Tag: Matthew J. Keenan

Now in its 14th year, the play offers up a lively mix of passion and wit to deliver its message of forgiveness and hope. By AMY KOTKIN

Matthew J. Keenan's play delivers in the most important ways: laughter, clever dialogue, and a beloved story with heart. By HALEY HUCHER

The Keegan Theatre’s streamed live performances from their stage are the closest thing I’ve seen so far to theater as we remember it avant...

With a heart as cold as the blustery winds blowing people in and out the door, An Irish Carol by Matthew J. Keenan finds...

If KISS were starting out today, they'd be trying to get noticed on a streaming music site like Spotify. And followers would find their...

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...

With one two-act-long scene, eight loudly slamming doors, and countless head-over-heels tumbles, Unnecessary Farce by Paul Slade Smith makes its hilarious D.C. premiere at...

The holidays are a difficult time for those with loved ones fighting with the effects of addiction. The Keegan Theatre will be holding a...

Now in its seventh year, the Keegan Theatre’s annual production of Matthew J. Keenan’s An Irish Carol has become a favorite Washington DC holiday...

Engaging with warm-hearted humor and disarming in the depth of scenes about lost boys and bitter men with their dreams crushed, the Keegan Theatre...

Stepping back 45 years, America is in the midst of a social revolution, and feminist consciousness-raising sessions are underway. Radical feminists, cultural feminists, and political...

In 1972, there was no Roe v. Wade or Violence Against Women Act. Battered women had little legal recourse, and many found shelter—if they...

Arguments have been made that the theater is supposed to be a “safe place” where patrons can go to be entertained, away from the...

An intriguing musical piece of consequential historical value, The Keegan Theatre’s production of the Award-winning musical Parade is unapologetically dark and honest. Based on...

In real life, when we are spectators to two grown men facing off in dead-serious combat—right in front of us; with words, fists, lethal...

Not long ago, Washington was the Murder-Capital of the USA. Crack Wars. Drive-Bys. Domestic Violence. Police Brutality. And all on a daily basis. The Murder-Capital...

The Keegan Theatre’s current and provocatively darkly comic production of Martin McDonagh’s The Lonesome West, written by the brilliant, raffish and audacious Irish playwright...

Lyssa is sitting in her living room with her father, Senator Alan Hughes. He reads to her a letter from their ancestor, General Ulysses...

Four lost young people in a deserted beach house, in Dublin, late at night.  There is a thunderstorm beating down. This is the evocative...

The staff of DCMetroTheaterArts is honored to announce that their 2015 Best Directors of Plays in Professional Theatres go to: Chris Abraham for Winners and Losers...