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Friday, April 14, 2017

Review: Exquisite corpses tell all in “The Drowning Girls” at Arvada Center by Lisa Kennedy

A keenly engaging work about three murdered women whose ghostly recollections get at something more vital than a mere whodunit.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:31PM
Saturday, March 18, 2017

“Constellations”: A fine space-time romance at Curious Theatre by Lisa Kennedy

"Constellations" is an engaging and melancholy affair.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:12PM
Thursday, February 23, 2017

“Two Degrees” at the Jones Theatre parallels climate change, a life’s meltdown by Lisa Kennedy

It won't change the course of your politics, but "Two Degrees" harbors an undeniable emotional resonance.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:24PM
Thursday, February 16, 2017

It’s time to get your Greek on at Boulder and Denver theaters by Lisa Kennedy

Oh ye citizens of area metropoles, it is time to get your Greek on.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:48PM
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Movie Review: Tim Sutton’s “Dark Night” sheds little light on Aurora theater shooting by Lisa Kennedy

The writer-director made a film that is cinematically striking but also maddeningly superior. We Coloradans tend to be prickly about films that take mass shootings as their “inspiration.”

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:30AM
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Cherry Creek Theatre gets new digs inside the Mizel Arts and Culture Center by Lisa Kennedy

The magic carpet ride has come to an end -- and a new adventure has begun.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:12PM
Sunday, December 11, 2016

Emma Stone on “La La Land,” Damien Chazelle and the broken shark by Lisa Kennedy

Interviewers have been asking Emma Stone for audition horror stories ever since “La La Land” first began wowing audiences at the Venice Film Festival in August. (It opens Friday.) And wh…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:00AM
Thursday, November 10, 2016

Denver Center Theatre Company gets new associate artistic director by Lisa Kennedy

In her new role, Garrett will work closely with the company's artistic team.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:01PM
Friday, September 23, 2016

Theater review: “Glass Menagerie” at Ricketson by Lisa Kennedy

A melancholy and still potent mix of compassion and judgment.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:58AM
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Theater review: Carol King’s “Beautiful” has a full-circle sweetness by Lisa Kennedy

The saga of one of the 20th century’s most successful pop songwriters was spun into “Beautiful: The Carol King Musical” and has a full-circle sweetness. The national tour of the Tony-n…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:39PM
Friday, June 17, 2016

“All the Rage” explores anger and compassion by Lisa Kennedy

Actor-playwright Martin Moran returns to his hometown this week with his book “All the Rage: a Quest” (Beacon Press), a deeply personal yet expansive exploration of anger — but also o…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:47AM
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

DeVotchKa Adds an Indie Touch to ‘Sweeney Todd’ by Lisa Kennedy

The Colorado-based band with a fondness for accordion and mandolin has tweaked Stephen Sondheim’s diabolically crafted musical.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:51PM
Friday, July 31, 2015

Review: Phamaly Theatre Company's dark and chilling "Cabaret" by Lisa Kennedy

There was a nightclub in Weimar-era Berlin called The Blue Stocking. Soldiers wounded during World War I would hook up there with prostitutes who might be missing an arm or a leg.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:28AM
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Colorado actor on the rise: Ben Bonenfant by Lisa Kennedy

Last summer actor Ben Bonenfant took to the stage as Prince Hal in Colorado Shakespeare Festival's productions of "Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2." Now the handsome 26-year-old can be found r…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:52AM
Friday, July 17, 2015

Phamaly Theater Company's strides to be tops in artistry and advocacy by Lisa Kennedy

When "Cabaret" opens Saturday at the Space Theatre downtown, actors Garrett Zuercher and Daniel Traylor will play the emcee of Berlin's Kit Kat Klub.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:05AM
Friday, July 10, 2015

Curious Theatre team at midpoint in an innovative live trilogy by Lisa Kennedy

Actors Damion Hoover, Cajardo Rameer Lindsey and Laurence Curry sit in the Curious Theatre sanctuary — the bar off the balcony of the converted Church on Acoma Street — t…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:24AM
Friday, July 3, 2015

Review: Cirque du Soleil's "Kurios" wows in Denver by Lisa Kennedy

Okay, let's just get this out of the way. Ooh. Ahh. Whoa. Zowee.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:44PM
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Producing "Othello" for Colorado Shakespeare Festival's audience by Lisa Kennedy

Yes, a thousand times yes, William Shakepeare's "Othello" is about race and otherness.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:13PM
Friday, June 26, 2015

Review: "Pinter Early & Late" at Germinal Stage by Lisa Kennedy

Some local theaters tweak their artistic mission or even revise it. And I'm all for change and challenge.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:46AM
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Theater review: Edge gives Nora Ephron's "Lucky Guy" area premiere by Lisa Kennedy

Nora Ephron's final play, "Lucky Guy" — getting its regional premiere at Lakewood's Edge Theater Company — recounts the rise of newspaper columnist Mike McAlary.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:30AM
Friday, June 19, 2015

Denver Center, Arvada Center, Buntport at top of Henry Award nominees by Lisa Kennedy

Thursday, the Colorado Theatre Guild announced nominees for the 2015 Henry Awards. The region's two biggest theaters were recognized for their seasons.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:49PM
Thursday, June 11, 2015

Theater review: Mining the best in "Brighton Beach Memoirs" by Lisa Kennedy

In Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical play "Brighton Beach Memoirs" — at Golden's Miners Alley Playhouse through June 28 — a family occupies a crowded Brooklyn, N.Y., home.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:10PM
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Curious Theatre Company honors former Mayor Wellington and Wilma Webb by Lisa Kennedy

Wellington and Wilma Webb are hardly strangers to the public's gaze.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:52AM
Friday, May 22, 2015

Colorado Theater: Choices abound, from classic Shakespeare to contemporary themes by Lisa Kennedy

Creede knows how to throw a party — this time for itself. This season marks the box-canyon theater's 50th year, and the company commissioned a play about its founding in 1966.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:15AM

The Bobby G Awards: Randy Weeks' singular, sensational legacy by Lisa Kennedy

When the Bobby G. Awards take place at the Buell Theatre Thursday night, some unnervingly poised teen thespian would do well to hoist the award and say, "This one's for Randy!"

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:45AM
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Theater Review: Theatre Esprit Asia premeres Maria Cheng's "Fermata" by Lisa Kennedy

In the program notes for the engaging and subtle "Fermata," playwright and actress Maria Cheng names three artists who influenced her play about three generations of women accomplished in

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:24PM
Friday, May 15, 2015

Theater: Curious' "Detroit" and a few more couple dramas sure to disquiet by Lisa Kennedy

In Lisa D'Amour's "Detroit" — currently at the Curious Theatre Company — married couple Ben and Mary invite new younger neighbors Sharon and Kenny over for a backyard mea…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:02PM
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Review: Curious Theatre Company heads to Lisa D'Amour's "Detroit" by Lisa Kennedy

If you're one of those people who likes a title to reveal its meaning quickly, then Lisa D'Amour's "Detroit" may gnaw at you as you watch newish neighbors Ben and Mary, Sharon and Ken…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:17PM
Friday, May 8, 2015

Review: "Hysteria" at the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company by Lisa Kennedy

In "Hysteria," an urgent knock on the garden doors of his London study stirs Sigmund Freud from his ruminations.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:57PM
Thursday, May 7, 2015

"Slow West," "Dope" and 6 other festival-tested summer movies by Lisa Kennedy

For decades now, the pipeline from Park City to a place called summer has been the condiut to channel smart, funny, challenging (all of the above) fare into arthouses and to give moviegoers …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:55PM
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Theater review: Edge Theater Company's production of "Jerusalem" by Lisa Kennedy

Lakewood's Edge Theater Company has been on a roll this year, already mounting regional premieres of two vexingly named, compelling plays.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:04PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime