Stage

The line is hundreds deep, snaking around a dark parking lot lorded over by armed men in military riot gear atop the warehouse loading dock. One by one, they check IDs and tickets, then give attendees a gun and push them through the gates of hell...

Saturday, Aug. 16: Dairy Comedy. 8 p.m. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826...

West Side Story. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Sept. 7...

It was more than four years ago that Emily Harrison, artistic director for Boulder’s square product theatre, saw University of Denver professor Selah Saterstrom read an excerpt of her novel-in-progress, SLAB, at a Naropa University writing workshop. Harrison found ...

Saturday, August 9: Paula Poundstone. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303- 440-7666...

Saturday, August 9: Bolder Acts Triple Header Event. 7 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510...

Shrek the Musical. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303- 449-6000. Through Sept. 6...

I spent my childhood climbing trees and swinging on swings and spinning ‘til I got dizzy and fell down. And then I discovered dance,” says Nancy Smith. “And then many, many years later I saw people combining climbing, hanging, spinning, with dance. And that was the ...

Mood Indigo, opening this Friday at the Landmark Chez Artiste in Denver, is the latest from French writer/director Michel Gondry, a crafter of handmade fairy tales and whimsical nightmares best known for his 2004 sci-fi break-up drama, Eternal Sunshine of the ...

Shrek the Musical. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303- 449-6000. Through Sept. 6...

During the mid-1960s when his soon-to-be-legendary career as a playwright was just taking off, Neil Simon decided to tweak the longstanding trope of the mismatched companions. Stretching back at least to the Mutt and Jeff comic strip in the early 1900s, this storied ...

Thursday-Sunday, July 17-27: The Amazing Acro-Cats Boogie in Boulder!!! The Nomad Theater. 8 p.m. 1410 Quince Ave. Humans can’t resist watching adorable kitties doing goofy things on the Internet, so, why not see it live? Feline behavioral expert and trainer ...