358 stories by "Keith Loria"
As she prepares to play in the funhouse of Broadway's Beetlejuice, Butler looks back on six daring set designs that pushed her to the next level.
As she prepares to play in the funhouse of Broadway's Beetlejuice, Butler looks back on six daring set designs that pushed her to the next level.
Rachelle Rak, director Richard Matlby, Jr., and more remember the unconventional casting process, backstage (and onstage) pranks, showmances, and more behind the Tony-winning Broadway revue.
When she was a little girl, up until about the time she was 10 years old, Roz White visited her great grandmother in South Carolina every summer and saw first-hand the craftsmanship of the G…
The D.C. theater and arts community is about to go where it's never been before as the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics is introducing the first-ever D.C.-wide biennial CrossCu…
When David Andrew MacDonald takes the stage as Leo Tresler in Arena Stage's Junk, an economic thriller that exposes the financial dealmaking behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1…
The Blackburn Prize finalist has gained traction onstage with her new play Queen of Basel.
Fans of Richard Wright's iconic 1940 novel Native Son will want to head to Mosaic Theater Company in the upcoming weeks for the two plays, running in rep, which have emerged from the novel. …
The Hamilton and Hairspray Live performer talks about his leading role in the new Temptations musical.
"The growth of Nazism during the past few years frightens me. Today's populist politicians use rhetoric that is identical to Mussolini's and Hitler's propaganda. New generations need to be t…
Five theatre companies and famous venues to explore, whether you live in the nation's capital or are simply visiting.
On Valentine's Day this year, Arena Stage will open The Heiress, adapted from the 1880 Henry James novel Washington Square by playwrights Ruth and Augustus Goetz. While the play may se…
In 2013, Olivier-winning playwright Jessica Swale wrote a play about the life of actress Nell Gwynn, one of the first women to trod the English stage, and who became a celebrated actress dur…
Stories from the rehearsal room, tips to prevent getting tongue-tied in “(Ya Got) Trouble,” and Lewis’ Broadway goals.
The High School Musical and Gigi star says she’s been finding her own version of the role made famous by Idina Menzel.
When playwright Josh Harmon's Bad Jews played Studio Theatre in 2014, the production set box office records and multiple extensions. A remounting of the show the following year saw similar s…
"About four years ago, I did my first production of this show at Pasadena Playhouse and what prompted it was some serious and robust conversations about race that were going on in our countr…
Growing up in Alexandra, Va., playwright Sarah Burgess saw first-hand the influence that lawmakers and lobbyists possess in fueling how Washington, D.C., is run. So, it's no surprise that on…
Round House Theatre's staging of Gem of the Ocean presents the August Wilson classic in powerful, ambitious fashion. Under the direction of Timothy Douglas, the production has been ent…
It's been more than 25 years since Stephen Daldry's production of J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls made its London debut. Thanks to Ian MacNeil’s astonishing set that paints a…
Olney Theatre Center's successful Annie-inspired pajama drive last year resulted in more than 800 pairs of new pajamas for the Rockville, Md.-based Comfort Cases which, in turn, went to chil…
Keegan audiences will notice a big transformation of the theater for the area debut of Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery's musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Co-direct…
The former High School Musical and In The Heights star finds a sweet spot in nostalgia stories like Arena Stage’s Anything Goes and Broadway’s Kiss Me, Kate.
"I've always loved laundromats."Â This declaration by DC playwright Bob Bartlett explains why he set his newest work, The Accident Bear, in The Avenue Laundromat in historic Downtown Annap…
Before becoming a prominent director in D.C., Matthew Gardiner, Signature Theatre's associate artistic director, was a promising ballet dancer. Gardiner studied at The Washington Ballet star…
