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Holiday themed shows coming up at Atlas Performing Arts Center . Atlas is located at 1333 H Street NE. From the organizers: Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show is the most vibrant holiday celebration in town! This fun, family-friendly performance will have you stomping your feet and clapping your hands to energetic beats from Step Afrika! and special guest, DJ Frosty the Snowman. Over the last six years, this internationally-renowned percussive dance company has created a contemporary holiday tradition at the Atlas, featuring friendly, furry characters, pre-show instrument-making workshops, photo ops, and even a dance party. Why celebrate the holidays sitting still when you can step with Step Afrika!  Family ticket packages and group rates available by calling  202.399.7993, ext. 2 .  12/15-30 -   Buy tickets Peter Pan . This holiday season, Andrew Earle Simpson performs a fairy-dust sprinkled original score for the beloved silent film, Pete...

Upcoming at the Atlas Performing Arts Center . Atlas is located at 1333 H Street NE. Search programs and buy tickets here . Satchmo at the Waldorf by Terry Teachout | Directed by Eleanor Holdridge August 25- September 25, 2016 "It’s March 1971 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and Louis Armstrong has just played one of the final performances of his extraordinary career. Backstage, he recounts events that transformed him into the world-famous “Satchmo.” With no-nonsense manager Joe Glaser, his Jewish manager,at his side, and Miles Davis, his fiercest colleague and critic, challenging his standing in African American culture, Armstrong keeps steady through an era of enormous social change… but at what cost? The absorbing, uplifting Off-Broadway hit and now regional theater power-house about the music, struggles and triumphs of the man who invented jazz. Armstrong as you’ve never seen him; hilarious, moving, and breathtakingly human." -- via Atlas Performing Arts Cente...