The Keegan Theatre is honored to receive the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical Award (Helen) for Michael Innocenti’s performance in PARADE at the 34th Annual Helen Hayes Awards! Congratulations to nominees and winners alike across all categories and especially to those among Keegan’s 8 overall nominations. To learn more about the Helen Hayes Awards and
Cultural shifts and changes in the zeitgeist make great grist for art and entertainment, and Laura Eason’s enjoyable play, The Undeniable Sound of Right Now is no exception. A close look at a transitional moment in music history, Eason’s play makes its D.C. premiere at The Keegan Theatre in an intimate, well-crafted production featuring great music
For anyone torn between whether to check out an edgy rock club or catch some captivating characters on the legitimate stage, Keegan Theatre’s DC premiere of [Laura] Eason’s play has got you covered. As directed with verve and grace by Brandon McCoy, The Undeniable Sound of Right Now is rockin’ live theater about live rock music. The play
The Keegan Theatre is proud to announce its 2018-2019 season, featuring a diverse blend of plays and musicals, including 2 Regional Premieres, 2 DC Premieres, and 2 new Keegan PLAY-RAH-KA productions for young people and families. READ/DOWNLOAD FULL SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT PRESS RELEASE ________________________ September 2018 LINCOLNESQUE by John Strand directed by Colin Smith Leo has
April 24, 2018: The Keegan Theatre presents the Washington, DC premiere of Laura Eason’s hilarious and heartbreaking play THE UNDENIABLE SOUND OF RIGHT NOW on May 5, 2018. Directed by Brandon McCoy, the play features a stellar cast with Chris Stezin, Susan Marie Rhea, Jessie Power, Josh Sticklin, Kevin Hasser, and Ryan Sellers. It’s 1992. Chicago. Hank is
Keegan took this landmark show, and – even in their smaller stage – has kept the power and intensity of the show intact. “Chicago,” with its outrageously challenging dance sequences, stylized, larger than life characters and the tongue in cheek breaking of the fourth wall is one of a kind. And with the nice touches
March 16, 2018: Due to record pre-sales and audience demand, The Keegan Theatre has extended the run of CHICAGO through April 14, 2018, and has added Wednesday performances. The April 11 performance has been designated as a benefit for Adventure Theatre MTC, to help offset their financial burden after a March 2nd fire forced the cancellation of nine shows
For the next five weeks, Keegan Theatre is transforming itself from that nice theatrical establishment on Church Street in Dupont Circle to “a noisy hall where there’s a nightly brawl.” And you would be hard pressed to name any other place you’d rather be than watching the razzle dazzle that is their sensational new production
“Razzle dazzle ‘em!” Silver-tongue shyster lawyer Billy Flynn melodically opines that if you do that, you’ll have an audience eating out of your hand. If you can snag a ticket to the Keegan Theatre’s new production of Chicago, prepared to be razzled, dazzled and blown away. As is fitting for a musical set in the turbulent 1920s
With its snappy-saucy take on Chicago, The Keegan Theatre shows it knows how to give an audience the ol’ razzle-dazzle. And Keegan has done the durable musical proud. In fact in Keegan’s mounting of the quasi-naughty musical on a bare wood set in a decommissioned church, a case can be made that Chicago’s vaudeville-based storytelling works even better