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Review: FALSETTOS at Keegan Theatre
by Pamela Roberts - May 15, 2025

“Falsettos” at Keegan Theatre bursts with humor and heart as the musical’s talented cast explores the hope and chaos, and frustrations and forgiveness that are woven through the bonds of family and friendship.

Photos: FALSETTOS At the Keegan Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2025

The Keegan Theatre has released photos of its production of the Tony Award-winning musical FALSETTOS, by the legendary duo William Finn and James Lapine.

FALSETTOS Comes to the Keegan Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 29, 2025

The Keegan Theatre has announced the cast and team of the Tony Award-winning musical FALSETTOS, by the legendary duo William Finn and James Lapine. Learn more here!

FIRST DATE Comes to Coal Creek Theater Of Louisville
by Stephi Wild - Apr 8, 2025

Coal Creek Theater of Louisville will present First Date, the Broadway Musical Comedy May 2 through the 17 at the Louisville Center for the Arts. Learn more about the show here!

Coal Creek Theater to Present STOP KISS At The Louisville Center For The Arts Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 13, 2024

Coal Creek Theater of Louisville will present STOP KISS November 1-16 at the Louisville Center for the Arts November 1-16.

Review: SONDHEIM TRIBUTE REVUE at Creative Cauldron
by Peter Rouleau - Oct 8, 2024

Few American composers have been as influential as Stephen Sondheim, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 91. His large catalogue, with subjects and settings that vary from a modern single man navigating social relationships among his married friends to a murderous pie-shop keeper in Victorian London, to an amalgam of fairy tales, is widely performed and much beloved around the world.

Kennedy Center GUYS AND DOLLS, Kevin Chamberlin, And More Win Helen Hayes Awards
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2023

This evening, the 2023 Helen Hayes Awards took place at The Anthem on the District Wharf, with over 1,600 theatre-makers and theatre supporters in attendance. Esteemed Washington theatre artists Naomi Jacobson, Erika Rose, Holly Twyford, and Christopher Michael Richardson hosted an evening showcasing the vibrant and diverse community of professional theatre artists in the Washington region.

Review: DISNEY'S MARY POPPINS at Ouachita Baptist University Jones Performing Arts Center
by Theresa Bertram - Apr 24, 2023

What did our critic think of DISNEY'S MARY POPPINS at Ouachita Baptist University Jones Performing Arts Center?

Interview: Theatre Life with Sophia Manicone
by Elliot Lanes - Apr 3, 2023

Today’s subject Sophia Manicone is currently living her theatre life on Broadway playing Iola Stover in the acclaimed revival of Parade. The show’s limited engagement, which stars Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, runs through August sixth at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The production marks Sophia’s Broadway debut after playing this same role at New York City Center a few months prior.

Phillipa Soo, Steven Pasquale, Ali Ewoldt And More Nominated for Helen Hayes Awards
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 31, 2023

Nominations have been announced for the 37th Helen Hayes Awards, which will be presented on Monday, May 22. Nominees include productions from Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, GALA Hispanic Theatre and more.

12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; Kennedy Center Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW - Dec 19, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; at Gala Hispanic Theater Leads Best Ensemble Performance!
by BWW - Dec 12, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Standings Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; Signature Theatre Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW - Dec 5, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Review: THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD: PERCEIVE, FEEL, KNOW at Ouachita Baptist University Mabee Fine Arts Center Weaves a Tale from Creation to Restoration
by Theresa Bertram - Nov 12, 2022

What did our critic think of THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD: PERCEIVE, FEEL, KNOW at Ouachita Baptist University Mabee FIne Arts Center?

ELEGIES: A SONG CYCLE at Keegan Theatre
by David Friscic - Oct 25, 2022

The Keegan Theatre is presenting a moving and sensitive production of composer William Finn’s Elegies: A Song Cycle.  This is a work of disarming autobiographical elements that underscore Finn’s alternately quirky and elegiac lyrics.  Finn’s music is shot through with a sense of longing and pain abetted with a sense of holding on to whatever one can grasp at in times of despair and loss.  

Cast Announced For ELEGIES at Keegan Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 28, 2022

The Keegan Theatre has announced the cast and creative team of Elegies: A Song Cycle, a celebration of life and music penned by Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist William Finn (Falsettos, A New Brain, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee).

BWW Review: LITTLE WOMEN At Nextstop Theater Company
by Megan Gray - Sep 1, 2022

Little Women at NextStop Theater Company is candid, humble, charming, and a great addition to other adaptations like it. Sure to please any fans of this classic story.

NextStop Announces Cast For LITTLE WOMEN
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 29, 2022

NextStop Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the Broadway musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women. The captivating musical will officially open NextStop's 2022/23 season, which also marks the company's 10th professional season of theatre. 

BWW Review: YOGA PLAY at Keegan Theatre
by Mary Lincer - Apr 11, 2022

For Keegan Theatre's regional première of Yoga Play by Dipika Guha, Set Designer Matthew J. Keenan provides a sleek, beige unit set onto which Jeremy Bennett's projections shine, pop, narrate, move, and comment. (Be sure to read the changing smoothie descriptions in the Jojomon canteen.) Cindy Landrum Jacobs dresses the set with useful objects which multi-task effortlessly, and Alberto Segarra's lights unify everyone's work. Sound Designer Dan Deiter lets the audience down once in Act I when a phone conversation with a character's mother is garbled and plot points are thus muffled. Otherwise, a very complicated sound plot enhances the production. Shadia Hafiz' costume choices suit southern California corporate offices and yoga studios everywhere.

Keegan Theatre Announces Cast and Team for YOGA PLAY Regional Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 1, 2022

The Keegan Theatre has announced the cast and creative team of Dipika Guha's sharp satire, YOGA PLAY, making its Regional Premiere as the fifth production of Keegan's 25th Anniversary Season.