358 stories by "Keith Loria"
Independence Day will offer more than fireworks for theater lovers, as a screening of Center Stage's acclaimed digital theater project My America will stream at Fandor.com on the Fourth of J…
It was back in 2009 when the Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences teamed with Shakespeare Theatre Company to present a staged reading of Inherit the Wind, as a way to showca…
Disney has long been known for creating a magical experience in just about everything they do, so it's probably not too surprising that its touring production of the smash Broadway hit The L…
The 2013-14 DC theater season has been something of a whirlwind for Erin Driscoll. Theatergoers have been treated to one amazing performance after the next from the beautiful and talented ac…
In one of the most shocking and controversial Tony results ever, Avenue Q took home best musical in 2003, defeating the much flashier, more star-studded and much larger-scale production of W…
When he was first asked to take on the role of the unscrupulous title character in Tracy Letts' Killer Joe, in the SeeNoSun production at DCAC, Sun King Davis was both intrigued and excited.…
Six plays offering life-changing journeys intertwining the political, the personal, the poignant and the provocative will comprise Theater J's upcoming 2014-15 season of Epic Expressions. Th…
Back in high school, Ed Dixon penned three entire musicals"we're talking book, music and lyrics!"and almost four decades later, the playwright is as busy as ever. Over the years he's written…
One of my earliest memories of listening to music as a child was playing the West Side Story movie soundtrack over and over on a small, red plastic record player in my basement. Over the cou…
People handle grief in different ways"some lash out, some hide from their emotions, some break down"but no one can say for certain which is truly the most cathartic. This is the basis behind…
It's not surprising to say folks were skeptical when British comedian Ben Elton conceived the idea of a rock musical surrounding the hits of Queen back in 2000, but the result was an hilario…
If there's one thing that Bat Boy: The Musical director Steven Royal wants to make clear about the latest 1st Stage production is that people shouldn't be expecting a story similar to Damn Y…
The Blue Man Group has been entertaining audiences since 1987 and has regular homes in New York, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas and other cities around the world. Thanks to a new tour, DC audien…
It may seem odd that a musical about a journey through the woods is set in a library, but thanks to an imaginative set by scenic designer Steven Royal and creative directing by Evan Hoffmann…
Some may know Václav Havel for having been a political dissident, some recognize the name for his years serving the Czech government; but theater lovers associate the man as being one of …
"No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down." This famous Jack Lemon quote is a favorite of actor Kevin Spacey and one of the reasons behind the new film, NOW: In t…
In keeping with its mantra of staging intimate passionate performances in uncommon uses of environment, the Rorschach Theatre will take over Washington DC's magnificent Intown Uptown Inn fro…
A big-screen adaption of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine Broadway classic Into the Woods is scheduled to be released this Christmas, but that had little to do with NextStop Theatre Company…
There's a moment in Shrek the Musical when the featured green ogre tells his faithful sidekick Donkey that ogres, like onions, have many layers. That's also true of Toby's Dinner Theatre's s…
Some phone calls you never forget. For Alan Muraoka, it was a call he took this winter from Olney Theatre's artistic director Jason Loewith, who was interviewing him for the chance to direct…
