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 […]
IN THE HEIGHTS – Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Book by Quiara Alegria Hudes; Directed by Jonathan Andujar. Produced by Vintage Theatre Company (1468 Dayton, Aurora) through July 30. Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or vintagetheatre.org. By this time, nearly everyone that has gone even near a theatre in the last ten years has heard […]
THE SOUND OF MUSIC – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse; Directed by Alicia K. Meyers. Produced by BDT Stage (5501 Arapahoe, Boulder) through August 19. Tickets available at 303-449-6000 or boxoffice@bdtstage.com. By now you are all aware of the sad news that the long-running BDT […]
STONEWALL – Written by Neil Truglio, Samwell Rose, Frankie Lee and the cast of STONEWALL; Directed by Neil Truglio. Produced by Benchmark Theatre Company (1560 Teller, Lakewood) through July 1. Tickets available at 303-519-9059 or benchmarktheatre.com. I have to congratulate the committed board and company members of Benchmark. When they can’t find a play on the […]
ONCE – Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; Book by Enda Walsh; Directed by Tanner Kelly. Produced by Stagedoor Theatre Company (29757 Conifer Road, Conifer). Tickets no longer available. Well, sorry, folks, you blew it! You had your chance to catch this compelling production and now it’s gone. Theatre is like that; it’s […]
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE – Book by Greg Garcia and Mike O’Malley; Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Buffett; Directed and Choreographed by Kelly Van Oosbree; Music Directed by Andrew Fischer. Presented by Parker Arts (produced by Give 5 Productions at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker) through July 16. Tickets available at 303-805-6800 or ParkerArts.org. […]