Author: Beki Pineda

ALABAMA STORY – Written by Kenneth Jones; Directed by Melissa Lucero McCarl.  Produced by Firehouse Theater Company (Presented at the John Hand Theater, 7653 East First Place, Denver) through October 26.  Tickets available at 303-562-3232 or firehousetheater.com.  Everyone has a personal relationship with books.  You can’t escape them.  As a child, you are taught to read by being read to; as […]

PYGMALION – Written by George Bernard Shaw; Directed by Melissa Taylor. Produced by Elemental Theatre Company (Presented at the Sam and Freda Davis Auditorium, 2000 East Asbury Avenue, Denver) through October 12. Tickets available at Elementaltheatrecompany.org. Doing theatre is a dicey proposition, even when you have a history of good shows behind you and a […]

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by George Furth. Directed by Bernie Cardell; Musical Direction by Brandon Bill; Choreography by Adrienne Hampton.  Produced by Vintage Theatre (1468 Dayton Street, Aurora) through October 19.  Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org.  Imagine, if you can, the opening night of the first Broadway […]

YOU’LL BE MADE OF ASHES TOO – Written by Baylee Shlichtman; Directed by Veronica Straight-Lingo.  Produced by Flamboyan Theatre Company (presented at Three Leaches Theatre, 1560 Teller, Lakewood) through September 27.  Tickets available at thethreeleaches.com.  What an exciting time for theatre in Denver for people who love new, untried plays.  There are script readings taking place all over town with original […]

MISS MANHATTAN – Music and Lyrics by Graham and Kristina Fuller; Book by Graham and Kristina Fuller and Stephanie Ronco; Directed by Robert Michael Sanders; Music Direction by Dan Graeber; Choreography by McKayla McDonough.  Produced by 19K Productions and CenterStage Theatre Company (Presented at the Dairy Center, 2590 Walnut, Boulder) through September 28.  Tickets available at thedairy.org.  […]

THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN – Written by Brian Dowling and Kellie Fox (from the novel by George MacDonald); Directed by Aaron Vega; Original Music by Abdulkarim Islam, Ryan Glaser, and Alex Seracuse. Produced by Third Side Theatre Company (Presented at the People’s Building, 9995 East Colfax, Aurora) through September 20.  Tickets available at thepeople’sbuilding.com.  A beloved children’s story has been converted […]

THE THIN PLACE – Written by Lucas Hnath; Directed by Jessica Robblee.  Produced by BETC (Presented at the Savoy Event Center, 2700 Arapahoe, Denver, and the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder) through September 28 at the Savoy Event Center and October 3-26 at the Dairy Arts Center.  Tickets available at betc.vbotickets.com for the Denver engagement; thedairy.org for […]

STEEL MAGNOLIAS – Written by Robert Harling; Directed by Shelly Gaza.  Produced by Candlelight Dinner Playhouse (4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown) through November 11.  Tickets available at 970-744- 3747 or ColoradoCandlelight.com.  Candlelight has broken their usual pattern of producing musicals and brought this classic straight comic script to their spacious playing space.  “Why?” you ask.  Well, for one thing, it probably […]

THE MOUSETRAP – Written by Agatha Christie; Directed by Lynne Collins.  Produced by the Arvada Center (6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada) through October 12.  Tickets available at 720-898-7200 or arvadacenter.org.  You can’t call yourself a passionate playgoer unless you have seen at least two or three productions of both THE MOUSETRAP and THE FANTASTICKS, two of the longest-running scripts […]

THE SHARK IS BROKEN – Written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon; directed by Tim Muldrew.  Produced by Springs Ensemble Theatre (SET) (Fifty-Niner Speakeasy, 2409 West Colorado Boulevard, Colorado Springs) through September 14.  Tickets available at Springsensembletheatre.org.  You might think, “What could be entertaining about three grown men sitting around in a boat killing time?” Consider, however, […]