Monday, September 25, 2023
The ability of the horror genre to take on systemic violence has become a rich conversation in literature and film.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:03PMFriday, September 22, 2023
Director Chris Coleman has found his groove in the musical’s tart grasp of the old and the new.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:55AMThursday, August 24, 2023
There’s something touchingly itchy about the title character in the drama “Jeremiah,” receiving its world premiere at Lakewood’s Benchmark Theatre. Actor Kaden Hinkle captures the ph…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:55PMFriday, August 4, 2023
Monday, July 17, 2023
Something both wounded and healing is unfolding at Sakura Square in downtown Denver.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:37PMFriday, July 7, 2023
In “The Winter’s Tale,” Leontes, King of Sicilia, asks a favor of his pregnant wife, Hermione: persuade his childhood Polixenes, King of Bohemia, to extend his visit a few days. As a v…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:25AMTuesday, June 20, 2023
It’s heartening when the area’s smaller theaters take on epic projects. Even moreso when they pull back the curtain on the stories of marginalized people.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:55AMThursday, June 8, 2023
The deceased’s somewhat creepy sculptural work is actually for sale, as are the many tchotchkes, oddities and books exhibited in a warren of rooms.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:13PMFriday, June 2, 2023
Denver Fringe Festival runs June 8-11 with 40 shows over 10 venues in RiNo, Five Points and Curtis Park.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:24PMA ring of the doorbell will change everything for a married couple -- and the world? — in playwright Sarah Ruhl’s involving drama “The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies,” at M…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:24PMThursday, June 1, 2023
It doesn’t seem fair or smart or particularly nimble to write that the folks at Buntport are at it again. And yet: The folks at Buntport are at it again with their latest original play, �…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:02PMThursday, May 25, 2023
It would be too flippant to say playwright Martín Zimmerman’s drama, “On the Exhale,” begins with a bang. Although, its ensuing tragedy does -- a series of bangs, in fact.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:48AMFriday, May 12, 2023
Connection is a recurring theme in how McCallum and Nehls came to make “Miss Rhythm,” which is based on the 1996 book.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:54AMNeuman sets his engaging drama -- with music and a little bit of sashaying — in 1908, the year New York City’s vaudeville quasars Eva Tanguay and Julian Eltinge decided to flip the scrip…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:54AMFriday, May 5, 2023
This past weekend offered two shows that are expertly performed, skillfully designed and directed with a terrific sense of what their ensembles are capable of.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:32AMFriday, April 28, 2023
So much in the Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado’s latest production, Mat Smart’s “Eden Prairie, 1971,” shines a spotlight on the many pleasures the Boulder company has offered au…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:36PMFriday, April 14, 2023
To see anew in a season of renewal comes as a gift, making it easy to feel awash with theatergoer gratitude.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:36AMFriday, March 24, 2023
Continuing the company’s 25th-anniversary theme of what it means to be an American, “Amerikin” brims with weighty ideas.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:24AMFriday, February 24, 2023
In “Hotter Than Egypt,” American businessman Paul fancies himself a culturally astute traveler. He’s been to Cairo before and respects the local customs, a fact he makes a point of whe…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AMFriday, February 17, 2023
Jake Brasch is talking about how growing up in Denver shaped him as a playwright. The 31-year-old will return to his hometown from New York this week to begin rehearsals for the staged readi…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AMIn one play, a woman of formidable intellect navigates two catastrophic losses. In the other, a woman of formidable frankness allows herself a glimmer of romantic feeling.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AMMonday, February 13, 2023
The show fills out a past in ways that will be illuminating to even those who know some of the high points of the Rossonian and Five Points.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AMFriday, February 10, 2023
Funny. Funnier. Funniest. How you arrange these apt adjectives will hinge on your own taste in wit.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AMFriday, February 3, 2023
This is the final weekend of “Acts of Faith,” and you might consider rearranging your plans to catch it before Faith and her vital lessons vanish.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AMMonday, January 9, 2023
Not long ago, Kyle Abraham returned to the city that shaped him as an artist. The renowned choreographer and MacArthur Fellow visited his hometown of Pittsburgh for the local premiere of “…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AMFriday, January 6, 2023
Spring looks likely to awaken Colorado theatergoers’ hearts and minds with entertaining and ambitious fare.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AMFriday, December 9, 2022
Michelle "'Shells” Hoffman won’t be home for Christmas or Hanukkah or even Chrismukkah for that matter. Instead, the self-identified “bi-religious” daughter of Ronkonkoma, N.Y. -- pl…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:24AMFriday, November 25, 2022
In the play “Franklinland,” Benjamin Franklin is a man of many ideas and ideals. He is an avid inventor and a fellow with no shortage of appetites.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:06AMWednesday, November 23, 2022
In October 2020, Nepi’s husband of 30 years, Mark, was rushed to Littleton’s Adventist Hospital with life-threatening complications from COVID-19.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:06AMFriday, November 4, 2022
The production is so very ambitious that this viewer was left with the sense that its makers are trying to say even more than I could grasp with confidence on one sitting.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:48AMThe fight choreography is gorgeous, even though no punches connect. A thump on a chest or stomp on the canvas signals a dazing blow, a blinding jab.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:48AM 
