March 5: Your weekend outlook

March 5, 2010

Here’s what’s happening this weekend:

Foggy Bottom fanfare:

Slate III, receSs’ improv comedy festival, is happening March 5 and 6 at Betts Theatre. The shows will feature comedy from colleges groups at University of Maryland, New York University and Penn State University; professional acts include Derrick Comedy and Washington Improv Theater. Tickets are $5 for an individual show or $15 for a festival pass.
Forbidden Planet Production‘s fourth annual musical cabaret is happening March 5 and 6 in the Lisner Downstage. The show will feature nine different scenes from several Broadway musicals, including “Gypsy,” “The Lion King” and “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”

District must-dos:

Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche is performing at The Rock and Roll Hotel March 5. Tickets are $20.
Check out “Improv Mosaic” all this weekend at the Warehouse Theater. This mini improv festival will include performances by Precipice Improv Theater and the Improv Art Show.
Alexandria is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day early with a parade March 6 on King and West streets.

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