Author: Beki Pineda

HELLO, DOLLY

HELLO, DOLLY – Book by Michael Stewart; Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Directed by Carrie Colton; Music Direction by Mason Siders; Choreographed by Christine Zimmerman.  Produced by Candlelight Dinner Playhouse (4747 Marketplace, Johnstown) through April 4.  Tickets available at 970-744-3747 or ColoradoCandlelight.com. Let’s start with this: I love Candlelight!  It’s one of the youngest theaters […]

FOOL

FOOL – THE HILARIOUS TRUE STORY OF KING LEAR – Written by Austin Techenor; Directed by Daniel Mothershed. Produced by the Greeley Garage Sale Theatre (Presented at the Family of Christ Presbyterian Church, 2410 35th Avenue, Greeley) through February 14.  Tickets available at 970-573-6332.  I heard about the Garage Sale Theatre Company a few years ago, but I had never been able to find out when […]

EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR

EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR – Written by Lauren Gunderson; Directed by Tamarra Nelson.  Produced by Shifted Lens Theatre Company (presented at the People’s Building, 9995 East Colfax, Aurora) through February 1.  Tickets available at thepeoplesbuilding.com.  What do you get when you mix a stripper who quotes Shakespeare, an animal-loving wife on the verge, a gay cheerleader/best […]

SPAMALOT

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT – Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle; Music by John De Prez and Eric Idle, Directed by Robert Michael Sanders; Musical Direction by Trent Hines; Choreography by Ronni Stark.  Produced by Town Hall Arts Center (2450 West Main, Littleton) through February 22.  Tickets available at 303-794-2787 or TownHallArtCenter.org.  There seems to be a current trend toward revisiting older […]

SHREK

SHREK – Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire; Music by Jeanine Tesori; Directed by Kelly McAllister; Music Direction by Tanner Kelly; Choreography by Heather Westenskow.  Produced by Parker Arts in partnership with Sasquatch Productions (Presented at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker) through February 8th.  Tickets available at 303-805-6800 or ParkerArts.org.  If you haven’t seen SHREK in a while, you forget how […]

THE SHARK IS BROKEN

THE SHARK IS BROKEN – Written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon; Directed by Luke Rahmsdorff-Terry.  Produced by Vintage Theatre Productions (1468 Dayton Street, Aurora) through February 15.  Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org.  The art of conversation.  Put three men in a room (or a boat) with time to kill and what will they talk about.  What they’ve done in the past […]

DRACULA; A COMEDY OF TERRORS

DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS – Written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen; Directed by Gordon Greenberg.  Produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Cabaret (Presented at the Garner Galleria Theatre, 14th and Curtis, Denver) through May 10.  Tickets available at 303-893-4100 or DenverCenter.org.  I’ll say this for him – Marco Alberto Robinson is the prettiest vampire you’ll ever see.  And […]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD – Book, Music, and Lyrics by Rupert Holmes; Directed by Bernie Cardell, Musical Direction by Jerimiah Otto, Choreography by Stephanie Hesse. Produced by Vintage Theatre Productions (1468 Dayton Street, Aurora) through January 11.  Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org.  The first time I saw DROOD, it was in preview with a very small audience.  While clever and funny, something was […]

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A CHRISTMAS CAROL – Written by Charles Dickens as adapted by Richard Hellesen; Original Music adapted by David De Berry; Directed by Anthony Powell.  Produced by the Denver Center Theatre Company (presented at the Wolf Theatre, Denver Center, 14th and Curtis, Denver) through December 28.  Tickets available at 303-893-4100 or DenverCenter.org.  No matter how you cut […]

THE FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY’S PRODUCTION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL

THE FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY’S PRODUCTION OF “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” – Written by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin, Jr.; Directed by Richard R. Cowden.  Produced by The Aurora Fox (presented at Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 East Colfax, Aurora) through December 21.  Tickets available at AuroraFox ArtsCenter.org.  “This is not good theatre.  This is bad theatre, done […]