COLORADO THEATER REVIEWS

So I have been spoiled here in Denver over the past several months with many excellent productions that included quality writing, standout performances, and great technical execution. It pains me to say this - mostly because of my love and admiration for Dolly Parton - but 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL was no...

So I'm not an evil genius, but there is a reason I didn't review this show until a couple of months into their five-month run. At this point in the game, the production should be like a well-prepared meal, all of the courses complimenting one another in delicious harmony....

What's good today....everything's the same! ...

The Denver Center Theatre Company presents Lynn Nottage's searing war drama RUINED, a look at the plight of women amidst the bloody conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...

And now, meine dahmen und herren, ladies and gentlemen - it's time for true confessions of a critic....

I felt like I was instantly transported to an artists' loft in Quebec, where a group of friends from the Circus School were hanging out and shooting the breeze. The music starts playing and the next thing you know - BAM! Seven lords a leaping!...

Many say that David Mamet's Speed the Plow is a play about greed, power and sex in Hollywood, but I think it is more a study of seduction, desperation and morality. ...

'I don't know how to be in my own body' is the theme of Eve Ensler's smash hit, The Good Body presented by Avenue Theater. Next to the Vagina Monologues, I believe that this is one of Ms. Ensler's finest works. It truly is an exploration of the imperfection of the woman's body and a mirror to woman'...

While beauty is only skin deep, words however; can cut like a knife and leave a wound that may never heal. This superficial theme is featured in Neil LeBute's play entitled reasons to be pretty. ...

Extremities, written by William Mastrosimone is a very sensitive show about rape and torture dealing with a would-be rape victim who turns the tables on her attacker. The show, and it's actors deal with an entire gambit of moral and ethical questions. The play was written in 1982 and is still very ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a feast of midsummer madness, mischievous fairies, mismatches lovers and musical merchants colliding hilariously in one of Shakespeare's most madcap and accessible comedies. This web of magic in the Athenian woods casts a powerful, pleasing spell on audiences of all age...

The Catch is an examination of family relationships, the cult of sports celebrity, fallen idols and the relentless optimism tied up in the American dream. ...

Map of Heaven receives its first full production after being read at the Colorado New Play Summit in February 2010. Michele Lowe explores the dynamics of relationships and what happens when those dynamics shift, the choices the characters make and the ripple effect it has on those around them. ...

It's still the word!...

Dracula opens at the DCTC...

'The Wild Party' bumps and grinds its way into Denver....

Gravity Defied goes two for two....