& Dining

SCOTTISH BALLET: THE CRUCIBLE AT THE KC

On May 24 to 28, Scotland’s national dance company returns to the Kennedy Center with The Crucible, bringing Arthur Miller’s classic play about the Salem witch trials to the ballet stage. The Crucible had its world premiere in August 2019 at the Edinburgh International Festival, and Washington audiences will enjoy the production’s east coast premiere as Arthur Miller’s classic play about the Salem witch trials celebrates its 70th anniversary. Watch as a tight-knit society unravels into chaos, and ask yourself: when everything is at stake, what price are you prepared to pay for the truth? Six performances only. $39 to $129. kennedy-center.org.

Temple At Dance Place

TEMPLE shines the spotlight on the fraying of public life and the growing reality that people participate in institutions less and less. Through the languages of Indian dance and hip hop culture, Chitra Subramanian explores the experiences and stories of her South Asian immigrant journey through the lens of the major institutions that were powerful anchors in her life. From the Hindu Temple in Pittsburgh to the temple of the DC Club, Chitra showcases the limitless ways in which hip hop and dance continue to inspire and transform. TEMPLE, on March 18 at 7 p.m. and March 19 at 4 p.m., describes itself as a deeply family-friendly performance geared to an intergenerational audience. $25 general admission; $20 for seniors; $15 for college students and artists; and $10 for kids 17 and under. Dance Place is at 3225 Eighth St. NE. danceplace.org.

My Fair Lady At The National

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion, My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway in 1956. The legendary original production won six Tony Awards including Best Musical and ran for 2,717 performances making it, at the time, the longest-running musical in Broadway history. Boasting a score that contains such now-classic songs as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “Get Me to the Church on Time,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” “On the Street Where You Live,” “The Rain in Spain,” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” Lincoln Center’s revival has been hailed as better than it ever was. My Fair Lady is at the National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, for six shows from April 6 to 9. Tickets start at $60. broadwayatthenational.com.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS AT THE 9:30 CLUB

On the title track to Welcome 2 Club XIII, Drive-By Truckers pay homage to the Muscle Shoals honky-tonk where founding members Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley got their start: a concrete-floored dive lit like a disco, with the nightly promise of penny beer and truly dubious cover bands. The 14th studio album from Drive-By Truckers— whose lineup also includes keyboardist/guitarist Jay Gonzalez, bassist Matt Patton, and drummer Brad Morgan—Welcome 2 Club XIII looks back on their formative years with both deadpan pragmatism and profound tenderness, instilling each song with the kind of lived-in detail that invites bittersweet reminiscence of your own misspent youth. $35. Drive-By Truckers is at the 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW, on Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30. 930.com.