In Breckenridge, the Backstage Theatre marks 50 years
The Western Slope’s oldest year-round theatre company heads into its sixth decade healthy and hopeful
Theatre Writing & Podcasts
Most weekends I'm out reviewing theatre in the Denver area for my website OnStage Colorado. Here are just a few of my articles:
Bailey Theatre delivers a heartwarming ‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’
Ken Ludwig is best known for high-flying farces like Moon Over Buffalo and Lend Me a Tenor, but his 2020 play Dear Jack, Dear Louise slows things down a bit to tell a real-life story about his parents.
It’s an ideal play for a company like Bailey Theatre, which performs in a small space at the cabin-y Glen Isle Resort off Highway 285. With just two performers and minimal set requirements, Bailey took this heartwarming play about long-distance romance and put together an intimate and well-done pr...
It’s an ideal play for a company like Bailey Theatre, which performs in a small space at the cabin-y Glen Isle Resort off Highway 285. With just two performers and minimal set requirements, Bailey took this heartwarming play about long-distance romance and put together an intimate and well-done pr...
Band of Toughs is back with ‘Gin & Gothic: A Brontë Rocktale’
The immersive show at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House is like nothing else you’ll see this summer
A spiffed-up sign for the Aurora Fox
The theatre’s iconic neon sign gets a well-deserved makeover ahead of even more upgrades at the facility
At Buntport, a trio of experiments
‘Testing 123’ aims to pick a winner for the troupe’s off-night programming
Actor Anne Penner on the lessons of ‘Grounded’
The upcoming BETC production represents years of work by Penner and director Rick Barbour
A supercharged study of family and capitalism in ‘The Lehman Trilogy’
At 3+ hours, the Denver Center production takes some endurance while showcasing some fine performances
Hard choices in a brilliant ‘237 Virginia Avenue’
Local Theater world premiere of David Myers’ play is a stunner
Curvy in spots, ‘The Road to Lethe’ lands where it needs to be
Benchmark Theatre stages world premiere of Jeffrey Neuman’s play about racism and forgetting
Love comes late and on a bumpy road in ‘Fireflies’
Conquering loneliness is at the heart of an intimate, well-done show from Evergreen Players
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When is enough … enough?
‘Together: un/tethered’ at Denver’s Studio Loft asks us to let go and think about that for a moment or two
BETC goes (mostly) for laughs in upcoming season
Mark Ragan and Jess Robblee walk through the selections for 2024-2025
The immigrant experience told through movement in ‘The Bluebird’
Buba Basishvili’s pantomime one hander trades words for movement in a deeply impactful performance
In ‘Cost of Living,’ challenging connections define two couples
Martyna Majok’s play is staged beautifully in a joint production by Curious and Phamaly theatre companies
At the top of Cost of Living, out-of-work truck driver Eddie (Isaiah Kelley) sits alone at a bar in Brooklyn addressing an unseen man he hopes will listen to his story. For a good five minutes, Kelley holds the audience as he shares details about his wreck of a life: his wife dead, a DUI killing his driving career, and a ghostly text from his wife’s phone number that led him from his home i
At the top of Cost of Living, out-of-work truck driver Eddie (Isaiah Kelley) sits alone at a bar in Brooklyn addressing an unseen man he hopes will listen to his story. For a good five minutes, Kelley holds the audience as he shares details about his wreck of a life: his wife dead, a DUI killing his driving career, and a ghostly text from his wife’s phone number that led him from his home i
Miners Alley strikes gold with ‘A Jukebox for the Algonquin’
The regional premiere of Paul Stroili’s play is as warm as it is funny
Sexpionage takes center stage in ‘Rubicon’ at Denver Center
At the Denver Center, a world premiere about a real-life spy whose battlefield was the bedroom
In ‘Art,’ a silly painting sparks a reckoning between friends
The very funny Aurora Fox production showcases some top-tier local talent
Take a trip to the ISS with ‘Space Explorers: The Infinite’
The immersive VR experience now at Stanley Marketplace is a unique opportunity to leave Earth behind
‘Urinetown’ lands in Littleton
Town Hall’s production of the satiric musical is a big jolt of fun
2023 OnStage Colorado Theatre Awards
On Jan. 28 we announced all of the winners for the first-ever OnStage Colorado Awards for Theatrical Excellence — The OSCA’s
2023 was a banner year for Colorado theatre
Theatre companies large and small brought their best work to stage while audiences continued to return
A one-man Homeric take on ‘Die Hard’
At the Denver Center, ‘Yippee Ki Yay’ dives deep into the most unlikely of Christmas movies
In Breckenridge, a quiet Christmas musical of love and sacrifice
Set to chamber music ‘The Gift of the Magi’ fills out the original story with more detail
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