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Thursday, February 23, 2012

From mists of time, "Brigadoon" charms in Littleton by Kurt Brighton

In the pantheon of human emotions, love must be considered the most magical of all. Cliches abound ascribing its magical powers: Love is blind; love conquers love conquers all; love is, of c…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:15PM
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Denver Center Theater Company could fuggedabout some things in taming this "Shrew" by Kurt Brighton

Review: The Denver Center Theatre Company imagines "The Taming of the Shrew" in a late-1950s diner. The leads all are superb, but how far director Kent Thompson goes with his Americanizatio…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:33PM
Thursday, September 22, 2011

You'll witness magic in "Rashomon" by Kurt Brighton

The Aurora Fox's production of "Rashomon," famously first a 1950 film by Akira Kurosawa, is the visually stunning tale of three strangers who discuss four very different versions of an ancie…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:40PM
Thursday, August 11, 2011

"The Who's 'Tommy'" needs louder offstage band by Kurt Brighton

It was the 1960s, after all. For a small slice of just how ridiculous — or magical, depending on your perspective — that era was, try to imagine the pitch meeting for The Who's r…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:41AM