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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Meet "The Lyons" - secrets and lies, fangs, claws and all (review) by Lisa Kennedy

"I think of myself as a fighter," playwright Nicky Silver said.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:44PM

Denver Center's "Hamlet" has father issues - and is better for it (review) by Lisa Kennedy

There's bound to be dickering. It's Shakespeare after all. And not just any play in the Bard's 38, but "Hamlet."

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:37PM
Sunday, February 9, 2014

"Pippin" "Kinky Boots" to kick off Denver Center Attractions seas by Lisa Kennedy

When Broadway's highest honors were given out last June, "Pippin" won the Tony Award for best revival of a musical and "Kinky Boots" took the prize for best musical.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:16PM
Thursday, February 6, 2014

"The Mousetrap" and "Boeing-Boeing" make for two charming, if dusty, revivals by Lisa Kennedy

Currently there is more incendiary, deeper, fresher theater throughout town. But if audience reaction is a measure, then sometimes theatergoers of a certain age just want to have fun.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:18PM

"Annapurna": Acting shines amid the squalor (review) by Lisa Kennedy

Thanks goodness for actor Chris Kendall. So went my thinking as I drove home in silence after watching the Super Bowl with a very superstitious — and demoralized — football-…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:09PM
Friday, January 31, 2014

9th Colorado New Play Summit takes on theater's peaks --and valleys by Lisa Kennedy

A movie set can resemble a construction site. Chunky electrical cables snake along floors out onto streets, slithering toward humming generators.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:11PM
Thursday, January 30, 2014

"Black Odyssey" delivers an epic night of ritual and wonder (Review) by Lisa Kennedy

Samuel Johnson was smart but when he wrote that "puns are the lowest form of humor," he couldn't guess what delicious — and potent — meaning that form of word play might bring t…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:37PM

TheatreWorks' "The Weir" offers a finely haunting night (Review) by Lisa Kennedy

Playwright Conor McPherson has been getting deserved attention on local stages recently.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:37PM
Friday, January 24, 2014

Review: Fierce, fun, "The Legend of Georgia McBride" premieres by Lisa Kennedy

Can 3.5 times 2 ever equal 4? Granted, I'm not good at math, but the Denver Center's world premiere of "The Legend of Georgia McBride" confirms that, yes, yes it can.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:06AM
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Review: "Orphans" a tough and tender tale at Edge by Lisa Kennedy

Last spring, there was drama aplenty as the revival of "Orphans" made its way to Broadway.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:56PM
Saturday, January 18, 2014

Review: Crying not likely for this beautiful, chilly "Evita" by Lisa Kennedy

Some like it hot. And they have had their share of "Evita" productions suited to their hankerings. Others, we welcome a chill in the air. So the national tour of the 2012 Broadway reviva…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:05AM
Thursday, January 16, 2014

"Black Odyssey": Playwright Marcus Gardley's big ambitions set sail by Lisa Kennedy

When playwright Marcus Gardley was commissioned for a new work by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in 2009, he knew what subject he would take on: the Pullman Porters.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:25PM

"The Whipping Man" sets the tone early for theater's new year (review) by Lisa Kennedy

"Ascendant" is a mighty fine word to characterize the Curious Theatre Company's production of "The Whipping Man."

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:20PM
Friday, January 10, 2014

"12 Years a Slave" challenged Curious' "The Whipping Man" by Lisa Kennedy

What happens when a movie beats you to the punch? Or the whip? That could have been the quandary the Curious Theatre Company faced when Steve McQueen's unrelenting drama "12 Years a Slave"

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:01PM
Friday, January 3, 2014

With two plays, audience will see writer Matthew Lopez light and dark by Lisa Kennedy

Consider January Matthew Lopez month in Denver. On a recent Saturday afternoon during a rehearsal of the up-and-coming playwright's "The Whipping Man," Curious Theatre Company's artistic

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:32PM
Thursday, January 2, 2014

"Franken-steen" unbolted for stage by Lisa Kennedy

Two of the funniest movies of the 1970s got their Broadway gussy-up in the 2000s. And each is being staged locally.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:44PM
Friday, December 27, 2013

2014 theater preview: Bold choice seeking adventerous audiences by Lisa Kennedy

With risk comes rewards. That adage will hold true for theatergoers in the upcoming months as some of the area's finest theaters mount premieres of new plays and take on other heady prod…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:42PM
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Review: Silliness abounds in "Monty Python's Spamalot" by Lisa Kennedy

All that is missing from the hammy "Monty Python's Spamalot" at Boulder's Dinner Theatre is a holiday pineapple ring.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:49PM
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Best of 2013: The 10 highest theater notes that made a critic happy to be watching by Lisa Kennedy

It's simple really: A memorable theater experience begins — and ends — with the feeling I wouldn't want to be anyplace else at that moment.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:06PM
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Reviews: A better Scrooge, a desperate George Bailey and aerialists! by Lisa Kennedy

If there's a holiday production to best thus far, it's the Denver Center's "A Christmas Carol," through Dec.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:59PM
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Reviews: "Santaland Diaries," "A Christmas Carol" by Lisa Kennedy

Move over, Ebenezer, a sharp-tongued Elf named Crumpet's got you beat when it comes to tart holiday observations.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:15PM
Thursday, November 28, 2013

Theater Review: "Jackie & Me" swings for the fences, connects by Lisa Kennedy

If perchance you grow weary of holiday visitors Ebenezer Scrooge, George Bailey or even a crackingwise elf named Crumpet — and how could you?

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:36PM
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Holiday Theater Preview: Warm chestnuts and shows naughty and nice by Lisa Kennedy

This holiday, area theaters are offering more options than there are lift flaps on an Advent calendar.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:50PM
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Theater reviews: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "From Door to Door" by Lisa Kennedy

Tennessee Williams' indelible Southern family is having at it — and each other — in Lakewood's Edge Theatre's revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:08PM

Theater review: Baby takes a bow wow in Lone Tree's "Sylvia" by Lisa Kennedy

When Greg suddenly brings home a stray pooch in "Sylvia," he lands in the doghouse. Any animal rescue organization will tell you that it is hard to pull off that surprise under the best of …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:03PM
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Review: Grand and not-so grand illusions get theirs in "Rancho Mirage" by Lisa Kennedy

Late in the pleasingly biting living-room comedy "Rancho Mirage," I had to double-check the program for the spelling of the host couple's last name.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:06PM
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Playwright and native son Steven Dietz returns home with two works by Lisa Kennedy

Playwright Steven Dietz was trying to find a quiet place in the Indianapolis Museum of Art on a recent Thursday afternoon.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:47PM

Theater Review: "The Most Deserving," where the ridiculous trumps the sublime by Lisa Kennedy

The subject may be art, but there's a lot more ridiculous than sublime going on in Catherine Trieschmann's amusing comedy about a clash of ideals and agendas.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:52PM
Friday, October 25, 2013

"Book of Mormon" review: Second tour in Denver still a 4-star blast by Lisa Kennedy

Geez, gosh, golly, what can we say? "The Book of Mormon" makes it far too easy to become a repeat offender.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:48PM
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Review: "Mestizo" offers a portrait of a musician and a movement by Lisa Kennedy

In 1974, Atlantic Records released Chicano singer-songwriter Daniel Valdez's album "Mestizo." As the first (and only) album of its kind, it was a landmark moment for Chicano arts.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:06PM
Thursday, October 17, 2013

"Just Like Us" theater review: The future is full of promise by Lisa Kennedy

In Karen Zacarias' adaptation of Helen Thorpe's nonfiction tome about immigration, "Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America," the incursion of the journa…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:59PM

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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