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Theater | Week of March 12, 2015
Ain’t Misbehavin’. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-856- 7830. Through April 26...
Theater | Week of May 15, 2014
Shrek The Musical. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre. 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Sept. 6...
Ladies, ladies, ladies!
Perusing the list of plays at this year’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF), a purist might be a bit nonplussed. Out of five total plays, the bard penned only two, Twelfth Night and Richard III, putting Shakespeare’s work firmly in the minority at his own festival...
Theater | Week of January 1, 2015
Fiddler on the Roof. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Feb. 28.
Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking! Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through Mar. 1.
A lie told often enough
Back in the aughts, the Bug Theatre Company consistently produced exciting, affecting theatre of a kind not commonly seen elsewhere. Its hauntingly beautiful 2003 production of Alchemy of Desire/Dead Man’s Blues brought tears to my eyes. Its take on David Sedaris’ ...
This fish is foul
As the renowned inventor Charles F. Kettering said, “One fails forward toward success.” Louis C.K. expressed a similar sentiment in more modern parlance when he opined, “Whenever you leave behind failure you’re doing good. If you think everything you’ve done is great...
‘So long, farewell’
When the news broke last June that Boulder Dinner Theatre (BDT Stage) owners Gene and Judy Bolles had sold their building on 5501 Arapahoe...
Funny in a ‘foreign’ language
It’s no great secret that being a woman in a leadership position comes with many unfair challenges — and for women of color, those...
Get your knickers in a twist
All of you — okay, both of you –— avid theatre review readers will remember that my last review was of Roller Skating With My Cousin which, unsurprisingly, contained generous amounts of on-stage roller skating. Who’d of thunk that this, my very next review, would be...
Theater | Week of Nov. 12, 2015
A Tuna Christmas. Miner’s Alley Theatre, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through Dec. 20...