Author: Beki Pineda

Cuauhtemoczin – Written by Diego Florez-Arroyo; Directed by Phil Luna. Produced by Control Group Productions (Presented at the People’s Building, 9995 East Colfax, Aurora) through January 20th. Tickets available at ControlGroupProductions.com.  As a learned professor said recently on NPR, “If Hispanic people can learn to say, ‘Worcestershire sauce,” Anglo’s can learn to say “Cuauhtemoczin.“ Some […]

NEWSIES – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Jack Feldman; Book by Harvey Feinstein; Directed by Bernie Cardell; Choreography by Rebecca Scott Dean; Musical Direction by Heather Iris Holt. Produced by Performance Now Theatre Company (Presented at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 South Allison Parkway, Lakewood) through January 21. Tickets available at 303-987-7845 or Tickets@Lakewood.org.  I’ve […]

HOLLY, ALASKA! – Written by Matt Zambrano and Frank Oden; Directed by Matt Zambrano. Produced by BETC (presented at the Diary Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder) through December 31. Tickets available at 303-444-7238 or thedairy.org.  I’ve never met Matt Zambrano, but I feel like I know him anyway. Through his creation of the lovely ultra-suburban […]

THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL – Music and Lyrics by David Nehls; Book by Betsy Kelso; Directed by Piper Arpan. Produced by Miners Alley Playhouse (1100 Miners Alley, Golden) through December 31. Tickets available at 303-935-3044 or minersalley.com.  What a treat! A Brand-New Musical by old reliable David Nehls in a Brand-New Theatre […]

MATILDA – Book by Dennis Kelly; Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin; Directed by Steve Wilson; Music Direction by Donna Kalpan Debreceni; Choreographed by Carrie Coulton. Produced by Town Hall Arts Center (2450 Main Street, Littleton) through December 31. Tickets available at TownHallArtsCenter.org or 303-794-2787.  WOW! What a night!! Recently the theatre community turned out […]

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT – Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber; Lyrics by Tim Rice; Directed and Choreographed by Bryan Bell; Music Directed Janice Vlachos. Produced by Candlelight Dinner Theatre (4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown) through January 28. Tickets available at 970-744-3747 or ColoradoCandlelight.com.  Once again, how nice to visit our old friend Joseph on […]

THE WHO’S HOLIDAY – Written by Matthew Lombardo; Directed by Heather Frost. Produced by Vintage Theatre (1468 Dayton, Aurora) through December 31. Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or vintagetheatre.org.  You Say you’re not in the Christmas spirit??  It could be your head isn’t screwed on just right –  It could be perhaps that your shoes are […]

LETTERS OF SURESH – Written by Rajiv Joseph; Directed by Julie Rada.  Produced by Curious Theatre Company (1080 Acoma, Denver) through December 9.  Tickets available at 303-623-0524 or boxoffice@curioustheatre.org.  These characters are obsessed with paper.  They are either folding it, writing on it or reading from it.  In a tale about a packet of letters […]

THE ODD COUPLE – Written by Neil Simon; Directed by Dwayne Carrington. Produced by Firehouse Theatre Company (7653 East 1st Place on Lowry, Denver) through December 17. Tickets available at 303-562-3232 or firehousetheatercompany.com.  There is a certain comfort in watching a favorite movie over and over or bingeing on a TV program you saw when […]

THE MINUTES – Written by Tracy Letts; Directed by Missy Moore. Produced by Thunder River Theatre Company (67 Promenade, Carbondale) through November 26. Tickets for future productions are available at 970-918-8200 or thunderrivertheatre.com.  Since Thunder River’s production of THE MINUTES is having its final performance on the day this is being written, more than talking […]