Out actor brings skill, charm to ‘Ragtime’ role
‘Ragtime’Through Jan. 7Signature Theatre Company4200 Campbell Ave.Arlington, Va. 22206$68-$123Sigtheatre.org When out actor Jake Loewenthal and his law student partner left New York for D.C., a permanent move wasn’t in the cards.
Now, three years later, they have no plans to depart. Washington’s theater scene has embraced Loewenthal in unanticipated ways, he says.
New in town, during the darker days of COVID, he found work and community quickly and remains busy ever since. Currently, he’s playing Mother’s Younger Brother in Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens Tony Award-winning musical “Ragtime,” his fourth show in three years at Signature Theatre in Arlington.
Adapted by gay playwright Terrance McNally from E.L. Doctorow’s same-titled novel, “Ragtime” intertwines the stories of three American families in turn of the 20th century New York.
