MARY JANE – Written by Amy Herzog; Directed by Mark Ragan. Produced by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (Presented at the Dairy Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder) through May 24. Tickets available at office@thedairy.com. There are some people born who simply have a capacity for love and compassion beyond the norm. Their inherent kindness, patience, and […]
FURLOUGH’S PARADISE – Written by A.K. Payne; Directed by Jada Suzanne Dixon. Produced by Curious Theatre Company (1080 Acoma, Denver) through May 31. Tickets available at 303-623-0524 or boxoffice@curioustheatre.org. The word “furlough” in modern times refers to a leave of absence from employment or some other life situation. In earlier times, it had the added meaning of “to leave” […]
ANYTHING GOES – Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter; Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse; New Book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman; Directed and Choreographed by Kate Vallee; Music Direction by Mason Siders. Produced by Candlelight Dinner Playhouse (4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown) through June 14. Tickets available at […]
HELL’S KITCHEN – Music and Lyrics by Alicia Keys; Book by Kristoffer Diaz; Produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Broadway (Presented at the Buell Theatre, 15th and Curtis, Denver) through April 26. Tickets available at 303-893-4100 or DenverCenter.org. In the program for this production, the centerfold shows posters of the upcoming 2026-27 […]
WHITE – Written by James Ijames; Directed by Julie Kaye Wolf. Produced by Firehouse Theatre Company (Presented at the John Hand Theatre, 7653 East 1st Place, Denver) through May 3rd. Tickets available at 303-562-3232 or Firehousetheatercompany.com. If you go into this experience with the mindset that it is basically a Frankenstein story, it may help […]
THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER – Written by Deborah Zoe Laufer; Directed by Amy Feinberg. Produced by Theatre Or (Presented at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center’s Pluss Theatre, 350 South Dahlia, Denver) through April 19, 2026. Tickets available at 303-316-6360 or tickets@jccdenver.org. According to the U.S. Flag Code, it is against the law to fly […]
ANGELS IN AMERICA – Written by Tony Kushner; Part I directed by Bernie Cardell; Part II directed by Troy Lakey. Produced by Vintage Theatre Productions (1468 Dayton St, Aurora) through May 10. Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org. When I first discovered that Vintage intended to do Angels in the smaller of their two theatres, […]
FAT HAM – Written by James Ijames; Directed by donnie l. betts. Produced by The Aurora Fox Arts Center (9900 East Colfax, Aurora) through April 19. Tickets available at 303-739-1970 or AuroraFoxArtsCenter.org. Through a stretch of imagination, I guess a small pig could be a pig-let. Taking that further, any size pig could become a […]
THE WIZ – Book by William F. Brown; Music and Lyrics by Charlie Smalls; Directed and Choreographed by Christopher Page-Sanders; Music Direction by Alex Burse. Produced by Town Hall Arts Center (2450 Main Street, Littleton) through April19. Tickets available at 303-794-2787 or TownHallArtsCenter.org. THE WIZ is not some wimpy pale story about a lost girl […]
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT – Adapted by Dan Gordon; Directed by Sarah Krom. Produced by Longmont Theatre Company (513 Main Street, Longmont) through April 12. Tickets available at 303-772-5200 or LongmontTheatre.org. The Longmont Theatre Company is to be congratulated for a resurrection of a fine community theatre. Their beautiful space stood empty for a hiatus as […]