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Theater | Week of June 12, 2014
Peggy Jo & the Desolate Nothing — presented by square product theatre and Buntport Theater Company, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Through June 21...
Letting Peggy Jo take the wheel
Most of what follows is true — the true story of a woman too big for her own life. Peggy Jo Tallas was mired in the post-women’s-liberation problem that faces so many women: If you didn’t grow up to be a wife and a mother, what did you grow up to be? And is it just a...
An uncanny depiction
Central to any theatrical production is suspension of disbelief. A weak plot point, an actor dropping a line, even bad lighting can be enough to break the illusion, pulling the audience mentally back from the world of the play and into the world at large...
Theater | Week of June 5, 2014
The Little Mermaid. Jesters Dinner Theatre. 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through June 14...
Theater | Week of May 29, 2014
VIVA Theater & Boulder Fringe Festival present “Take 6.” The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through May 31...
Theater | Week of May 22, 2014
Take 6 — Presented by VIVA Theater and the Boulder Fringe Festival. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through May 31...
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’ ...