Author: Beki Pineda

GRAND HORIZON

GRAND HORIZONS – Written by Bess Wohl; Directed by Bernie Cardell.  Produced by Vintage Theatre (1468 Dayton Street, Aurora) through April 27.  Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org.  There is just something inherently funny about a mature (supposedly) long-married couple exchanging insults.  They know each other well enough to hit the right buttons. The long-married […]

PERFECT ARRANGEMENT

PERFECT ARRANGEMENT – Written by Topher Payne; Directed by Troy Lakey.  Produced by Firehouse Theater Company (7653 East 1st Place, Denver – in Lowry) through May 4th.  Tickets available at 303-562-3232 or firehousetheatercompany.com.  Topher Payne is gaining quite a reputation in Colorado theatre circles.  His play YOU ENJOY MYSELF was recently done in Boulder; now […]

BASKERVILLE

BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK  HOLMES MYSTERY – Written by Ken Ludwig; Directed by Matt Zambrano.  Produced by Lone Tree Arts Center (10075 Common Street, Lone Tree) through April 16.  Tickets available at 720-509-1000 or LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.  I’m just going to start with the one thing that bothered me about this production – then tell you about everything […]

NATIONAL BOHEMIANS

NATIONAL BOHEMIANS – Written by Luke Sorge; Directed by Warren Sherrill.  Produced by Miners Alley Performing Arts Center (1100 Miners Alley, Golden) through April 28th.  Tickets available at 303-935-3094 or minersalley.com.  I generally start off talking about the story or the actors.  Even though this was an interesting story and the actors are terrific, the […]

ONCE

ONCE – Book by Edna Walsh; Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; Directed by Carrie Colton; Music Direction by AbdulKarim Islam; Choreography by Carrie Bolton.  Produced by Town Hall Arts Center (2450 Main Street, Littleton) through April 27.  Tickets available at 303-794-2787 or townhallartscenter.org.  If I told you that I could take […]

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE – Music and Lyrics by William Finn; Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Directed by Ben Ranaan; Musical Direction by Trent Hines; Choreography by Claire Hayes.  Produced by Phamaly Theatre Company (Presented by Northglenn Arts, 1 East Memorial Parkway, Northglenn) through April 6.  Tickets available at 303-365-0005 or phamaly.org.  One […]

THE GENTLEMEN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER

A GENTLEMEN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER – Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman; Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak; Directed by Geoffrey Kent; Musical Direction by Alec Steinhorn; Choreography by Grady Soapes.  Produced by the Arvada Center (6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada) through May 11.  Tickets available at 720-898-7200 or ArvadaCenter.org.  Geoffrey Kent has […]

DOWNSTATE

DOWNSTATE – Written by Bruce Norris; Directed by Christy Montour-Larson.  Produced by Curious Theatre Company (1080 Acoma, Denver) through April 13.  Tickets available at 303-623-0524 or curioustheatre.org.  Downstate!  As a born and bred Illini, I know what “downstate” means.  There are two regions in Illinois:  Chicago and Downstate.  A person born in Springfield, Peoria, Champaign, […]

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME – Written by Simon Stephens; Directed by Richard Cowden.  Produced by the Aurora Fox Theatre (9900 East Colfax, Aurora) through April 13.  Tickets available at 303-739-1970 or AuroraArtsCenter.org.  Henry Judge ALERT!!  There is a young talent performing at the Fox to which attention must be paid. […]

LIFE OF PI

THE LIFE OF PI – Adapted from the Yann Martel novel by Lolita Chakrabarti; Directed by Max Webster.  Presented by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Broadway (Buell Theatre, 14th and Curtis, Denver) through March 30.  Tickets available at denvercenter.com and 303-893-4100.  I’d like to think that people read what I write knowing they […]