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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Studio opens Chimerica: Chinese-American politics through the lens of a human story by Keith Loria

Chimerica has been something of a sensation in London since premiering in 2013, but until now, has never been performed in America. That all changes this week when Studio Theatre stages the …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:27AM
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Score free tickets to Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Keith Loria

Are you a Shakespeare fan who might not have the funds available to see a show at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, or maybe just haven’t had something to push you in the right direction? W…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:58AM
Thursday, August 27, 2015

La-Ti-Do DC makes it to Broadway, first date at Club 54 by Keith Loria

If it’s Monday night in DC, many theaters are dark, but that doesn’t mean there’s not some great entertainment available for theater lovers. Over the past three-and-a-half years, La-Ti…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:40PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Keegan’s Passek & Paul musical Dogfight a showcase for young talent by Keith Loria

The Tony-nominated composing team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have been the talk of DC of late, getting oodles of attention for the buzz-worthy Dear Evan Hansen, playing Arena Stage, befo…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:30AM
Friday, August 14, 2015

Variety with spice: this year’s Summer Hummer at Signature by Keith Loria

Expect things to get really hot in D.C. on Monday, August 17th, as the Signature Theatre presents the Fourth Annual Summer Hummer, the raunchy and mostly hilarious benefit for theatreWashing…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:09AM
Thursday, August 6, 2015

Stage Briefs by Keith Loria by Keith Loria

A roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from DC Music Theatre Workshop, Forum Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Women’s Voices Theater Festival, Constellation Theatre…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:49AM
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

The Fix: Signature brings back its favorite political musical. Just in time. by Keith Loria

Dysfunctional. Absurd. Chaos. These are words that could easily describe Thursday’s upcoming Republican primary debate, but in fact, are taken from reviews of the American premiere of the …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PM
Friday, July 31, 2015

Dear Evan Hansen at Arena Stage (review) by Keith Loria

Innovative, real and highly emotional, Dear Evan Hansen is a musical for today— relatable to Millennials with a message that will span the generations. Connor, a high school student, perha…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PM
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Black actors in a white theatre industry: Keith Hamilton Cobb on American Moor by Keith Loria

Like most actors who have been in this industry for 25 years, Keith Hamilton Cobb, who opens  this Friday in his play American Moor, has his share of audition horror stories. But one partic…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:45PM
Friday, July 3, 2015

Peter Pan at Threesixty Theatre at Tysons Corner Center (review) by Keith Loria

The moment you take your first steps inside the 100-foot-high tent and the one-of-a-kind Threesixty Theatre, you know this isn’t going to be your usual production of Peter Pan. As someone …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AM
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Stage Briefs by Keith Loria by Keith Loria

A roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from Center Stage, Theatre Lab, Studio Theatre, The Kennedy Center and Studio 2ndStage. Marley Sets All Time Records at Center St…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:13PM
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Capital Fringe – how are you gonna get there? by Keith Loria

If past Fringe festivals are any indication, thousands of people are preparing to descend on the new festival area of Trinidad/H Street NE neighborhoods July 9 through Aug. 2, where there is…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:46AM
Monday, June 29, 2015

Singer/songwriter Ryan Link at home on the national tour of Once by Keith Loria

If one were to have asked Ryan Link what he envisioned for his life while in his early 20s, he would have never answered anything to do with Broadway or the theater, but here he is at an age…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:13AM
Thursday, June 25, 2015

Peter Pan now flying under the big top in Tyson’s Corner Center by Keith Loria

Most people are familiar with the story of Peter Pan and there have been countless movies, TV shows and theatrical productions that have focused on the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up in one way …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:21PM
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

First look at the new Keegan Theatre, opens June 27 by Keith Loria

After a spectacular $4.4 million renovation, the historic Keegan Theatre will reopen on June 27 for the first preview of Tennessee Williams classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. “When theatergoe…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:04PM
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Stage Briefs by Keith Loria by Keith Loria

A roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from Capital Fringe Festival, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Kennedy Center, The Welders, Molotov Theatre, DC Hip-Hop Festival, …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:26AM
Thursday, June 11, 2015

Stage Briefs by Keith Loria by Keith Loria

A roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from Disney’s Newsies, DC Black Theatre Festival, Will on the Hill from Shakespeare Theatre Company, Wolftrap, Synetic Thea…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:22AM
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Stage Briefs by Keith Loria by Keith Loria

A roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from Shakespeare Theatre, Imagination Stage, Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, Synetic Theater and La-Ti-Do. Shakespeare Theatre Compa…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:45PM
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

The spooky action of Richard Henrich and Alfred Jarry by Keith Loria

As the founder of Spooky Action Theater, Richard Henrich is always searching for unique works to stage at his 16th Street NW venue. For his season closer, he had to search no further than h…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:48PM
Friday, May 15, 2015

Censoring history. Lynskey and Russotto team up for provocative The Letters at MetroStage by Keith Loria

An office in 1930’s Soviet Union is the setting for John W. Lowell’s The Letters, a play based on the real life Soviet efforts to edit the sexually frank letters of composer Peter Ilyich…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:54AM
Monday, May 11, 2015

Smash favorite Wesley Taylor ready to open as The Emcee in Signature’s Cabaret by Keith Loria

While the TV show Smash may not have lived up to its name in the ratings department, the ambitious NBC show about the trials and tribulations of putting on a Broadway musical captured millio…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:04PM
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Janet Langhart Cohen and Anne & Emmitt. What we don’t want to talk about by Keith Loria

Janet Langhart Cohen was at a gathering when a woman questioned her about the subject of her 2005 book, “From Rage To Reason: My Life In Two Americas”. The woman thought the book was abo…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:58PM

Marley star Saycon Sengbloh on playing Rita Marley by Keith Loria

Saycon Sengbloh is a huge Bob Marley fan. As a child, she listened to his music all the time, read books about his life and saw numerous documentaries about the Reggae giant. So, when she he…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Kafka’s drawings animate Metamorphosis. Last performances before Prague by Keith Loria

In 1989, New York reviewers had a field day after the opening of Steven Berkoff’s theatrical version of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, with noted New York Times critic Frank Rich leading t…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:21PM
Monday, April 20, 2015

15 young playwrights featured in YPT New Play Festival, April 20 – 22 by Keith Loria

For two decades, DC’s own Young Playwrights’ Theater has fostered the minds of budding young writers by helping them discover their own theatrical visions. Audiences can view some of thi…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:27AM
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

David Muse, first time musical director, on Studio’s Murder Ballad by Keith Loria

David Muse was one of the lucky ones to have seen Murder Ballad, a rock musical by Julia Jordan and the singer-songwriter Juliana Nash, when it originally played at the Manhattan Theatre Clu…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:15PM
Monday, April 13, 2015

For Jason Loewith, staging Carousel at Olney is deeply personal by Keith Loria

It seems you can’t turn on the news these days without hearing a story about some sort of domestic abuse. Whether it’s Ray Rice hitting his fiancée in an elevator, allegations against U…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:44AM
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

NextStop’s delightful Secret Garden by Keith Loria

I’ve probably read Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden to my daughter Cassidy more than any other book; in fact, it’s one of our favorites to act out with dolls, puppets and ev…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:39AM
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Fugard’s The Island compels Brown and Williams to reunite at MetroStage by Keith Loria

South African playwright Athol Fugard is highly acclaimed for his plays, many of which opposed his country’s system of apartheid. In 1971, Fugard devised The Island with actors John K…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:48AM
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Monologue Madness championship tournament, Sunday, March 29 by Keith Loria

While this year’s NCAA Basketball Tournament has so far been brutal for our area teams—with Georgetown, Maryland and Virginia all being ousted in the second round, there’s another brac…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:56PM
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Puppet ballet or staged silent horror remake. It’s all Pointless. by Keith Loria

If you’ve ever taken a film history class or are just a movie buff, chances are you’ve seen the 1920 notorious German silent suspense film, The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. “It’s not …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:47AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime