Author: Beki Pineda

FIERCE SATIRE AND MEDIOCRE SEX – Written by Edith Weiss; Directed by Susan Lyles.  Produced by And Toto Too Theatre Company (Presented at Buntport Theatre, 717 Lipan, Denver) through February 28.  Tickets available at AndTotoToo.org.  “Pastiche – In literary usage, the term denotes a literary technique employing a generally light-hearted tongue-in-cheek imitation of another’s style; although jocular, it is usually respectful. Pastiche has become […]

BURNING BLUEBEARD – Written by Jay Torrence.  Produced by The Catamounts Theatre Company (Presented at the Dairy Event Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder) through February 21.  Tickets available at 303-444-7328 or thedairy.org.  In January of 1903, a consortium of composers, comics, and collaborators put together a burlesque set of scenes very loosely based on the folk tale of Bluebeard, a […]

HELLO, DOLLY – Book by Michael Stewart; Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Directed by Carrie Colton; Music Direction by Mason Siders; Choreographed by Christine Zimmerman.  Produced by Candlelight Dinner Playhouse (4747 Marketplace, Johnstown) through April 4.  Tickets available at 970-744-3747 or ColoradoCandlelight.com. Let’s start with this: I love Candlelight!  It’s one of the youngest theaters […]

FOOL – THE HILARIOUS TRUE STORY OF KING LEAR – Written by Austin Techenor; Directed by Daniel Mothershed. Produced by the Greeley Garage Sale Theatre (Presented at the Family of Christ Presbyterian Church, 2410 35th Avenue, Greeley) through February 14.  Tickets available at 970-573-6332.  I heard about the Garage Sale Theatre Company a few years ago, but I had never been able to find out when […]

EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR – Written by Lauren Gunderson; Directed by Tamarra Nelson.  Produced by Shifted Lens Theatre Company (presented at the People’s Building, 9995 East Colfax, Aurora) through February 1.  Tickets available at thepeoplesbuilding.com.  What do you get when you mix a stripper who quotes Shakespeare, an animal-loving wife on the verge, a gay cheerleader/best […]

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT – Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle; Music by John De Prez and Eric Idle, Directed by Robert Michael Sanders; Musical Direction by Trent Hines; Choreography by Ronni Stark.  Produced by Town Hall Arts Center (2450 West Main, Littleton) through February 22.  Tickets available at 303-794-2787 or TownHallArtCenter.org.  There seems to be a current trend toward revisiting older […]

SHREK – Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire; Music by Jeanine Tesori; Directed by Kelly McAllister; Music Direction by Tanner Kelly; Choreography by Heather Westenskow.  Produced by Parker Arts in partnership with Sasquatch Productions (Presented at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker) through February 8th.  Tickets available at 303-805-6800 or ParkerArts.org.  If you haven’t seen SHREK in a while, you forget how […]

THE SHARK IS BROKEN – Written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon; Directed by Luke Rahmsdorff-Terry.  Produced by Vintage Theatre Productions (1468 Dayton Street, Aurora) through February 15.  Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org.  The art of conversation.  Put three men in a room (or a boat) with time to kill and what will they talk about.  What they’ve done in the past […]

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD – Book, Music, and Lyrics by Rupert Holmes; Directed by Bernie Cardell, Musical Direction by Jerimiah Otto, Choreography by Stephanie Hesse. Produced by Vintage Theatre Productions (1468 Dayton Street, Aurora) through January 11.  Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org.  The first time I saw DROOD, it was in preview with a very small audience.  While clever and funny, something was […]