{"id":368166,"date":"2025-05-14T10:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/?p=368166"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:56:17","slug":"keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/","title":{"rendered":"Keegan Theatre&#8217;s irresistible &#8216;Falsettos&#8217; is pitch-perfect for WorldPride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keegan Theatre\u2019s revival of William Finn\u2019s multiple Tony Award\u2014winning <em>Falsettos<\/em> leaves no doubt about why the show is among the most beloved musicals of recent decades. Its combination of cleverness, complexity, and heart makes it irresistible.<\/p>\n<p>Its complexity exists on more than one level. Much of Finn\u2019s score involves rapid-fire musical patter interchanges among the characters<em>.<\/em> The music is vocally demanding, and the timing needs to be perfect among the actors, who never miss a beat. The movement \u2014 director Kurt Boehm doubled as choreographer \u2014 is just as active and just as precise, giving the production unstinting energy. The Marvin\/Whizzer racquetball game in the second act is a particularly nice set piece, and the many ensemble numbers are as expertly executed in terms of blocking and choreography as they are musically.<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s center is its emotional complexity. As Trina (Katie McManus) comments at one point, attending her son\u2019s Little League game with her ex-husband and his ex-lover was not something she would have imagined. McManus is a standout in Keegan\u2019s top-notch cast, with her spectacular \u201cI\u2019m Breaking Down\u201d bringing down the house in the first act. She expresses the difficulty of \u201cholding the ground when the ground keeps shifting\u201d in an equally compelling second-act song. I trust the Helen Hayes judges will be watching.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_368266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368266\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-368266\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1-460x345.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Loughney (Marvin) and Kaylen Morgan (Whizzer) in \u2018Falsettos.\u2019 Photo by Cameron Whitman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marvin (John Loughney) left Trina and their son, Jason (Nico Cabrera), to be with his boyfriend, Whizzer (Kaylen Morgan). Marvin is emotionally volatile and conflicted \u2014 he\u2019s called a \u201cmaniac\u201d more than once in the script \u2014 wanting the passion of first love with Whizzer while keeping close ties with his family. He and Whizzer have a competitive relationship \u2014 fighting is their love language, it seems. Their relationship severs by the end of the first act.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Marvin\u2019s psychiatrist, Mendel (Ryan Burke), comes to love Trina, asking her to marry him with sweet awkwardness (\u201cA Marriage Proposal\u201d). They do marry, and Mendel plays an increasing role in raising Jason, while Marvin retains an important presence in the boy\u2019s life, underlined in the gentle \u201cFather to Son\u201d moment that concludes the first act.<\/p>\n<p>Jason is very much a kid, wondering if he is genetically predisposed to be homosexual, struggling with baseball, playing solitaire chess, and being buffeted by the conflicts and anxieties of the adults around him. He has an instinctive talent for connecting people, encouraging Marvin to propose to Trina. In Act Two, he brings Whizzer back into Marvin\u2019s life and then finally, and most profoundly, decides to hold his bar mitzvah in Whizzer\u2019s hospital room, bringing the whole extended family together in the hardest of times. Cabrera gets the confusion of a pre-teen boy and his growth into a caring young man.<\/p>\n<p>The Jewishness of most of the characters is an important element of the story, with Marvin, Whizzer, Mendel, and Jason singing the comical \u201cFour Jews Bitching\u201d to open the show. The chaotic preparations for Jason\u2019s bar mitzvah are a key plot element in Act Two. Above all, there is dedication to maintaining family ties, no matter what unexpected changes take place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_368270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368270\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-368270\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Falsettos-1000x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Falsettos-1000x800-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Falsettos-1000x800-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Falsettos-1000x800-1-460x368.jpg 460w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Falsettos-1000x800-1-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOP LEFT: Ryan Burke (Mendel) and Katie McManus (Tina); TOP RIGHT: Shayla Lowe (Dr. Charlotte) and Kylie Clare Truby (Cordelia); ABOVE RIGHT: John Loughney (Marvin) and Nico Cabrera (Jason) with the cast, in \u2018Falsettos.\u2019 Photos by Cameron Whitman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Act Two, set in 1981, two years after the first act, introduces two new characters, a lesbian couple, Dr. Charlotte (Shayla Lowe) and Cordelia (Kylie Clare Truby), the latter a <em>shiksa<\/em> caterer whose hors d\u2019oeuvres leave something to be desired. It is Dr. Charlotte who first becomes aware that \u201cSomething Bad Is Happening,\u201d as cases of what would later be called AIDS begin to appear.<\/p>\n<p>In Act Two, Marvin and Whizzer reunite, with Marvin having grown into a man capable of genuine love, tenderly expressed in \u201cWhat More Can I Say?\u201d as he holds his sleeping partner. But the epidemic is spreading, and Whizzer falls ill. Some of Morgan\u2019s best work occurs as Whizzer is hospitalized, showing Whizzer\u2019s shining spirit even as his body weakens (\u201cYou Gotta Die Sometime\u201d). The characters become closer as Whizzer\u2019s condition worsens, as Marvin, Whizzer, Dr. Charlotte, and Cordelia cling to one another in \u201cUnlikely Lovers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you do with the deepest feelings of loss and grief? There\u2019s no answer, really, except to keep close to the people who matter to you. The final scene of the show, in which the other characters mourn Whizzer, is the one point where I wish Boehm \u2014 whose direction is as specific and on point as one could ask for \u2014 had made a different choice. We see three pairs of characters spaced apart from each other on the stage, grieving separately. Better, in my view, to have all six holding one another in a single grouping, underlining the theme of coming together as family and community in a time of trouble, as was done in the 2016 New York revival broadcast on PBS.<\/p>\n<p>The technical side of the production is as complex as the material itself. Matthew J. Keenan designed a versatile multilevel set. Boehm takes full advantage of the space, and the scene changes are smooth, never detracting from the show\u2019s pace. The lighting design (Lynn Joslin) is varied and as precise as the show\u2019s other elements, with cues often tied to specific lines or actions (e.g., a brief, stark light change when Marvin slaps Trina). The tiny band, led by Elisa Rosman, handled well both the fast-paced and lyrical portions of Finn\u2019s score.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_368271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368271\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-368271\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-1.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-1-460x307.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-1-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cast of \u2018Falsettos.\u2019 Photo by Cameron Whitman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The costumes are delightful. Paris Franscesa, for example, delineates Whizzer\u2019s and Marvin\u2019s characters by giving the former very stylish outfits and the latter an informal, pulled-out-of-closet look. Colors abound. The workout clothes for Mendel and Trina in Act Two are a hoot. There are subtle changes in dress as the show proceeds, for example in Jason\u2019s outfits as he begins to mature. There were some opening night issues with sound, notably an overly high volume level for the singers and especially the keyboard in the first act. This seemed to be largely corrected for Act Two, however.<\/p>\n<p>Keegan\u2019s <em>Falsettos<\/em> is fun and sad. For one who lived through the height of the AIDS epidemic, losing some friends in the process, the second act strongly evoked the feelings of that time \u2014 the fear and grief and anger and the tenderness of those caring for loved ones. This production comes at a time when other challenges call for people to come together and care for one another. It was a fine kickoff for DC-area theaters\u2019 observance of WorldPride.<\/p>\n<p>Running Time: Two and a half hours, including one intermission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keegantheatre.com\/portfolio\/falsettos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Falsettos<\/em><\/strong><\/a> plays through June 15, 2025, at The Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St NW, Washington, DC. Performances are Thursdays to Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 3:00 pm, and select Mondays and Wednesdays at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $64 ($54 for seniors and students) and available <a href=\"https:\/\/keegantheatre.com\/portfolio\/falsettos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Falsettos<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nMusic &amp; Lyrics by William Finn<br \/>\nBook by William Finn &amp; James Lapine<br \/>\nDirector &amp; Choreographer: Kurt Boehm<br \/>\nMusic Director: Elisa Rosman<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a title=\"Keegan Theatre announces cast and creative team for \u2018Falsettos\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/04\/30\/keegan-theatre-announces-cast-and-creative-team-for-falsettos\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Keegan Theatre announces cast and creative team for \u2018Falsettos\u2019 <\/a><\/strong>(news story, April 30, 2025)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The production leaves no doubt about why the show is among the most beloved musicals of recent decades.   By BOB ASHBY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":368266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,3,18],"tags":[543,544,545,546],"class_list":{"0":"post-368166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-district-columbia","8":"category-featured","9":"category-reviews","10":"tag-elisa-rosman","11":"tag-james-lapine","12":"tag-kurt-boehm","13":"tag-william-finn"},"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Keegan Theatre&#039;s irresistible &#039;Falsettos&#039; is pitch-perfect for WorldPride - DC Theater Arts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The production leaves no doubt about why the show is among the most beloved musicals of recent decades.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Keegan Theatre&#039;s irresistible &#039;Falsettos&#039; is pitch-perfect for WorldPride\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The production leaves no doubt about why the show is among the most beloved musicals of recent decades.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"DC Theater Arts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-14T14:56:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bob Ashby\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bob Ashby\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/\",\"name\":\"Keegan Theatre's irresistible 'Falsettos' is pitch-perfect for WorldPride - DC Theater Arts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-14T14:56:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6b8d2ca7654f6b3edcbc1eff574ad946\"},\"description\":\"The production leaves no doubt about why the show is among the most beloved musicals of recent decades.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1.jpeg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"John Loughney (Marvin) and Kaylen Morgan (Whizzer) in \u2018Falsettos.\u2019 Photo by Cameron Whitman.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Keegan Theatre&#8217;s irresistible &#8216;Falsettos&#8217; is pitch-perfect for WorldPride\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/\",\"name\":\"DC Theater Arts\",\"description\":\"Washington, DC&#039;s most comprehensive source of performing arts coverage.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6b8d2ca7654f6b3edcbc1eff574ad946\",\"name\":\"Bob Ashby\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Bob-Ashby-96x96.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Bob-Ashby-96x96.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Bob Ashby\"},\"description\":\"Bob Ashby is a longtime participant in the DMV theater world, having worked over many years for numerous companies as actor (often portraying lawyers, doctors, preachers, and villains), director, backstage worker and, more recently, dramaturg. He has reviewed professional and community theater productions since 2012. A semi-retired lawyer, he now lives in Western Maryland.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/author\/bob-ashby\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Keegan Theatre's irresistible 'Falsettos' is pitch-perfect for WorldPride - DC Theater Arts","description":"The production leaves no doubt about why the show is among the most beloved musicals of recent decades.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Keegan Theatre's irresistible 'Falsettos' is pitch-perfect for WorldPride","og_description":"The production leaves no doubt about why the show is among the most beloved musicals of recent decades.","og_url":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/","og_site_name":"DC Theater Arts","article_published_time":"2025-05-14T14:56:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bob Ashby","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bob Ashby","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/","url":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/","name":"Keegan Theatre's irresistible 'Falsettos' is pitch-perfect for WorldPride - DC Theater Arts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-05-14T14:56:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6b8d2ca7654f6b3edcbc1eff574ad946"},"description":"The production leaves no doubt about why the show is among the most beloved musicals of recent decades.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FAL-Press-2-800x600-1.jpeg","width":800,"height":600,"caption":"John Loughney (Marvin) and Kaylen Morgan (Whizzer) in \u2018Falsettos.\u2019 Photo by Cameron Whitman."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/05\/14\/keegan-theatres-irresistible-falsettos-is-pitch-perfect-for-worldpride\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Keegan Theatre&#8217;s irresistible &#8216;Falsettos&#8217; is pitch-perfect for WorldPride"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/","name":"DC Theater Arts","description":"Washington, DC&#039;s most comprehensive source of performing arts coverage.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6b8d2ca7654f6b3edcbc1eff574ad946","name":"Bob Ashby","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Bob-Ashby-96x96.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Bob-Ashby-96x96.jpeg","caption":"Bob Ashby"},"description":"Bob Ashby is a longtime participant in the DMV theater world, having worked over many years for numerous companies as actor (often portraying lawyers, doctors, preachers, and villains), director, backstage worker and, more recently, dramaturg. He has reviewed professional and community theater productions since 2012. A semi-retired lawyer, he now lives in Western Maryland.","url":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/author\/bob-ashby\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}