Category: Closed Shows

HADESTOWN

HADESTOWN – Book, Lyrics and Music by Anais Mitchell; Directed and Choreographed by Grayson Allensworth and Maya Eisbart; Music Direction by Oliver Goertzel.  Produced by New Generation Productions (Presented at the Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia) through January 18.  Tickets available at https://new-generation-productions.ticketleap.com/  A rogue band of rowdy players invaded a church last night and […]

KID DETECTIVE

KID DETECTIVE – Written by Weston Scott; Directed by Lexi Lazear.  Produced by Shifted Lens Theatre (presented at the Roaming Gnome at 10255 East 25th Avenue, Aurora) through January 26.  Tickets available at ShiftedLensTheatre.com.  Well, the Mean Girls are back in town and performing at the Roaming Gnome.  But they aren’t Katie and Regina.  They […]

EBENEZER SCROOGE’S BIG AURORA BOX CHRISTMAS SHOW!

EBENEZER SCROOGE’S BIG AURORA FOX CHRISTMAS SHOW – Written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen; Directed by Steven J. Burge.  Produced by the Aurora Fox Theatre Company (9900 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora) through December 22.  Tickets available at 303-739-1970 or AuroraFoxArtsCenter.org.  As the play starts, your first impression might be that this was something that […]

LITTLE WOMEN

LITTLE WOMEN – Written by Kate Hamill; Directed by Kate Poling.  Produced by Firehouse Theatre Company (7653 East 1st Place, Denver) through December 22.  Tickets available at 303-562-3232 or firehousetheater.com.  Kate Hamill, the playwright, has created a reputation for herself by taking classic novels and turning them sideways.  She tells a familiar story with a […]

BLACK NATIVITY

BLACK NATIVITY – Written by Langston Hughes; Directed by Jo Bunton Keel; Musical Direction by Reverend Daryl Walker and Ervia Davis; Choreographed by Janice Guy Sayles and Novuyo Masakhane.  Produced by Vintage Theatre Productions (1468 Dayton Street, Aurora) through December 29.  Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or vintagetheatre.org.  Such a joyful noise coming out of the […]

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A CHRISTMAS CAROL – Adapted by Richard Helleson from the novel by Charles Dickens; Directed by Anthony Powell; Music Direction by Dan Graeber; Choreography by Grady Soapes.  Produced by the Denver Center Theatre Company (14th and Curtis, Denver) through December 29.  Tickets available at 303-893-4100 or DenverCenter.org only.  Attending the Denver Center’s version of A CHRISTMAS […]

DRUNK CHRISTMAS

DRUNK CHRISTMAS – Adapted by Ren Manley from the novel by Charles Dickens; Directed by Macbeth Richardson.  Produced by Audacious Theatre Company (various breweries – see their website) through December 22.  Tickets available at 720-445-242 or info@audaciousimmersive.com.  What the dickens have they done to Dickens??  You’d think ol’ Charlie would be spinning in his grave […]

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS – Music by Mary Rodgers; Lyrics by Marshall Barer; book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer; Directed by Kenny Moten; Choreographed by Christopher Page Sanders; Musical Direction by Jordan Ortman.  Produced by the Arvada Center (6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada) through December 29.  Tickets available at 720-898-7200 or ArvadaCenter.org.  Sometimes […]

CONFEDERATES

CONFEDERATES – Written by Dominique Morisseau; Directed by Marisa D. Hebert.  Produced by Curious Theatre Company (presented at 1080 Acoma St, Denver) through December 8.  Tickets available at 303-623-2349 or at curioustheatre.org.  A set of circumstances beyond my control has prevented me from writing about this show earlier in the run.  I apologize as I […]