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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Su Teatro gets national grant for "Chicano Roots Rehab" project by Joanne Ostrow

Su Teatro has been selected to receive a national grant for "Chicano Roots Rehab," a new music and theater project developed by Su Teatro Executive Artistic Director Anthony Jr.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:28PM
Monday, April 25, 2016

"Steel Magnolias" at John Hand Theatre show the power of sisterhood by Joanne Ostrow

"Steel Magnolias," the play by Robert Harling perhaps best remembered from the movie, achieves its emotional targets in a small-scale rendering at the John Hand Theater.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:06PM
Friday, April 22, 2016

BETC's "Cyrano" is a satisfying update on the classic French rom-com by Joanne Ostrow

An adaptation of the well-worn love story from 1897, "Cyrano" remains relevant in 2016.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:28PM
Monday, April 18, 2016

"Sweeney Todd" at DCPA is a rewarding version of the Sondheim classic by Joanne Ostrow

From the first shrill blast of a steam whistle, a spellbinding production of "Sweeney Todd" at the Stage Theatre launches the audience on a nightmarish descent into madness and meat pies.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:49PM
Monday, April 11, 2016

Spotlight Theatre Company announces its 2016-2017 season lineup by Joanne Ostrow

Spotlight Theatre Company announced its 2016-17 season, a varied lineup of plays to launch in August, all but one at the John Hand Theater in Colorado Free University at Lowry.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:27PM

"The Rembrandt Room" stars Erin Rollman in Buntport's first solo show by Joanne Ostrow

There's something antiseptic about a windowless gallery housing priceless treasures. The Old Masters are to be worshipped.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:03PM

Arvada Center sets its 2016-17 theater season, mix of musicals, plays by Joanne Ostrow

The Arvada Center released its 2016-7 theater season, a slate of three musicals and four plays, including regional and world premieres.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:01PM
Friday, April 8, 2016

"You Can't Take it With You" theater review: The classic madcap farce at Miners Alley by Joanne Ostrow

If "madcap" is to your taste, you can't go wrong with the Miners Alley Playhouse production of "You Can't Take it With You," the 1936 Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman comedy that recently enj…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:06AM

The classic madcap farce "You Can't Take it With You" at Miners Alley by Joanne Ostrow

If "madcap" is to your taste, you can't go wrong with the Miners Alley Playhouse production of "You Can't Take it With You," the 1936 Moss Hart and George S.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:54AM
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

DeVotchka won't just play music, they have roles in "Sweeney Todd" by Joanne Ostrow

When the Denver Center Theatre Company's production of "Sweeney Todd" opens in previews Friday night, fans of DeVotchKa will find their beloved local band not in the pit, but above the stag…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:50PM
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

"The Glass Menagerie" retains its sting by Joanne Ostrow

The words, rhythms and sorrows of "The Glass Menagerie" are so ingrained a part of our shared literary past, it feels as though we've just seen or read it even if it's been decades.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:56PM
Friday, March 25, 2016

Disney's "Newsies" a familiar plucky orphan tale highlighted by dance by Joanne Ostrow

A vintage printing press sits center stage in a touring Broadway show that celebrates, among other things, the power of the printed word.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:34PM
Thursday, March 24, 2016

"Black Elk Speaks" at the Aurora Fox features a Native American cast by Joanne Ostrow

The smell of burning sage permeates the Aurora Fox theater before each performance of "Black Elk Speaks" as it did before every rehearsal, the producer has noted, when the cast — 80

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:58AM
Friday, March 18, 2016

"Tigers Be Still" theater review: A loaded "comedy about depression" at The Avenue by Joanne Ostrow

From the start, even from the title, it's clear Kim Rosenstock's "Tigers Be Still" is a fantastical story.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:58AM

"Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue" theater review: Play by Quiara Alegria Hudes opens at Curious by Joanne Ostrow

Surely, the tale of three generations of Hispanic American men fighting in three different U.S. wars could shed light on a particular experience for a particular family and the men themselve…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:58AM
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Edge's "Getting Out," about a woman just out of prison, is rewarding by Joanne Ostrow

Fortunately for theater-goers, if unfortunately for the country, Marsha Norman's 1970s play "Getting Out," about a woman just released from prison, is entirely relevant and moving today.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:33AM
Friday, March 11, 2016

Local Theatre's new play festival strikes a new "Tone" by Joanne Ostrow

Local Theatre Company in Boulder plans a fresh approach to its new play fest this year: The 2016 festival will invite audience members to be part of the creative process, along with three in…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:32AM
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

DCPA's Kent Thompson unveils the Theatre Company's 2016-17 season by Joanne Ostrow

The 38th season of the Theatre Company at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts contains a mix of classics and contemporary dramas, from Charles Dickens and Tennessee Williams to two wor…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:52AM
Tuesday, March 8, 2016

DCPA's Kent Thompson unveils the Theatre Company's 2016-17 season by Joanne Ostrow

The 38th season of the Theatre Company at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, announced Tuesday, contains a mix of classics and contemporary dramas, from Charles Dickens and Tennessee

SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:26PM
Saturday, March 5, 2016

"Heathers the Musical" theater review: An uneasy high school comedy/tragedy by Joanne Ostrow

The humor is twisted, to say the least. While the audience giggled through "Heathers the Musical" at the Aurora Fox Arts Center, the balancing act is awkward: the comic sendup of teen st…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:06AM
Sunday, February 21, 2016

Ostrow: "Becoming Mike Nichols" is a short, insightful documentary on HBO by Joanne Ostrow

Mike Nichols talks about his luck in life almost as if he weren't a creative genius.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:49AM
Friday, February 19, 2016

Theater review: Slapstick British farce "One Man, Two Guvnors" plays at Vintage by Joanne Ostrow

Depending how you feel about slapstick, farce, British music hall comedy, cases of mistaken identity and high-speed alliteration, "One Man, Two Guvnors" by Richard Bean may be just your cup…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:43AM
Thursday, February 18, 2016

John Rapson kills it in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" by Joanne Ostrow

"A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," in its national tour, is a cleverly designed, smartly directed musical romp that benefits from some fine acting talents.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:07PM
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

"Vera Rubin" performance a collaboration of BETC and Fiske Planetarium by Joanne Ostrow

Actors will roam the galaxy and dark matter will find its place in the spotlight when art and science converge in Boulder this month.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:30PM

"House of Cards" writer Laura Eason's play opens in Denver soon by Joanne Ostrow

Laura Eason is one of the most prolific and successful dramatists in the country — and one of the few women who can claim as much.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:30PM

Play based on Denver haunt My Brother's Bar is clever, provocative by Joanne Ostrow

Playwright Theresa Rebeck has a gift for dialogue. She showed the same deft use of language in "Smash" on NBC.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:30PM

A Latina in Hollywood explores class and culture in Denver's "Fade" by Joanne Ostrow

The lack of women and minorities in Hollywood is a hot topic in the media lately. At a time when television is hailed for putting a more diverse assortent of faces onscreen, the unbalanc…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:30PM
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Pre-Broadway version of Disney's "Frozen" coming to Denver by Joanne Ostrow

The pre-Broadway debut of "Frozen," a new film-to-stage Disney musical, highlights the 2016-17 Broadway season for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:49AM
Friday, February 12, 2016

Pre-Broadway version of Disney's "Frozen" coming to Denver by Joanne Ostrow

A pre-Broadway version of Disney's "Frozen" will highlight the Denver Center for the Performing Arts 2016-17 season, the center announced Thursday.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:30AM

"Hand to God" among regional premieres in new Curious Theatre season by Joanne Ostrow

Curious Theatre announced its 19th season slate with five plays, including the regional premiere of Robert Askins' "Hand to God."

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:30AM
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

"Hand to God" among regional premieres in new Curious Theatre season by Joanne Ostrow

Curious Theatre announced its 19th season slate with five plays, including the regional premiere of Robert Askins' "Hand to God.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:02AM

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