Friday, July 7, 2023
In "The Winter's Tale," Leontes, King of Sicilia, asks a favor of his pregnant wife, Hermione: persuade his childhood Polixenes, King of Bohemia, to extend his visit a few days. As a very pr…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:25AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 20, 2023
It's heartening when the area's smaller theaters take on epic projects. Even moreso when they pull back the curtain on the stories of marginalized people.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:55AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 8, 2023
The deceased's somewhat creepy sculptural work is actually for sale, as are the many tchotchkes, oddities and books exhibited in a warren of rooms.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:13PM[SHARE]Friday, June 2, 2023
Denver Fringe Festival runs June 8-11 with 40 shows over 10 venues in RiNo, Five Points and Curtis Park.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:24PM[SHARE]A ring of the doorbell will change everything for a married couple -- and the world? " Â in playwright Sarah Ruhl's involving drama "The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies," at Miners …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 1, 2023
It doesn't seem fair or smart or particularly nimble to write that the folks at Buntport are at it again. And yet: The folks at Buntport are at it again with their latest original play, "Bes…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 25, 2023
It would be too flippant to say playwright MartÃn Zimmerman's drama, "On the Exhale," begins with a bang. Although, its ensuing tragedy does -- a series of bangs, in fact.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:48AM[SHARE]Friday, May 12, 2023
Connection is a recurring theme in how McCallum and Nehls came to make "Miss Rhythm," which is based on the 1996 book.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:54AM[SHARE]Neuman sets his engaging drama -- with music and a little bit of sashaying " in 1908, the year New York City's vaudeville quasars Eva Tanguay and Julian Eltinge decided to flip the script on…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:54AM[SHARE]Friday, May 5, 2023
This past weekend offered two shows that are expertly performed, skillfully designed and directed with a terrific sense of what their ensembles are capable of.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:32AM[SHARE]Friday, April 28, 2023
So much in the Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado's latest production, Mat Smart's "Eden Prairie, 1971," shines a spotlight on the many pleasures the Boulder company has offered audiences …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:36PM[SHARE]Friday, April 14, 2023
To see anew in a season of renewal comes as a gift, making it easy to feel awash with theatergoer gratitude.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:36AM[SHARE]Friday, March 24, 2023
Continuing the company's 25th-anniversary theme of what it means to be an American, "Amerikin" brims with weighty ideas.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:24AM[SHARE]Friday, February 24, 2023
In "Hotter Than Egypt," American businessman Paul fancies himself a culturally astute traveler. He's been to Cairo before and respects the local customs, a fact he makes a point of when his …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 17, 2023
Jake Brasch is talking about how growing up in Denver shaped him as a playwright. The 31-year-old will return to his hometown from New York this week to begin rehearsals for the staged readi…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AM[SHARE]In one play, a woman of formidable intellect navigates two catastrophic losses. In the other, a woman of formidable frankness allows herself a glimmer of romantic feeling.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 13, 2023
The show fills out a past in ways that will be illuminating to even those who know some of the high points of the Rossonian and Five Points.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 10, 2023
Funny. Funnier. Funniest. How you arrange these apt adjectives will hinge on your own taste in wit.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 3, 2023
This is the final weekend of "Acts of Faith," and you might consider rearranging your plans to catch it before Faith and her vital lessons vanish.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 9, 2023
Not long ago, Kyle Abraham returned to the city that shaped him as an artist. The renowned choreographer and MacArthur Fellow visited his hometown of Pittsburgh for the local premiere of "An…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 6, 2023
Spring looks likely to awaken Colorado theatergoers' hearts and minds with entertaining and ambitious fare.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 9, 2022
Michelle "'Shells" Hoffman won't be home for Christmas or Hanukkah or even Chrismukkah for that matter. Instead, the self-identified "bi-religious" daughter of Ronkonkoma, N.Y. -- played wit…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:24AM[SHARE]Friday, November 25, 2022
In the play "Franklinland," Benjamin Franklin is a man of many ideas and ideals. He is an avid inventor and a fellow with no shortage of appetites.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 23, 2022
In October 2020, Nepi's husband of 30 years, Mark, was rushed to Littleton's Adventist Hospital with life-threatening complications from COVID-19.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:06AM[SHARE]Friday, November 4, 2022
The production is so very ambitious that this viewer was left with the sense that its makers are trying to say even more than I could grasp with confidence on one sitting.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:48AM[SHARE]The fight choreography is gorgeous, even though no punches connect. A thump on a chest or stomp on the canvas signals a dazing blow, a blinding jab.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:48AM[SHARE]Friday, October 28, 2022
Some of that wink and nudge is, of course, the work of William Shakespeare. But there is also a drollness to the staging of the Bard's comedy.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2022
This indie-rock musical celebrates the imagination, which can be a gateway to invention, a portal to escape, a window into the future
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Heritage can come in waves, carried by the stories mothers and fathers and grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins share.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:19AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 18, 2022
In attending Phamaly productions, audiences of shared and varied abilities can't help but be changed or at least challenged.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:25AM[SHARE]Friday, September 30, 2022
With the recent openings of "The Children" and "Dry Land," area theaters continue to launch their seasons on a high note -- or, depending on how you look at it, a culturally attuned "low" no…
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