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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
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Theater reviews: Last call for Denver production of "The Gospel at Colonus," and a muted "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Lisa Kennedy

Brothers and sisters, can he get a witness? Can the blind man once a king, now accompanied in his exile by his loyal daughter, get a witness — a theater full of them, in fact?

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:07PM
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Theater review: "Dust Storm" an assured start to new Theatre Esprit Asia theater company by Lisa Kennedy

With "Dust Storm," Theatre Esprit Asia gets its inaugural gambit just right, delivering a work that is modest and ambitious, spare and emotionally textured.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:42PM

Denver production "Gospel at Colonus" signals a joyous collaboration between Su Teatro and Source Theatre Company by Lisa Kennedy

Tracing circles — that may be one way to describe the goings on at Su Teatro Arts and Culture Center right now.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:56PM
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Theater review: Cherry Creek's "Baby" arrives as a wee, often delicate musical by Lisa Kennedy

If ever there was a theatrical form meant to play to the folks in the balcony, it would be the musical. The mantra often appears to be: Go big, brash, extravagant or go home.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:43PM
Thursday, May 30, 2013

Theater review: Town Hall's "Hair" gets the musical's Tribe vibe just right by Lisa Kennedy

Town Hall Arts Center's "Hair " wastes nary a nanosecond before plunging us into the Dionysian waters of James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot's ground-breaking musical.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:02PM

Theater review: A different Dorothy takes her show on the Yellow Brick Road to "The Wizard of Oz" by Lisa Kennedy

That Dorothy Gale, what a trouper she's become. In the Boulder's Dinner Theatre show, the girl from Kansas - made indelible by Judy Garland and 1939's movie "The Wizard of Oz," based on the …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:05PM
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Theater review: Someone's got a nasty habit in "And Then There Was Nun" by Lisa Kennedy

Don't blame the stars/victims of the tremendously slight comedy "And Then There Was Nun" — the nuns of the Holy Order of the Sisters of San Andreas.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:54PM
Friday, May 17, 2013

2013 Summer Arts Preview: Denver theater scene heats up for a summer of great shows by Lisa Kennedy

Planning a trip this summer? Choose your dates carefully - there are more than a few reasons to stick close to home instead. Denver reaches for new heights this season with a brilliant bil…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:41PM
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Theater review: A demanding "Long Day's Journey Into Night" at Germinal Stage by Lisa Kennedy

Mary Tyrone's husband and oldest son are actors. Her youngest is a writer of sorts. With those artistic temperaments butting heads in the living room of their summer house, one might imagin…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:33PM
Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Johanns and Georgs abound in farcical "Bach at Leipzig" in Boulder by Lisa Kennedy

As some of the area's most consistently satisfying theaters end their seasons, laughter — bittersweet, cruel or in the case of the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company's "Bach at Leipzig"

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:52PM

Review: Guess who's coming to dinner and why in "Dividing the Estate" by Lisa Kennedy

In the fast-growing, fictional Texas town of Harrison, the two elders in "Dividing the Estate" sit in the parlor of the Gordon family home, feet propped up, resting before a big family dinn…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:52PM
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Theater review: Curious Theatre Company's "God of Carnage" is both nasty fun, telling exploration of civility by Lisa Kennedy

When French playwright Yasmina Reza's bitterly comedic drama "God of Carnage" (translated by Christopher Hampton) went to Broadway, the living-room skirmish made itself at home for 452 perfo…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:16PM

Theater review: Refusals and surrender dance in "The Shadow Box" by Lisa Kennedy

There are many more nos than yeses uttered in the Edge Theatre Company's production of "The Shadow Box." Yet by the end of Michael Cristofer's bittersweet drama about terminal illness, the…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:49PM
Saturday, April 27, 2013

Review: "A Knight to Remember" embarks on a slightly goofball quest by Lisa Kennedy

The title of Buntport Theater Company's latest — "A Knight to Remember" — is a clever if mildly hazardous title.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:15AM
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Theater review: Aurora Fox's play "The Color Purple" brings fresh revelations by Lisa Kennedy

"A musical about love.' " Sigh. At first, the tagline for "The Color Purple" seems so, well, corny. So what a revelation the boundless and deep production at the Aurora Fox proves to b…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:12PM
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Theater review: A gorgeous new musical, "Sense &Sensibility" by Lisa Kennedy

To tell the story of sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood properly, director Marcia Milgrom Dodge wanted a hill. On that, she said, she could not budge.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:48PM
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Theater review: These "Church Basement Ladies" find sanctuary and laughs down below by Lisa Kennedy

My parents' church had a soloist whose wavering singing sounded like that of the Cowardly Lion when he holds the "king of the for-rest" notes.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:54PM

Theater review: Two different turns make "Other Desert Cities" a complicated outing by Lisa Kennedy

Jon Robin Baitz's family drama "Other Desert Cities" wastes no time acquainting us with the Wyeths.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:52PM
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Theater review: Commanding turn makes "The Other Place" a must see at Boulder's Dairy Center for the Arts by Lisa Kennedy

For one final weekend, something masterful is taking place at Boulder's Dairy Center for the Arts. Which is rich, given that one of the themes of the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company's produ…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:54PM

Theater review: Herbert Siguenza delivers a pleasant "Weekend With Pablo Picasso" by Lisa Kennedy

It is 2 in the afternoon on a Friday in the south of France, and Pablo Picasso is taking a bath. He uses an oven mitt as a washcloth. He smiles at us. He cheerily pontificates.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:49PM
Saturday, March 30, 2013

Can director Dodge take Jane Austen musical all the way to Broadway? by Lisa Kennedy

 Jane Austen wrote about baseball — or at least a game akin to it. So we're not taking liberties when we say that with the world premiere of "Sense & Sensibility The Musical…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:01AM
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Theater review: A Nun and a Priest face-off in lingering "Doubt, a Parable." by Lisa Kennedy

A priest's homily gets a little personal. And though it's unlikely his parishioners recognize the serrated edge in his cautionary tale about gossip, the audience for "Doubt, a Parable" sure…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:28PM

Theater review: Arvada Center's "Man of La Mancha" proves to be a heroic joy by Lisa Kennedy

Long before a grizzled Don Quixote launches into a rumbling rendition of the indelible ballad "The Impossible Dream," the Arvada Center has already achieved the improbable task.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:27PM
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Theater review: Detroit's infamous riots haunt lovely debut "Tell Martha Not to Moan" by Lisa Kennedy

Clinnesha Sibley's drama "Tell Martha Not to Moan" opens with octogenarians Martha and Leroy readying to attend the 40th commemoration of the 1967 Detroit riots.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:24PM

Theater review: "Brothers Size" is coarse but transcendent by Lisa Kennedy

"The greatest piece of writing by an American playwright under 30 in a generation or more" stated the Chicago Tribune on the occasion of a 2010 production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's "Brother…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:22PM
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Theater review: For musical comedy "Doyle & Debbie," life is a honky-tonk, old chum by Lisa Kennedy

A night spent at a honkytonk bar, listening to a has-been country singer hardly sounds like a meta outing.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:40PM
Friday, March 8, 2013

Curious Theatre Company's production of "The Brothers Size" introduces acclaimed playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney by Lisa Kennedy

The three actors entrusted with introducing local audiences t o the work of the much-heralded young playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney sit in the back room of the converted church that is home…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:29PM
Thursday, March 7, 2013

Theater review: With "Jon," the Catamounts prove a dark future can come candy colored by Lisa Kennedy

Call it a glimpse into the chipper dystopian. After all, there are danceable beats, bubble-gum and neon hues and scads of youthful quirks in the Catamounts' production of the futurist ta…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:55PM

Avant-garde maverick Meredith Monk makes for a heady time in Boulder by Lisa Kennedy

Meredith Monk has been creating complex, beautiful, challenging work for more than five decades as a composer, theater director, performer, filmmaker.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:28PM
Thursday, February 28, 2013

Theater review: Robots a little buggy as the end nears in LIDA Project play, "R.U.R./LOL" by Lisa Kennedy

The tricky challenge of making experimental theater is often one of precision. Idea-infused plays demand particularly agile work from their performers and directors.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:47PM

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