Author: Beki Pineda

YOU’LL BE MADE OF ASHES TOO

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, […]

ELIZABETH I; IN HER OWN WORDS

ELIZABETH I; IN HER OWN WORDS – Written by Carol Levin; Directed by Sabin Epstein.  Presented by BETC (Performed at the Dairy Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder and the Historic Elitch Theatre, 4600 West 37th Place, Denver) through September 21.  Tickets available at Historicelitchtheatre.org.  It starts with a woman – tall, majestic, imposing, stately but weathered.  She pauses in […]

ASSASSINS

ASSASSINS – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by John Weidman; Directed by Warren Sherrill; Music Direction by David Nehls.  Produced by Miners Alley Playhouse (1100 Miners Alley, Golden) through September 14.  Tickets available at 303-935-3044 or minersalley.com.  A recent poll of fans of Sondheim listed ASSASSINS in the fifth slot out of the 20 […]

PIPPIN

PIPPIN – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Book by Roger O. Hirson; Directed by Robert Michael Sanders; Musical Direction by Heather Iris Holt; Choreography by Jessica Hindsley.  Produced by Phamaly Theatre Company (Presented at Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 15th and Curtis, Denver) through August 24th.  Tickets available at 303-893-4100 or Phamaly.org.  Maybe your “favorite time of the […]