The Hostage By Brendan Behan Directed by Mark Rhea Produced by The Keegan Theatre Reviewed by Tim Treanor The thing to understand about this wonderful production of The Hostage is that it begins as a comedy and ends as a tragedy. This same thing might be said about Irish theater as a whole, or life […]
Alone It Stands
Alone It Stands By John Breen Directed by Eric Lucas and Kerry Waters Lucas Produced by Keegan Theatre’s New Island Project Reviewed by Tim Treanor To understand the impact of Munster’s 1978 triumph over the New Zealand All Black team, you must imagine that the New England Patriots, fresh from its 63-0 triumph in the […]
The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde Produced by Keegan Theatre Directed by Dorothy Neumann Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson “There’s such a vibration in the name ‘Earnest’”, the lady muses, as she caresses the name lovingly in her mind and tastes it deliciously on her tongue while uttering it aloud. Earnest, she ponders again, focusing not on the […]
1776
Music and lyrics by Sherwin Edwards; book by Peter Stone Adapted from the journals of Charles Thomson and the letters of John and Abigail Adams Produced by Keegan Theatre Reviewed by Tim Treanor Keegan’s 1776 is a pleasant and fitfully excellent production which renders about 60% of the brilliant Stone-Edwards musical’s wattage. This is Keegan’s […]
Mojo Mickybo
Mojo Mickybo by Owen McCafferty Produced by the new island project of Keegan Theatre at Theatre on the Run Reviewed by Tim Treanor Podcast with the cast and director follows the review. Who are those guys? Hey, if you like good theater, delivered explosively by excellent actors, do yourself a favor and go to […]
Picasso at Lapin Agile
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, by Steve Martin Produced by Keegan Theatre at the Gunston Arts Center Reviewed by Tim Treanor I saw the world premiere of this play fourteen years ago – a somewhat lackluster performance at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago. At the time, I remember wondering how good Picasso would be if […]
Bold Girls at Keegan Theatre
Ah, sweet Belfast – where the women are women and the men are dead. Keegan Theatre’s latest, Rona Munro’s Bold Girls, begins as a ghost story in an occupied land and ends up as a domestic drama which could have been set in Pinsk, or Peoria. Marie (Ghillian Porter) mourns her dead husband (“a good, […]
Review: Tennessee Williams: Portrait of a Madonna and Suddenly Last Summer
The Keegan Theatre has mounted not one, but two, Tennessee Williams one act plays at the Gunston Arts Center in Arlington. I will discuss them in tandem here because they share much of same cast. The first play performed is Portrait of a Madonna. Lucretia Collins (Sheri Herren) is the character that ultimately becomes Blanche in […]