Shear Madness
About Shear Madness
Set in present-day Georgetown, Shear Madness engages locals and visitors alike as armchair detectives to help solve the scissor-stabbing murder of a famed concert pianist who lives above the Shear Madness unisex hairstyling salon. The show combines up-to-the-minute improvisational humor and a mixture of audience sleuthing to deliver a unique performance each night.
With more than 13,200 performances at the Kennedy Center, Shear Madness is the second longest-running play in the history of American Theater (its sister production of Shear Madness in Boston is #1.)
Run Time
2hr (inc intermission)
Start Date
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20566
As the nation's center for the performing arts, the Kennedy Center is committed to increasing opportunities for all people to participate in and understand the arts. To fulfill that mission, the Center strives to commission, produce, and present performances reflecting the highest standards of excellence and diversity indicative of the world in which we live, and to make those performances accessible to the broadest possible audience through arts education. Companies who operate out of the Kennedy Center include The Washington Ballet, Shear Madness, National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera, and Broadway Across America. "
