The most promising theater to see this summer across the country

Thomas Floyd, The Washington Post

New and old, near and far, indoors and outdoors — the summer theater lineup offers all of the above if you know where to look. Festivals across the country offer a glut of onstage options. And D.C. stages are hardly cooling off, with a slate including a new TLC jukebox musical, the U.S. premiere of an Edinburgh Festival Fringe darling and a fresh interpretation of a Tony-winning favorite. So whether you’re sweating out the heat in the nation’s capital or hitting the road for summer escapism, we have you covered.

American Players Theatre’s summer season

Freshly christened with the regional theater Tony Award, the American Players Theatre nestles two venues — a spacious outdoor amphitheater and an intimate indoor space — in the rolling hills of Wisconsin. Its summer lineup includes Thornton Wilder’s “The Matchmaker” and Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” plus a fresh, music-forward staging of “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” from D.C. theater-maker Aaron Posner and “Urinetown” co-creator Greg Kotis.

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