504 – Book and Lyrics by Abbie Goldberg; Music by Mason McDowell; Directed by Ben Raanan; Music Direction by Trent Hines and Jerimiah Otto; Choreography by Savannah Svoboda. Produced by Phamaly Theatre Company and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Presented at the Kilstrom Theatre, DCPA, 13th and Curtis, Denver) through August 23. Tickets available at Phamaly.org or 303-893-4100. I […]
ADAMS MYSTERY PLAYHOUSE – Written by the cast and audience. Produced by Nick and Marne Cuellar (Presented at the Playhouse at 2406 Federal Boulevard, Denver) indefinitely. Tickets available at 303-455-1848 or AdamsMysteryPlayhouse.com This is actually more of a commercial than a review. How can you review a performance that is 80% improv wrapped loosely around […]
FRIENDS, ROMAN, AND COUNTRYMEN – Written by David Davalos; Directed by Tim Orr. Produced by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Presented in the Green Roe Theatre, CU campus) through August 1. Tickets available at 303-492-8008 or CUpresents@colorado.edu. At first glance, one wonders, “Why do we need another play about the assassination of Julius Caesar? Didn’t Shakespeare […]
THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY – Written and Performed by the company. Presented by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Garner Galleria Theatre, 14th and Curtis, Denver) through July 26. Tickets available at 303-893-4100 or DenverCenter.org. You’d think – after all the titles they have yelled out at them – that they could have come […]
RED, WHITE, AND TUNA – Written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard; Directed by Tom Bruett. Produced by the Bailey Theatre Company (Presented at the Glen Isle Resort, Bailey) through July 19. Tickets available at BaileyTheatreCompany.org. At the end of a lovely summer’s evening drive up the hill to Bailey awaited restaurants featuring delicious food […]
ALL SHOOK UP – Book by Joe DePietro; Music and Lyrics by various composers; Directed by Nancy Evans Begley; Musical Direction by Trent Hines; Choreography by Piper Lindsay Arpan. Produced by Parker Arts (Presented at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker) through July 19. Tickets available at 303-805-6800 or ParkerArts.org. Joe DePietro works both sides of the musical fence. He writes original […]
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE – Original Screenplay written by Marc Norman and Tom Soppard; Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall; Directed by Terri McMahon. Produced by CU Presents and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (presented at the Mary Rippon Theatre, CU campus) through August 1. Tickets available at 303-492-8008 or CUpresents@Colorado.edu A recent conversation between Timothy Orr (Producing Artistic […]
MATILDA – Music and Lyrics written by Tim Minchin; Book by Dennis Kelly; Directed by Steve Wilson; Musical direction by Zerek Dodson; Choreography by Carrie Colton. Produced by Candlelight Dinner Playhouse (presented at 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown) through August 30. Tickets available at 970-744-3747 or ColoradoCandlelight.com. It’s no wonder Candlelight folk are not saying “We’re doing a play.” Instead, they proudly invite […]
JULIUS CAESAR – Written by William Shakespeare; Directed by Shelly Gaza. Produced by Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Presented at the Roe Green Theatre, CU campus, Boulder) through August 2nd. Tickets available at 303-492-8008 or https://cupresents.org/shakespeare-festival One year, my boss at the Denver Center, being an enlightened individual and knowing of my deep love for theatre, instead […]
THE BOOK CLUB PLAY – Written by Karen Zacarias; Directed by Brenden Cochran. Produced by Vintage Theatre (1468 Dayton, Aurora) through July 19. Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org. Put a group of people (friends or not) in front of a camera and ask them to forget it’s there, to “just be yourself,” and you’re asking for trouble. Especially when they actually do forget it’s there. This is the promise of […]