358 stories by "Keith Loria"
Have you noticed the creative promotions for theatreWeek in Metro stations around the area or in your newspaper this week and wondered what it was? Well, it's nothing short of one of the big…
At the age of 7, Richard Thomas made his Broadway debut playing the son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Sunrise at Campobello. Now, 56 years later, the veteran actor will be starring as a PO…
Over the past five years, winning words at the National Spelling Bee have been knaidel, guetapens, cymotrichous, stromuhr and Laodicean. Keep those in mind when Ford's Theatre presents the q…
Don't let the name fool you. As part of its tradition of bringing the best Grand Guignol (an almost forgotten genre of French theater horror) to the stage, the Molotov Theatre Group is prese…
With more than 2,000 performances scheduled for the John F. Kennedy Center's 2014-15 season, which runs from Aug. 30 to Aug. 16, 2015, there's a little something for everyone, as new works a…
An exciting 12 months await opera lovers as Washington National Opera released its 2014-15 season, which includes an acclaimed new-to-Washington staging of Rossini's Cinderella. Led by artis…
Celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, the Atlas Intersections Festival will bring together hundreds of D.C.-based performers and thousands of theater fans over three weekends to join …
It's safe to say that Virginia Woolf's gender-bending classic novel "Orlando: A Biography" was ahead of its time when originally published in 1928, telling the story of a young 17th-century …
Director Rebecca Holderness describes The Wedding Dress as a psychological thriller and the audience is tasked with trying to figure out what really happened, in the vein of a film noir murd…
There has been a rise in the number of female heroes as the focus of children's entertainment in recent years"be it the passionate and fiery Merida in Pixar's Brave or the smart and de…
For more than 20 years, Holly Twyford has distinguished herself as a go-to actress for directors in the D.C. area, as the stage vet has piled up a list of Helen Hayes nominations and awards …
Unless you've been following the DC theatre scene for more than a decade, Stan Kang may not be an actor you're familiar with. Although he starred in numerous productions around town at place…
The first time I saw STOMP was back in New York City's Orpheum's Theatre in 1995, when people all around Manhattan were buzzing about the unique production that combined percussion-minded "i…
Coming up as a young actor in Chicago's theater scene, John Sanders played his share of bad guys and villains in original productions, but none that prepared him for playing one of the most …
Since graduating from Oakton High School in 1998, Erin Driscoll has made quite the name for herself in theater circles around the DC area. She won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actre…
In an effort to keep Washington D.C.'s theatre talent remaining in the area, theatreWashington, in tandem with Washington area theatre casting directors, has launched theatreWork.org, an onl…
When Donald L. Coburn's two-character play Gin Game first appeared on Broadway in 1977, married couple Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy took on the roles of seniors Weller Martin and Fonsia …
