Author: Beki Pineda

THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN – Written by Brian Dowling and Kellie Fox (from the novel by George MacDonald); Directed by Aaron Vega; Original Music by Abdulkarim Islam, Ryan Glaser, and Alex Seracuse. Produced by Third Side Theatre Company (Presented at the People’s Building, 9995 East Colfax, Aurora) through September 20.  Tickets available at thepeople’sbuilding.com.  A beloved children’s story has been converted […]

THE THIN PLACE – Written by Lucas Hnath; Directed by Jessica Robblee.  Produced by BETC (Presented at the Savoy Event Center, 2700 Arapahoe, Denver, and the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder) through September 28 at the Savoy Event Center and October 3-26 at the Dairy Arts Center.  Tickets available at betc.vbotickets.com for the Denver engagement; thedairy.org for […]

STEEL MAGNOLIAS – Written by Robert Harling; Directed by Shelly Gaza.  Produced by Candlelight Dinner Playhouse (4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown) through November 11.  Tickets available at 970-744- 3747 or ColoradoCandlelight.com.  Candlelight has broken their usual pattern of producing musicals and brought this classic straight comic script to their spacious playing space.  “Why?” you ask.  Well, for one thing, it probably […]

THE MOUSETRAP – Written by Agatha Christie; Directed by Lynne Collins.  Produced by the Arvada Center (6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada) through October 12.  Tickets available at 720-898-7200 or arvadacenter.org.  You can’t call yourself a passionate playgoer unless you have seen at least two or three productions of both THE MOUSETRAP and THE FANTASTICKS, two of the longest-running scripts […]

THE SHARK IS BROKEN – Written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon; directed by Tim Muldrew.  Produced by Springs Ensemble Theatre (SET) (Fifty-Niner Speakeasy, 2409 West Colorado Boulevard, Colorado Springs) through September 14.  Tickets available at Springsensembletheatre.org.  You might think, “What could be entertaining about three grown men sitting around in a boat killing time?” Consider, however, […]

ELIZABETH I; IN HER OWN WORDS – Written by Carol Levin; Directed by Sabin Epstein.  Presented by BETC (Performed at the Dairy Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder and the Historic Elitch Theatre, 4600 West 37th Place, Denver) through September 21.  Tickets available at Historicelitchtheatre.org.  It starts with a woman – tall, majestic, imposing, stately but weathered.  She pauses in […]

ASSASSINS – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by John Weidman; Directed by Warren Sherrill; Music Direction by David Nehls.  Produced by Miners Alley Playhouse (1100 Miners Alley, Golden) through September 14.  Tickets available at 303-935-3044 or minersalley.com.  A recent poll of fans of Sondheim listed ASSASSINS in the fifth slot out of the 20 […]