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April 10, 2024
Washington Post Review: WEBSTER’S BITCH
There’s a certain symmetry to the fact that a newish play bearing a title some outlets have deemed too spicy to print or say is about the malleable nature of...
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April 9, 2024
Broadway World Review: WEBSTER’S BITCH
Playwright Jacqueline Bircher has done a seemingly impossible task with her play, WEBSTER’S BITCH. She’s written a compelling, funny, and dramatic show about lexicography and, subsequently, lexicographers. Keegan’s production of...
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April 9, 2024
DC Theater Arts Review: WEBSTER’S BITCH
There’s no pussyfooting around the titular B-word in Keegan Theatre’s current production. Did that grab you? A pre-show playlist features topical tunes like Marina’s “[I’m gonna be your] Bubblegum Bitch.”...
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April 8, 2024
Maryland Theatre Guide Review: WEBSTER’S BITCH
The office of the modern day Webster’s Dictionary is not the first place you’d expect for a commentary on feminism, generational conflict, and the nature of language itself to erupt....
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February 23, 2024
Announcing the Cast and Team of Comedy WEBSTER’S BITCH
February 23, 2024: The Keegan Theatre is pleased to announce the cast and team of Jacqueline Bircher’s WEBSTER’S BITCH, a comedy about vulgar words and the people who define them,...
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February 20, 2024
Washington City Paper Review: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
For years, nothing could interfere with the “old friends” of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along. As would-be Broadway creators Frank (Ryan Burke), his longtime...
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February 13, 2024
Maryland Theatre Guide Review: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Tragically, it often does take a death to rehabilitate the image of a much-maligned piece of theatre. In the wake of Stephen Sondheim’s passing, his most autobiographical show has received...
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February 8, 2024
Washington Post Review: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
When I saw that Washington’s 120-seat Keegan Theatre planned to produce [Merrily We Roll Along] this month, I was surprised. They’re allowed to do that? The timing seemed … unfortunate....
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