Chekhov — What a funny guy! by John Moore

Review: The wasted lives on display in Antov Chekhov's plays would be so, so sad ... if weren't so funny. Yes, "Uncle Vanya" is funny. Chekhov didn't put the these fools on display for you…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 5:27pm on August 4, 2011☆⚑

Honor roll: Coloradans on national stages by John Moore

Check out our constantly updated "role call" of former Colorado actors now gainfully employed on stages around the nation.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 2:01am on August 1, 2011☆⚑

The Merchant of Venice: Victim or villain? by John Moore

Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," like "The Taming of the Shrew," has become an almost impossible play to pull off for modern sensibilities: One is about breaking an independent woman …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:50pm on July 31, 2011☆⚑

Moore: Denver's first lady returns to her musical roots by John Moore

On Aug. 26, Mary Louise Lee-Hancock will become perhaps the first actress to perform in a stage production while sitting as Denver's first lady. The mayor's wife will play the good witch Gli…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:21am on July 30, 2011☆⚑

Choices define, confine women of "Great Goddess Bazaar" by John Moore

Review: Collections of women's monologues are as common in theater as weekend farmers markets, but there's something unsettlingly different about "The Great Goddess Bazaar" — and not j…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:57am on July 28, 2011☆⚑

Moore: Playwrights head home to develop Curious New Voices by John Moore

There are youth writing programs, and there is Curious New Voices, which culminates in a three-day festival of newly spawned works from the fertile minds of writers ages 15 to 21, performed …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 9:07pm on July 21, 2011☆⚑

Colorado Shakespeare Festival tag-teams "Inspector General" with Russians by John Moore

Essay: Colorado Shakespeare Festival audiences were treated to an unusual cross-cultural experiment last weekend in Boulder, when four actors from Russia's Maxim Gorky Theatre joined a cast…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 1:35am on July 21, 2011☆⚑

Theater review: PHAMALy's satire shows how to succeed by John Moore

"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" is brimming with the signature elements that for two decades have drawn both worldwide attention and curiosity to the all-handicapped theat…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 7:52pm on July 20, 2011☆⚑

Henry Awards: Eight is great for Denver Center, "Ruined" by John Moore

The Denver Center Theatre Company picked up eight of the 21 Henry Awards presented Monday night by hthe Colorado Theatre Guild. But the absence of a dominant play or musical allowed the nigh…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:13pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Idina Menzel at Red Rocks: If you can't feel the love ... you're dead by John Moore

A perfect night under a blood-red moon at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre clearly took Idina Menzel's breath away - but not her signature five-octave voice.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 3:20pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

PHAMALy musical gives voice to deafness by John Moore

Actress Nicki Runge calls herself not just deaf, but "deaf with a capital D." And that has nothing to do with the completeness of her hearing loss.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 9:30pm on July 16, 2011☆⚑

Ritchie's drive nets $1 million for DCPA by John Moore

Denver Center for the Performing Arts CEO Daniel L. Ritchie's personal matching challenge has exceeded its goal, raising more than $1 million in donations for the Denver Center. That and oth…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 3:43am on July 16, 2011☆⚑

Eric Mather as "The Nerd": He's uncouth, antisocial ... and unnervingly funny by John Moore

Review: Here's a guaranteed formula for staging a successful comedy: Cast Eric Mather, wind him up like a child's toy, and just let him go. Rating: ***

SOURCE: Denver Post at 7:36pm on July 15, 2011☆⚑

Friends fear for missing actor Lawrence Street's safety | Running Lines " The Denver Post by John Moore

Friends in New York and company members from the new Colorado Repertory Theatre are fearing for the safety of visiting actor and choreographer Lawrence Street, who went missing in Denver ear…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:06am on July 13, 2011☆⚑