ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS – Written by Richard Bean; Directed by Tim Orr. Produced by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Roe Green Theatre, CU campus, Boulder) through August 13th. Tickets available at 303-492-8008 or coloradoshakes.org. Much is made of the fact that TWO GUVS is a modern version of a play written by Goldoni in 1743. […]
EDMONDS STORIES – Written by Nora Douglass; directed by Madge Montgomery. Produced by The Theater Company of Lafayette (300 East Simpson, Lafayette) through August 5. Tickets available at TCLStage.org. Nora Douglass must count herself very lucky that she has found a theatrical home at TCL. They have previously birthed another of her full length plays […]
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW – Written by William Shakespeare; Directed by Caitlin Lowans. Produced by Theatreworks (Presented at the Lawn or Dusty Loo Theatre at the Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 North Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs) through July 30. Tickets available at 719-255-8181 or tickets@uccs.edu. Those folk down at the Ent Center know […]
THINGS WE WILL MISS – Written by the cast; Directed by Emily K. Harrison. Produced by square product theatre (Presented at the Dairy Center, 2590 Walnut, Boulder) through July 22. Tickets available at 303-444-7328 or thediary.org. THINGS WE WILL MISS is a self-described “Meditation on the Climate Crisis.” Couched in the form of an experimental […]
HEAD OVER HEELS – Music and Lyrics by the Gogo’s and others; Book by Jeff Whitty; Adapted by James Magruder; Directed and Choreographed by Josh Walden; Musical Direction by Tim Fletchey. Produced by Theatre Silco (460 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne) through July 23. Tickets available at 970-513-9386 or thesilco.org. HEAD OVER HEELS is definitely a […]
KISS ME, KATE – Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Sam and Bella Spewack; Directed by Ken Cazan; Choreographed by Daniel Pelzig; Orchestra conducted by Adam Turner. Produced by the Central City Opera (124 Eureka Street, Central City) through August 5. Tickets available at 303-292-6700 or centralcityopera.org. God bless them, the Central City […]
THE LITTLE MERMAID – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater; Book by Doug Wright; Directed by Matthew Dailey, Music Directed by Jerimiah Otto; Choreographed by Kate Vallee. Produced by Candlelight Dinner Playhouse (4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown) through September 10. Tickets available at 970-744-3747 or ColoradoCandlelight.com. As a high school student […]
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING – Written by William Shakespeare; Directed by Kevin Rich. Produced by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, CU campus, Boulder) through August 13. Tickets available at 303-492-8008 or cupresents@colorado.edu. Shakespeare seems to have loved to make his audiences laugh. MUCH ADO claims one of the funniest scenes he’s written […]
DRIVING MISS DAISY – Written by Alfred Uhry; Directed by Lorraine Scott. Produced by Vintage Theatre Company (1468 Dayton Street, Aurora) through July 16. Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org. Everyone who hangs around Vintage Theatre at all knows Deb Persoff, Board Member and Greeter Extraordinaire. A dream role for her is playing Daisy Werthan in […]
A WINTER’S TALE – Written by William Shakespeare; Directed by Wendy Franz. Produced by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (University Theatre, CU campus, Boulder) through August 12th. Tickets available at 303-492-8008 or CUpresent@colorado.edu. Remembrance of the only other time I’ve ever seen this piece performed placed it firmly in the “grim” category of scripts in my […]