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September 22, 2026
Announcing DC Premiere of Acclaimed Folk-Punk Musical HUNDRED DAYS
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sep 22, 2026) — What would you do if you only had 100 days left to live? The Keegan Theatre explores that question in its upcoming DC Premiere of...
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September 1, 2026
Announcing World Premiere Concert Fundraiser, A BEAUTIFUL BLUE MORNING SKY
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sep 1, 2026) — The Keegan Theatre is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for the World Premiere concert of A BEAUTIFUL BLUE MORNING SKY by...
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August 25, 2026
Washington Post Review: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
“Gruesome Playground Injuries,” playwright Rajiv Joseph’s darkly comic two-hander, is an exercise in indulgence. ... So consider it a success that Keegan Theatre’s engaging revival — starring Irene Hamilton as...
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August 25, 2026
MD Theatre Guide Review: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
Keegan Theatre kicks off the 2026-2027 season in a bold way. While Rajiv Joseph’s “Gruesome Playground Injuries” may, at face value, seem a relatively simple piece about a childhood relationship...
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August 22, 2026
Metro Weekly Review: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
Over the course of 30 years in Rajiv Joseph’s two-hander Gruesome Playground Injuries, childhood friends Kayleen (Irene Hamilton) and Doug (Jimmy Bartlebaugh) both suffer more than their share of scrapes,...
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August 18, 2026
DC Theater Arts Review: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
Playwright Rajiv Joseph explores a sincere yet troubled connection that spans 30 years in his gut-wrenching 2012 work Gruesome Playground Injuries. Joseph’s funny and sad play begins with a meet-cute...
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August 17, 2026
Broadway World Review: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES, the opening title of Keegan Theatre’s 30th season, tricks you right off the bat. It first promises something light, familiar, and maybe even nostalgic. After all, how...
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July 21, 2026
Announcing 30th Anniversary Season Opener, GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 16, 2026) — The Keegan Theatre is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for the first production of its 30th Anniversary Season, Rajiv Joseph's GRUESOME...
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June 27, 2026
Metro Weekly Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Before it all falls fabulously apart in The Play That Goes Wrong, and every sort of onstage disaster befalls the hapless cast of the play within the play, we have...
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June 17, 2026
Hill Rag Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Dupont Circle’s Keegan Theatre once again gives us comedic escapism this summer with its staging of “The Play That Goes Wrong”. Similar in slapstick style to Michael Frayn’s classic 1982...
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June 17, 2026
DC Theater Arts Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Just as Washington, DC, bids farewell to the Kennedy Center’s decades-old slapstick comedy Shear Madness, The Keegan Theatre has stepped up to fill the farcical void — at least for...
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June 17, 2026
Broadway World Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
The Play That Goes Wrong, now playing at the Keegan Theatre, amusingly subverts classic murder mystery tropes by merrily mixing the physical comedy of The Three Stooges with the verbal...
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