COLORADO THEATER REVIEWS

Everything's coming up daffodils at the Aurora Fox—but you'll have to catch Big Fish to really get what I mean....

When you see a show at Town Hall Arts Center, you expect to be immersed in the production with such an intimate space. For a show with the emotional depth of Next to Normal, you're reminded just how necessary that can be....

It's not Mary Poppins; it's Mary Jane....

Springs Ensemble tells a sweet, sad story of isolation in the age of mass communication....

Lakewood's Performance Now is now performing the classic My Fair Lady, and the production is as loverly as it can be....

A six-foot rabbit is not something that goes unnoticed. That is, unless it also happens to be invisible. Despite the fact that Elwood P. Dowd is the only man who sees him, Harvey is certainly a very large presence at the Arvada Center....

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The audience sits on either side of a shared backyard flanked by two houses. At first glance structurally identical, closer examination revels distinct differences. One house has a clean patio set, new curtains, and a well-tended window box of flowers. The other shows obvious signs of neglect: peeli...

Vintage Theatre Productions has tackled one of the more difficult musicals of the last 30 years. Miss Saigon is a show filled with challenges for even the biggest, most equipped theatres. But the smaller-scale production that Vintage performs is a beast in other ways....

The last time Denver audiences saw any incarnation of Forbidden Broadway was about two decades ago, and a return was long overdue. 'Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking!' is currently in the midst of a several month run at the Denver Center's Garner Galleria Theatre....

The holiday season is in full swing, and holiday magic is all around. Especially at the Denver Center's production of A Christmas Carol. The classic tale by Charles Dickens has been told countless times, and every variation brings the same wonder and spirit of giving to life. As the lights dim and t...

The most successful production in Fine Arts Center history is also its most ambitious....

Jersey Boys has worked its way back for a third visit to Denver, and the fellas have still got it....

Take a trip back to the golden era when thrilling radio drama ruled the airwaves. It was a time of thrilling adventures, chilling suspense, and fast-pasted comic banter. A time when men were men, women were dames, and nobody complained if a baby was a cigarette mascot....

You still haven't taken your seat and it's almost showtime. The lobby is packed, everyone is standing. Suddenly a guy in a leather jacket and ponytail bursts through the crowd, laying down the familiar scene of fair Verona. Following him are two punks carrying weapons, and a fight breaks out. You fo...

The national tour of KINKY BOOTS reveals its 'True Colors' with outstanding performances, exceptional singing, memorable characters and a show that plucks at the heart strings and uplifts your spirits!...

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You'd think a play called Psycho Beach Party would be a little more, well....crazy. But Charles Busch's affectionate parody of 1960s beach movies seldom seems more unhinged than the cheerful teen romps it draws inspiration from. Oh, it's not all sun and fun in the sand, to be sure. There's a fair am...

We speak with Piggy in the Denver Center's LORD OF THE FLIES on his impressive Broadway background, his thoughts on the misunderstood Piggy, and his own experiences with bullying....

It's so easy to get wrapped up in the scripted formula of America's reality television shows, you forget there's actual reality taking place, at least to some extent....

Just in time for Halloween, Fine Arts Center brings some old-fashioned horror to the stage....

Society seems so focused on current pop culture; it's difficult to imagine what may happen to it after an apocalyptic event. Boulder theatre company The Catamounts explores that in their current production, Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn....

From the opening scene, we knew we were in for something familiar, yet completely different....

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Too often movies are turned into stage productions, losing that spark that made audiences fall in love. Thankfully that's not the case for Harold and Maude, playing at Vintage Theatre in Aurora....