A Few Good Men at Keegan Theatre

A Few Good Men

Keegan Theatre
1742 Church Street, NW Washington

With two Marines on trial for their alleged involvement in the death of a fellow Marine at Guantanamo Bay, this military masterpiece of courtroom theater shines a spotlight on the unique culture and code of honor within the military. First produced on Broadway in 1989, A Few Good Men was written by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network) and later adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film. The gripping drama questions what it means to keep one's honor, integrity, humanity and patriotism through the story of a young Navy lawyer's decision to challenge the status quo within the military judicial system.

Thru - Sep 14, 2013

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 3:00pm

Price: $35

Show Type: Drama

Running Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes with 1 intermission

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

"...For a play whose characters spend considerable time standing at attention — or hovering, with disciplined posture, near a testifying witness — there’s an impressive physical dynamism to the Keegan Theatre’s “A Few Good Men.” Aaron Sorkin’s banter-threaded potboiler is a courtroom drama, a genre that can all too easily come off as static. And yet, as directed by Jeremy Skidmore, this entertaining production brims with movement, directional shifts and evolving perspectives. Sitting in the audience, you can almost feel the military establishment bustling around you."

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- Celia Wren

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Although this piece of theater that is nearly eponymous with its catchphrase, A Few Good Men is so much more than people not handling the truth. As Aaron Sorkin’s flagship drama, Men weaves poetic dialogue into a dense political thriller, creating a captivating and fluid narrative, which is all the more impressive considering the especially rigid subject matter: lawyers and soldiers."

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- Max Johnson

Washington City Paper - Recommended

"...The show runs nearly three hours with intermission, and has probably three scenes that could be jettisoned without loss. Yet it never lags. Buzz-cut young men in fatigues run in formation and sing marching songs over the scene changes, and if these interstitials become repetitive, it's seemingly by design, a successful bid to convey the rigid patterns of military life."

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- Chris Klimek

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...The 2nd half of the play is nicely segmented to all courtroom, all the time. The wheels are put in motion—stand up for what’s right, or let events take its course? In this crisp, taut show, the lawyers find out just as much about themselves as their case. Kaffee finds out what it means to really take a stand in life. It is also a fascinating look into a military court, where rules of engagement are markedly different and stakes are much higher. Scenes crackle with excitement, interspersed with Marine chants and marches, as the action moves to the final crescendo. Is it worth it to pursue where Kaffee needs to go for acquittal?"

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- Brian Bochicchio

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

Aaron Sorkin’s play A Few Good Men is a military courtroom drama that invites us to ponder the role of justice in a realm where rank means right. But not seeing much to ponder there, I left the Keegan Theatre thinking about codes: is it possible that everybody follows one, or several? Even people who disdain them? Sorkin’s script features a couple of obvious codes — legal codes and something like a code of honor — but director Jeremy Skidmore’s production invokes other codes as well, both the kind with names and the nameless kind that shape the habit of our thoughts.

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- Mark Dewey

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