 4041 S. 28th St., through April 9. This interactive production gives children and adults the power to select the three tales to be reenacted. The show runs Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Call 703-824-6200 or visit www.classika.org.
"Three Little Pigs" is being presented by Classika Theatre, 4041 S. 28th St., from March 4-May 21. This old-fashioned, interactive production is a story within a story that shows what the puppet performance looked like a hundred years ago. Children in the audience will become active participants. The show runs Saturdays and Sundays at noon. Tickets cost $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Call 703-824-6200 or visit www.classika.org.
Trumpet Vine Theatre Company presents "Whole Against the Sky," written and directed by two-time Helen Hayes award nominee Paul Donnelly. The play explores the difficulty of forming and maintaining intimate relationships through the prism of a gay man, his family and his partners. "Whole Against the Sky" runs March 28-April 15 at Theater on the Run, 3700 S. Four Mile Run. Showings are every Wednesday-Saturday at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees April 2 and 9 at 2:30 p.m. Opening night is Saturday, March 25 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $20, or $18 for seniors and students. Group rates available. Pay-what-you can previews will be offered March 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. Call 703-912-1649 or e-mail trumpetvinetc@yahoo.com to reserve tickets. For information visit www.trumpetvinetheatrecompany.org.