358 stories 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, Wo…
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 Theate…
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 Company…
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…
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 Tch…
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…
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 about c…
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…
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 the n…
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 this ex…
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…
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.S. …
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 even Leg…
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…
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 bracket th…
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 only an …
Continuing its acclaimed winter celebrations of international arts, (recently World Stages in 2014 and Nordic Cool in 2013), the Kennedy Center is presenting "Iberian Suite: Global Arts Remi…
When Richard Henrich, Spooky Action Theater's Artistic Director, was looking for a new play by a woman playwright to run this season, he reached out to one of his favorite directors, Reb…
Theater lovers will once again have lots to look forward to, as the 6th Annual Intersections Festival returns to the Atlas Performing Arts Center over the next three weekends. Of course, the…
John O'Hurley is one of those actors who everyone seems to recognize. The veteran character actor has been a fixture on TV for more than three decades, finding his breakout role as J. Peterm…
Roadside Development and Sorg Architects have been selected to redevelop the former Grimke School at 1923 Vermont Ave. NW, as well as an adjacent lot at 912 U St. NW, into a new cultural hub…
President Barack Obama presented a passionate State of the Union address last Tuesday night, but for those who feel that their voices are not being served, theater members of dog & pony …
As Bernardine Mitchell rehearsed for MetroStage's upcoming production of Bessie's Blues, the Thomas W. Jones II musical that first played the DC area 20 years ago at Studio (taking home 6 He…
I have to admit I am something of a magic geek. I love seeing the impossible and having magicians do things that my mind just can't fathom. It's one of the reasons I was so excited about see…
At the beginning of 2015, the Dramatists Guild Fund awarded $170,000 to 129 nonprofit theaters across the country, with Spooky Action Theater in Washington, D.C. among its deserving recipien…
