FDR’S VERY HAPPY HOUR – Written by Regan Linton; Directed by M. Graham Smith. Produced by High Hard Heat/Dominick Balletta (Presented by The Actors Theatre of Louisville at the Studio Loft Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver) through November 1. Tickets available at ArtsComplex.com. How pleasant to welcome Regan Linton back to a […]
THE TEMPEST – Written by William Shakespeare; Directed by Chris Coleman. Produced by the Denver Center Theatre Company (Presented at the Kilstrom Theatre, DCPA, 13th and Curtis, Denver) through November 1. Tickets available at 303-893-4100 or denvercenter.org. THE TEMPEST will always have a special place in my heart as it was the first play I […]
DRAG QUEEN MAGIC – Written by Ian August; Directed by M. Graham Smith. Produced by Local Theatre Company (Presented at the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut, Boulder and Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 South Dahlia, Denver) through November 1. Tickets available at localtheatreco.org. DRAG QUEEN MAGIC is not exactly about a Queen with a […]
GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR – Written by Doug Wright; Directed by Warren Sherrill. Produced by Miners Alley Performing Arts Center (1100 Miners Alley, Golden) through November 8th. Tickets available at 303-935-3044 or Minersalley.com. What is a rhapsody? “An effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling.” This also described the exhausted excitement of audiences leaving the Miners […]
DESTINY OF DESIRE – Written by Karen Zacarias; Directed by Marcela Lorca. Produced by the Denver Center Theatre Company and the Center Theatre Group (presented at the Wolf Theatre, DCPA, Denver) through October 4. Tickets available at 303-893-4100 or DenverCenter.org. Karen Zacarias has taken telenovelas, a favored form of entertainment from South American countries, turned […]
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG – Written by Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis, Henry Shields; Directed by Rob Mess. Produced by the Longmont Theatre Company (presented at 513 Main Street, Longmont) through October 3. Tickets available at 303-772-5200 or Longmonttheatre.org. I have never seen so many people having so much fun on a stage trying to […]
THE WEIR – Written by Conor McPherson; Directed by Candace Orrino. Produced by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (presented at the Savoy Event Center, 2700 Arapahoe St, Denver) through October 4 and (presented at the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder) from October 8 through November 1. Tickets available at BETC.org. “Three Irishmen walked into […]
HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS – Created by Recent Cutbacks; Directed by Kristin McCarthy Parker. Produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Cabaret (Presented at the Galleria Theatre, 14th and Curtis, Denver) through October 4. Tickets available at 303-893-4100 or DenverCenter.org. This amazingly creative homage to the original JURASSIC PARK movie moves so […]
BORROWING FUNNY – Written by Matt Wexler; Directed by Mike Langworthy. Produced by Biz Schaugaard (Presented at Vintage Theatre Company, 1468 Dayton, Aurora) through September 27. Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org. This is a comedy “standoff” in which no one really wins. An arrogant and self-important standup comic (Tennille, played by Katy White) has […]
GYPSY – Book by Arthur Laurents; Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Directed by Brandon Bruce; Musical Direction by Heather Iris Holt; Choreography by Rebecca Dean. Produced by Performance Now Theatre Company (Presented at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 South Allison Parkway, Lakewood) through September 27. Tickets available at (303)987-7845 or LakewoodCo.Gov. “Whose turn is […]