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Barrie’s back
Just to make sure we’re all on the same page, the title of this review in no way implies that Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s Peter Pan somehow manages to incorporate references to the medical marijuana dispensaries that have cropped up (heh, heh) on seemingly every other...
A mannered manor
It`s not often that I reach for the Bible when trying to wrap my mind around a theatrical experience. Sports metaphors? Sure. Pop culture references? Naturally. But the Bible, not so much. Yet after taking in the opening night performance of the Upstart Crow ...
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...
Of Pac-Man and leg warmers
How many times have you been to the theatre during the past year? Granted, you’re reading a theatre review, so you’re probably pretty far down the right hand side of the Bell Curve, but be honest. Did you go once? Twice? In my experience, even self-proclaimed theatre...
Cheech and Chong get it legal
"It's getting closer all the time,” says Cheech Marin about what he calls the “quasi-legal” state of marijuana use in America. “You can walk down the street of just about any city smoking a joint, and nobody’s gonna hassle you. It’s ridiculous that it’s not legal. ...
‘The SantaLand Diaries’ kicks Christmas square in its jingle balls
Christmas time is again upon us...
Kron’s latest divides, but will it conquer?
I can’t speak for any other critics, but for me the most difficult plays to review are those that rest in that nebulous in-between place, those that are formidably mediocre and thereby fail to inspire either serious praise or derision. If a play is exceptionally bad...
Kathy Griffin is actually a gay man, and other comedic oddities
Arguably the reigning Queen of Inappropriate Humor, comedian Kathy Griffin is currently riding high with a New York Times bestselling memoir, Official Book Club Selection, a twotime Emmy Award-winning reality series, My Life on the D-List, a series of stand up comedy...
40 Women Over 40 brings drama, humor, and healing to stage
To say that Nancy Cranbourne is excited about her dance company would be a bit of an understatement...
The Theatre Company of Lafayette is in The Zone
Judging from the Theater Company of Lafayette’s latest Halloween homage to all things Twilight Zone, the cast and crew must have some serious trust issues. Because if it’s not a sort of group sublimation, then it would have to be some incredible concatenation of ...
Who knew a spelling bee could be so much fun?
In the world of pop culture, you can't walk to the corner store for a soda without running into 15 examples of paeans to the popular kids. Plays, movies and songs seem to suckle at the teat of social acceptance as they lavish praise on the beautiful and adroit, the ...