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 […]
COME FROM AWAY – Book, Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein; Directed by Kenny Moten; Music Direction by David Nehls, Choreography by Jessica Hindsley. Produced by the Arvada Center (6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada) through May 10th. Tickets available at 720-898-7200 or arvadacenter.org. When was the last time you attended a play that made you want to […]
A CHORUS LINE – Book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante; Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Edward Kleban; Directed and Choreographed by Allison Eversoll. Produced by Performance Now Theatre Company (Presented at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 South Allison Parkway, Lakewood) through March 29. Tickets available at 303-987-7845 or Tickets@Lakewood.org. Bravo to a reimagined […]
BIRTHDAY CANDLES – Written by Noah Haidle; Directed by Christy Montour-Larson. Produced by Curious Theatre Company (presented at 1080 Acoma Street, Denver) through April 5. Tickets available at 303-623-0524 or CuriousTheatre.org. This is the story of a woman. A woman who lived a contained but full life. Nothing spectacular, but full of love. In my personal dotage, lately I’ve been saying to people […]
BELLA BELLA – Written by Harvey Fierstein; Directed by Mari Geasair. Produced by Vintage Theatre (1468 Dayton, Aurora) through March 18. Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org. We have outspoken women in politics now on both sides of the aisle. A few of them didn’t last too long. But there had to be the first […]
Y MOTHER AND THE MICHIGAN/OHIO WAR – Written by Paul Stroili; Directed by Len Matheo. Produced by Miners Alley Performing Arts Center (1100 Miners Alley, Golden) through March 29. Tickets available at 303-935-3044 or MinersAlley.com. The Purple Rose Theatre is a small, intimate company in Chelsea, Michigan, about 20 minutes west of Ann Arbor. It […]
THE RUNNER STUMBLES – Written by Milan Stitt; Directed by Sina Hirsch. Produced by Elemental Theatre Company (Presented at the People’s Building, 9995 East Colfax, Aurora) through March 8. Tickets available at 720-244-6205 or ElementalTheatrecompany.org. Playwright Stitt found an interesting real-life story that happened in 1907 in a very religious small community in Michigan. A […]
NINE TO FIVE – Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton; Book by Patricia Resnick; Co-directed by Dana Hart Wright and Paul Page; Musical Direction by Tanner Kelly; Choreography by Dallas Slankard. Produced by Vintage Theatre (1468 Dayton St, Aurora) through March 29. Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or Vintagetheatre.org. You can always tell when you’re […]