DESKTOP
Contact
The Season
On Broadway

Search BroadwayStars

Search:
Author:
Source:
Date Range: From: To:
Sort by: Most Recent   Most Relevant
2,279 stories from Denver Post

Colorado's most unlikely destination for bluegrass and humor is back in business (and don't forget your potluck dish) by William Woody

The venue, about 50 miles southeast of Grand Junction, has become one of the state's most random and remote destinations for old-time Americana music.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:00am on March 7, 2023[SHARE]

Theater reviews: "Hotter Than Egypt," "FEED Après" making audiences hot and cold by Lisa Kennedy

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 when his …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:00am on February 24, 2023[SHARE]

Playwrights at Colorado New Play Summit talk about the inspiration behind stories by Lisa Kennedy

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 8:00am on February 17, 2023[SHARE]

Acting shines in "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and "The Year of Magical Thinking"  by Lisa Kennedy

In 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 8:00am on February 17, 2023[SHARE]

A play about Five Point's past offers hopes of a more collaborative future by Lisa Kennedy

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 8:00am on February 13, 2023[SHARE]

Denver theaters offer three intimate shows, lots of big laughs by Lisa Kennedy

Funny. Funnier. Funniest. How you arrange these apt adjectives will hinge on your own taste in wit.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:00am on February 10, 2023[SHARE]

Two plays ask, and sometimes answer, difficult questions by Lisa Kennedy

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 8:00am on February 3, 2023[SHARE]

Aaron Sorkin's "To Kill a Mockingbird" crackles with energy, but struggles to focus by John Wenzel

From the outset, and especially with Scout, our narrators sprint through a veritable novel's-worth of lines that breeze by like static.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 2:28pm on January 25, 2023[SHARE]

Aaron Sorkin's new version of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is painfully relevant by John Wenzel

After nine Tony nominations and a pandemic-induced paralysis, Aaron Sorkin's new take on Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" is striding into the Buell Theatre, with Richard Thomas as Attic…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:00am on January 13, 2023[SHARE]

At Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, three shows examine the evolution of memory by Ray Mark Rinaldi

With its trio of concise and sharply focused exhibitions featuring regional talents, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art stretches its run as the most interesting place to see fresh and i…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:00am on January 9, 2023[SHARE]

Choreographer Kyle Abraham bringing his cool vibes to Newman Center by Lisa Kennedy

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 "An…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:00am on January 9, 2023[SHARE]

Here's what's ahead for the local theater season by Lisa Kennedy

Spring looks likely to awaken Colorado theatergoers' hearts and minds with entertaining and ambitious fare.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:00am on January 6, 2023[SHARE]

Here's every free day at Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver Zoo, museums and other cultural hotspots by John Wenzel

The annual free days offered by the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District cover the metro area's biggest nonprofit institutions, and they're always family-friendly hits.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:00am on January 4, 2023[SHARE]

Naughty done nicely: With "Pop the Holidays," a cabaret goes pleasantly sideways by Lisa Kennedy

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. -- played wit…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 9:24am on December 9, 2022[SHARE]

How to get tickets to Broadway hits "MJ," "Beetlejuice," "Book of Mormon" and "Six" in Denver by John Wenzel

Broadway's "MJ: The Musical," "Six," "Company" and other Denver Center for the Performing Arts' 2023-24 season shows are on sale Dec. 15.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 3:32pm on December 6, 2022[SHARE]

Arts groups see record holiday revenues this year from shows like "Nutcracker," "Zoo Lights" by John Wenzel

Christmas comes but once a year for Denver's nonprofit arts and culture groups, who typically live and die by their revenue from holiday shows. This year, ticket sales and revenue from "The …

SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:03am on December 6, 2022[SHARE]

10 great holiday shows that aren't "The Nutcracker" or "A Christmas Carol" by John Wenzel

All of Colorado Ballet's "Nutcracker" performances are sold out -- as expected. Denver Center's "A Christmas Carol," while the region's best production, is deeply familiar to most audiences.…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:42am on December 1, 2022[SHARE]

"Immersive" is the new buzzword in entertainment. But what is it? by John Wenzel

Denver's buzzy, loosely defined "immersive entertainment" scene is getting another boost this month with world premieres, touring debuts and the promise of a new year filled with even more h…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 9:24am on November 28, 2022[SHARE]

Thoughtful "Franklinland" tells a fictional tale of a founding father " and fatherhood by Lisa Kennedy

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 9:06am on November 25, 2022[SHARE]

"The COVID Wife" lays out the raw emotion behind a viral Facebook post by Lisa Kennedy

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 9:06am on November 23, 2022[SHARE]

Employees left without pay after sudden closure of Longmont's Dickens by Amber Carlson

In its heyday, Longmont's Dickens 300 Prime restaurant and Opera House was a place where people enjoyed coming to work. 

SOURCE: Denver Post at 4:18pm on November 20, 2022[SHARE]

The 21 most-requested Christmas songs at Denver's jolliest radio station by Jonathan Shikes

For Coloradans who love Christmas music, the season really starts on the day that Denver radio station KOSI 101.1 begins jingling the bells 24 hours a day.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 9:48am on November 10, 2022[SHARE]

"The Royale" is a bruising and bittersweet production about the "sweet science" " and so much more by Lisa Kennedy

The 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 8:48am on November 4, 2022[SHARE]

The Catamounts goes all in on the madness of the basketball musical "Small Ball"   by Lisa Kennedy

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 8:48am on November 4, 2022[SHARE]

Playfulness is the thing in Denver Center's "Much Ado About Nothing" by Lisa Kennedy

Some of that wink and nudge is, of course, the work of William Shakespeare. But there is also a drollness to the staging of the Bard's comedy.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 8:37am on October 28, 2022[SHARE]
« Previous 25   Page 6 of 92   Next 25 »