News & Press

June 8, 2011
June 20 Special Event: Spelling Bee!
Why should the kids have all the angst? As part of the events surrounding Keegan Theatre’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Blacktop Theatre is joining them to stage...
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June 8, 2011
MD Theatre Guide: SPELLING BEE
How do you spell Keegan Theatre’s rousing and sweet and often touching production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee? (‘Spelling Bee’) F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S and W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L! Everyone in town seems to...
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June 7, 2011
Helen Hayes Recommends “Spelling Bee” – SHOW EXTENDED THRU July 9!
The Helen Hayes Awards has recommended Keegan's production of "THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE," now playing through July 9 by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn Directed by Christina...
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May 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Spelling Bee
THE KEEGAN THEATRE PRESENTS "THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE" Running June 4 - July 3, 2011 The Keegan Theatre presents THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, running...
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May 10, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Five More Years in Dupont, 2011-2012 Plans
May 10, 2011—Keegan THeatre announced today that the company has signed a lease renewal to extend its residency at Church Street Theater through 2017. “We are thrilled to be making...
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May 2, 2011
Keegan Hosts “We’re Here to Stay” Cabaret on Friday, May 13
JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE OUR NEW LEASE! ????The Keegan Theatre, now in its 14th year, is proud to announce the signing of a new multi-year lease to remain Dupont...
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April 20, 2011
Helen Hayes Recommends National Pastime!
The Helen Hayes Awards have recommended Keegan's world premiere production of the musical comedy NATIONAL PASTIME, now playing through May 15.
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April 15, 2011
Review Round-Up: NATIONAL PASTIME
The Washington Examiner "Tony Sportiello, who wrote the book for National Pastime at Keegan Theatre, must have had fun coming up with all the silliness that constitutes the musical...National Pastime...
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March 30, 2011
NATIONAL PASTIME a “Must-See” on Broadway-World
"APRIL 2001 Must-Sees: FROM APRIL 9TH TO MAY 15TH, NATIONAL PASTIME, AT KEEGAN THEATRE AT CHURCH STREET THEATER, IN WASHINGTON, DC. There's nothing more exciting than seeing a World Premiere...
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March 10, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: National Pastime
On Saturday, April 9, The Keegan Theatre opens NATIONAL PASTIME, a world premiere musical comedy written by Tony Sportiello (book) and Al Tapper (music and lyrics). A reading of NATIONAL...
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February 25, 2011
Washington Blade: THE WEIR and BASRA BOY
Basra Boy: "The lithe and limber Sticklin plays the 18-year-old slacker Speedy in this world premiere of a play by Belfast native Rosemary Jenkinson." The Weir: "Skillfully directed by Keegan’s...
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February 24, 2011
DC Examiner: Basra Boy
This "Basra Boy" succeeds for two reasons: Jenkinson's ability to write a humorous, poignant but unsentimental play about a close-knit pair of friends and the nostalgia one of those friends...
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