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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
Friday, October 11, 2013

Theater review: Denver Center's "Death of a Salesman" feels fresh, resonant by Lisa Kennedy

None other than doomed salesman Willy Loman shared this insight recently: "I realize Willy's not the hero, Biff is." Or rather, Mike Hartman, the actor portraying Willy in the Denver Center …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:49PM
Thursday, October 10, 2013

"Around the World in 80 Days" theater review: "80 Days" offers a jaunt more than a trek by Lisa Kennedy

A gentlemen's wager at London's elite Reform Club leads one of its more mysterious members on a quest to circumnavigate the globe, his new manservant in tow.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:09PM

"Who Killed Jigaboo Jones?" theater review: Jeff Campbell's punch to hip-hop's gut by Lisa Kennedy

As its title suggests, Jeff Campbell's wildly funny, sharply performed one-man show "Who Killed Jigaboo Jones?" is something of a murder mystery.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:07PM
Friday, October 4, 2013

Helen Thorpe's "Just Like Us" adapted for the Denver Center stage by Lisa Kennedy

When the immigration drama "Just Like Us" has its world premiere at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Stage Theatre on Oct. 10, it will in many ways mark the continuing saga of powe…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:52PM
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Review: "Seminar" short on lasting lessons, good with dark laughs by Lisa Kennedy

Vicious parlor gatherings appear to be in vogue. Spring brought Yasmina Reza's "God of Carnage," with its uncorked hostilities between two sets of parents, to the Curious Theatre Company.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:53PM

A stereotype will meet his maker in "Who Killed Jigaboo Jones?" by Lisa Kennedy

Forget the inflammatory title. The poster for "Who Killed Jigaboo Jones?" makes people even more uncomfortable.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:36PM
Thursday, September 26, 2013

"Next Fall" theater review: A sweet and odd couple in love and under duress by Lisa Kennedy

Want to flee the hospital waiting room at the start of "Next Fall," Geoffrey Nauffts' drama of faith and doubt, love and the spectre of wrenching loss?

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:53PM

"Sister Act" theater review: Buell show in Denver makes a joyful, fun noise by Lisa Kennedy

"Sister Act," the 1992 comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg, wasn't exactly a good movie. But lord, did it make a joyful, pleasing noise.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:52PM
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

"Death of a Salesman" actors Mike Hartman and Lauren Klein on playing - and being - married by Lisa Kennedy

As Mike Hartman and Lauren Klein go on stage as Linda Loman and her burdened husband, Willy Loman, in the Denver Center Theatre Company's staging of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," it…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:59PM
Thursday, September 19, 2013

"After the Revolution" theater review: Coming to terms with a fallen idol by Lisa Kennedy

Amy Herzog would be the first to tell you there's an explanatory density to her politically astute, personal drama "After the Revolution," having its regional premiere at Curious Theatre thr…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:57PM
Friday, September 13, 2013

"Camelot" theater review: Lush song, a worthy king, a famous love triangle by Lisa Kennedy

Even more than most classic musicals, "Camelot" leans heavily on its leads to give robust, tender, soaring voice to its story. In fact, the ensemble for Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:03PM
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Theater: An updated "Camelot" at Arvada Center? Sure, but don't mess with dapper Lancelot by Lisa Kennedy

Rod Lansberry has embraced this dilemma before — and how. Last season, the Arvada Center artistic director headed into theater's cavernous vault, dug out and dusted off "Man of La M…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:49PM
Thursday, September 5, 2013

Review: "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" a fun, bewigged, sequined musical by Lisa Kennedy

No doubt about it: "Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical" arrives at the Buell Theatre dressed to thrill. In 2011, the feathered, sequined, bewigged spectacle won the Tony Award for b…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:45PM
Friday, August 30, 2013

2013 Denver Post Fall Theater Preview: Take a chance on the new, a number of companies are by Lisa Kennedy

Theater's equivalent to the "No Pain, No Gain" adage might be something along the lines of "without risk, there's no reward." Which is why this prelude to the fall theater season includes a …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:27PM
Thursday, August 29, 2013

LIDA Project's "Watershed" theater review by Lisa Kennedy

"Watershed (Part II: Soiled)" begins with vivid grace in the desiccated farmland of the Dust Bowl years and concludes in the present, with beachgoers slathering and blathering and hardly hee…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:13PM
Thursday, August 22, 2013

"Metamorphoses" theater review: Aurora Fox makes quite the mythical splash by Lisa Kennedy

At Saturday's performance of "Metamorphoses," the thoughtful folk at the Aurora Fox provided theatergoers in the first rows with the thin plastic ponchos you might expect passengers on Niaga…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:35PM

"In the Heights" theater review: Vintage Theatre show has charm but few highs by Lisa Kennedy

In a sense, Vintage Theatre's production of the Tony-winning "In the Heights" has returned composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda's street-savvy work to its roots. This is not entirely a good …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:08PM
Thursday, August 15, 2013

"Offending the Audience" theater review: Living up to (and exceeding) a title by Lisa Kennedy

Peter Handke's aggressive and eloquent play "Offending the Audience" - at Germinal Stage Denver through Aug. 25 - strikes a challenging tone that puts one in mind of another smartly contrari…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:37PM

"Cymbeline" theater review: Do see TheatreWorks' winning take on Shakespeare by Lisa Kennedy

Tragedy or romance? If there is a debate about which genre Shakespeare's later play "Cymbeline" occupies, Colorado Springs' TheatreWorks has weighed in with its annual - and delightful - Sha…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:20PM
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Miner's Alley"World of Wonder" by Lisa Kennedy

A women on the lam from her marriage meets a jilted alcoholic with a wooden barrel headed to Niagara Falls.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:33PM

"Steel Magnolias" review: Barth Hotel show full of hairspray and hope by Lisa Kennedy

Let's start with hope. For Senior Housing Options' play/fundraiser, hope takes root offstage.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:33PM
Thursday, August 1, 2013

"The Year of Magical Thinking" theater review: Grief becomes her at Bas Bleu by Lisa Kennedy

During a post-performance talkback after the emotionally demanding one-woman show "The Year of Magical Thinking" — at Fort Collins' Bas Bleu Theatre through Sunday — actress W…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:49PM

"House of Blue Leaves" theater review: Edge's Theatre Company's solid production is good fun by Lisa Kennedy

Artie Shaughnessy plays the piano (not so well) and composes songs (even worse). As portrayed by Tom Auclair in the Edge Theatre Company's well-performed production of John Guare's "The Hous…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:39PM
Thursday, July 25, 2013

"17 Border Crossings" theater review: Thaddeus Phillips globetrots the world by Lisa Kennedy

The globe-trotting performance piece "17 Border Crossings" — at Buntport through Saturday — could easily have been part of the recently concluded Biennial of the Americas.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:40PM

"Fiddler on the Roof" review: Phamaly returns to the shtetl, lovingly by Lisa Kennedy

The Phamaly Theatre Company's "Fiddler on the Roof" soars. Directed by Steve Wilson and featuring a wise and measured turn by Mark Dissette, this production delivers a rousingly tender versi…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:40PM
Thursday, July 18, 2013

The Henry Awards: A Colorado theater celebration with snubs by Lisa Kennedy

What! What the?! So went my reaction last month when I saw that the Denver Center Theatre Company's world premiere of "Sense & Sensibility The Musical" wasn't nominated for the outstand…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:59PM
Friday, July 12, 2013

Denver's Phamaly troupe brings one-armed "Fiddler on the Roof" Sophia Hummel from San Francisco by Lisa Kennedy

Sophia Hummel sits in Denver's Rooster & Moon cafe wearing a delicate silver necklace and a peasant-style blouse. The blouse seems fitting, given the 19-year-old's role as the titular fiddle…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:11PM
Thursday, July 11, 2013

"Curtains" theater review: Arvada pulls the "Curtains" on its season with a whodunit delight by Lisa Kennedy

With "Curtains," the Arvada Center isn't merely aiming to leave its audience laughing. Whistling and wanting more is more like it.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:38PM
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Review: Two actresses revise the relationships in "Collected Stories" by Lisa Kennedy

The title of D onald Margulies' drama "Collected Stories" is descriptive but hardly does justice to his beautifully layered take on the six-year relationship between author Ruth Steiner

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:47PM
Friday, June 28, 2013

Top Colorado teen thespians headed to Broadway - at least for one night by Lisa Kennedy

When ex-convict Jean Valjean and a Lower East Side sweetie known as Kate Monster take the stage at New York's Minskoff Theatre on Monday night, it will not be their first time on Broadway.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:36PM

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