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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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February 24, 2011
Washington Post: BASRA BOY
In a succinct 70 minutes that pulse with slangy lyricism, "Basra Boy" paints a vibrant portrait of an exuberant teenager and his quirky, down-at-heels community. As brought to life by...
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February 24, 2011
Washington City Paper: THE WEIR
Set in one location in real time, The Weir is the kind of interior, Irish-to-its-chilly-bones piece at which Keegan Theatre excels." Under the direction of Mark A. Rhea, the cast...
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February 23, 2011
Washington Post: THE WEIR
"Magnetic Ghost stories: Keegan Theatre's production of THE WEIR hooks the playgoer with its subtle and provocative writing ... Subtle, magnetic ...McPherson is expert at unsettled equilibrium, and this production...
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February 22, 2011
DC Theatre Scene: Basra Boy
"Isaac has crafted the production beautifully to make every scene fold into another with minimum fuss and lightning speed. She is aided by the energetic and fearless Sticklin ...This is...
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February 22, 2011
Review Round-Up: The Weir
The Washington Post "Subtle but magnetic ... the audience is transfixed as the characters, one at a time, sink into long, spellbinding speeches recounting eerie, inexplicable events ... Rhea and...
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February 20, 2011
Review Round-Up: Basra Boy
The Washington Post "In a succinct 70 minutes that pulse with slangy lyricism, "Basra Boy" paints a vibrant portrait of an exuberant teenager and his quirky, down-at-heels community. As brought...
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February 17, 2011
Washington Post Going Out Guide: Basra Boy
In "Basra Boy," Keegan Theatre's new production, a teen aches to join the army, if only to escape the boredom and sheer claustrophobia of small-town life. If the story of...
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February 17, 2011
DC Theatre Scene: THE WEIR
The Keegan Theatre’s production carries on the play’s award-winning tradition, dropping its incredibly-talented cast into a cozy, intimate rural Irish pub and letting the players take it from there ......
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