WOW! Summer Special

CHAMBER DANCE PROJECT: SLAM! A FESTIVAL OF BALLETS

On June 22 to 25, the Chamber Dance Project season forges ahead with two bold world premieres and five other ballets drawn from their ten years in Washington, DC, presented in two programs of live music featuring works by six choreographers, ten dancers, eleven musicians and two slam poets. Tickets start at $39. Slam! A Festival of Ballets performances are at Greenberg Theatre, 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW. chamberdance.org.

Arranged: a visually stunning work for three women in white.

The Bluest Eye At Anacostia Playhouse

Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye is a story about a young Black girl in 1940s Ohio. Eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove wants nothing more than to be loved by her family and schoolmates. Instead, she faces constant ridicule and abuse. Blaming her dark complexion, she prays for blue eyes, sure that love will follow. The Bluest Eye paints a portrait of what it means to be young, female, and Black, while inviting audiences of today to examine their own rela- tionship to beauty standards, loneliness, and self-acceptance. The Theater Alliance presents Bluest Eye at the Anacostia Playhouse, 2020 Shannon Pl. SE, from June 1 to 18. theateralliance.com.

C.S. LEWIS ON STAGE: FURTHER UP & FURTHER IN

Award-winning actor Max McLean’s tour de force performance captures C.S. Lewis’ magnetic personality, astonishing eloquence and self-deprecating wit to create an onstage experience venturing deep into the soul of one of the most influential thinkers of the past century. Using Lewis’ own words, this dazzling, multimedia, theatrical event explores: What convinced Lewis of the divinity of Christ. Why the BBC gave him a huge audience to deliver wartime talks that would become Mere Christianity. How Hitler influenced the writing of The Screwtape Letters. How his profound insights on prayer, heaven and the Second Coming of Christ influenced The Chronicles of Narnia. C.S. Lewis on Stage is at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Klein Theatre from June 7 to 18. Tickets from $59-99. shakespearetheatre.org.

Gregory Porter And Dc Jazzfest At The Wharf

DC JazzFest presents Gregory Porter at The Anthem, 901 Wharf St. SW, on Friday, Sept. 1, 8 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.). He is an American singer, songwriter and actor who has twice won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album: first in 2014 for Liquid Spirit and then again in 2017 for Take Me to the Alley. $68 to $98. theanthemdc.com. The 19th Annual DC JazzFest will take place on Sept. 2 and 3, from 2 to 10 p.m., both days, over Labor Day weekend, on the Wharf’s District Pier. This blockbuster weekend event features two outdoor stages and a waterfront destination with restaurants, shops, and stunning views of our Nation’s Capital. wharfdc.com.