FRANKENSTEIN – Written by Nick Dear; Directed by Kelly Van Oosbree. Produced by Platte Valley Theatre Arts (Performed at the Armory, 300 Strong St, Brighton) through October 19. Tickets available at Platte ValleyTheatreArts.org. There are people who read a script and are totally daunted by the scope of it. The number of scenes, the number of […]
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT – Book by Joe Dipietro; Music by George and Ira Gershwin. Produced by Lone Tree Arts Center (10075 Commons Street, Lone Tree) through October 26. Tickets available at 720-509-1000 or Lonetreeartscenter.org. How fun it is to have a really great show to write about and encourage people to see! The current production […]
ALABAMA STORY – Written by Kenneth Jones; Directed by Melissa Lucero McCarl. Produced by Firehouse Theater Company (Presented at the John Hand Theater, 7653 East First Place, Denver) through October 26. Tickets available at 303-562-3232 or firehousetheater.com. Everyone has a personal relationship with books. You can’t escape them. As a child, you are taught to read by being read to; as […]
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by George Furth. Directed by Bernie Cardell; Musical Direction by Brandon Bill; Choreography by Adrienne Hampton. Produced by Vintage Theatre (1468 Dayton Street, Aurora) through October 19. Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or VintageTheatre.org. Imagine, if you can, the opening night of the first Broadway […]
THE THIN PLACE – Written by Lucas Hnath; Directed by Jessica Robblee. Produced by BETC (Presented at the Savoy Event Center, 2700 Arapahoe, Denver, and the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder) through September 28 at the Savoy Event Center and October 3-26 at the Dairy Arts Center. Tickets available at betc.vbotickets.com for the Denver engagement; thedairy.org for […]
STEEL MAGNOLIAS – Written by Robert Harling; Directed by Shelly Gaza. Produced by Candlelight Dinner Playhouse (4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown) through November 11. Tickets available at 970-744- 3747 or ColoradoCandlelight.com. Candlelight has broken their usual pattern of producing musicals and brought this classic straight comic script to their spacious playing space. “Why?” you ask. Well, for one thing, it probably […]
THE MOUSETRAP – Written by Agatha Christie; Directed by Lynne Collins. Produced by the Arvada Center (6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada) through October 12. Tickets available at 720-898-7200 or arvadacenter.org. You can’t call yourself a passionate playgoer unless you have seen at least two or three productions of both THE MOUSETRAP and THE FANTASTICKS, two of the longest-running scripts […]