In Sisters of Swing, produced by Town Hall Arts Center, the lives of LaVerne, Maxene and Patty, are put on display as they sing their way through the years. The show follows the sisters from their early days on the road and rise in fame to their dissembling over irreconcilable differences. With a sc... (more...)
Nowadays, you can argue anything is art. But I've never questioned if graffiti was. The bigger question is where it belongs, examined in DCPA Off-Center's latest feature.... (more...)
A Kid Like Jake, by Daniel Pearle, is Benchmark's second-season opener. Directed by Warren Sherrill, the engaging one-act examines modern parenting and how society can pressure children out of authenticity.... (more...)
It takes a bit of push to get me to attend more classical works of musical theatre. I didn't grow up with the movies, so the nostalgia is a little lost on me. That being said, I was excited to see the tour of the Lincoln Center's recent production of The King and I, which nabbed a Tony Award for Bes... (more...)
Sometimes you don't need a lavish design to make a musical about Vegas play well. I mean, it would have definitely brought another level to Vintage Theatre's current musical production of Honeymoon in Vegas, but the cast is what gives this one its dazzle.... (more...)
Rent was one of the first musicals I truly loved. My affinity for musicals didn't start as early as a lot of theatre people I know. I first picked up Rent in junior high, a 2-disc set from the library. I'd borrow it over and over until I learned all the words. Rent is the reason why angsty rock m... (more...)
Hot. Shredded. Cheese. You know what I'm talking about. That gooey kind that stretches from the plate to your mouth, and you just can't get enough. That's how BDT Stage's current '80s jukebox musical Rock of Ages feels.... (more...)
Sometimes I wait to pay attention to a certain musical until I can experience it fully. That was the case with Something Rotten!, currently on tour playing the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. I've been impatiently avoiding listening to the music since its release but let me tell you, the wait... (more...)
I think I'm addicted to immersive theatre, especially the way Denver Center's Off-Center has been bringing it. Their most recent production is a fully realized musical The Wild Party, a jazzy show set in the Roaring Twenties, where audience members can sip their gin alongside the performers. You're ... (more...)
Ever since I saw Once on tour, I've been intrigued how it would do regionally. The show itself isn't necessarily complicated, but you need to find actors who can sing well and play a variety of instruments while maintaining accents, or the show just doesn't work.... (more...)
It won't even feel like Shakespeare! I'd told my fianc , who bowed out of this production because he thought he'd fall asleep. Granted, there would be no sleeping during the current Denver Center Theatre Company's production of Macbeth.... (more...)
Before I knew the lyrics to Hamilton, I knew all the words to In The Heights. (Just kidding, everyone but me knows the lyrics to Hamilton.) But if it wasn't for Lin-Manuel Miranda's musicals, my theatrical rapping skills would be fairly unimpressive.... (more...)
After hearing that very line for years, you would think I would have picked up a copy or have listened to A Chorus Line by now. As silly as this sounds I didn't. However I am very thrilled to say that I was happy to have my first experience with this musical be at the Arvada's Center For Performing ... (more...)
There are some shows that are just easy to love. It's been 60 years since The Music Man premiered on Broadway, but the classic tuner hasn't lost its allure. In fact, this is the show that launched Candlelight Dinner Playhouse back in 2008. The Johnstown theatre has brought it back as their 10th seas... (more...)
A production of Men Are From Mars - Women Are From Venus Live! is exactly where you'd expect a couple of young gay fiances on a Friday night, right? I mean, it's that iconic book Tai read in Clueless. (And that is literally the extent of my knowledge of this title before attending.)... (more...)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a five time Tony Award winning play by Simon Stephens that is based on the novel by Mark Haddon. The play follows a very gifted teenage boy as he is met with life challenges that change his perceptions of the relationships in his life and his con... (more...)
For a children's story, The Secret Garden evokes the kind of emotions that could make grown men sob. At least, that's what me and my fiance did for a majority of Denver Center Theatre Company's current production.  ... (more...)
Set in 1933, the musical 42nd Street follows a cast directed by Julian Marsh (David L. Wygant) rehearsing to open the show "Pretty Lady." We join the show as the cast is about to meet their star performer, Dorothy Brock (Heather McClain) whose star and financial powers have secured her the lead role... (more...)
Disgraced is an introspective look into the lives of a married couple and how they identify individually with the Muslim religion and how that perception reflects into their lives.... (more...)
There's a lost dimension where space worms will eat everything but your shoes, but you can only get there if you hitch a ride through a portal at the new Stanley Marketplace in Aurora. Just don't forget to pack some air in a balloon first.... (more...)
BWW Review: Arvada's SUNDAY IN THE PARK Connects All The Dots
BWW Review: Disney's ALADDIN Will Have You Wishing to See It Again
BWW Review: SISTERS OF SWING Delivers Solid Performance at Town Hall Arts Center
BWW Review: THIS IS MODERN ART with DCPA's OFF-CENTER
BWW Review: Benchmark's A KID LIKE JAKE genuinely examines modern parenting
BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS Will Enchant You in a Whole New Way
BWW Review: THE KING AND I is Flawless...If It's Your Cup Of Tea
BWW Review: WAITRESS Is Filled With the Right Ingredients
Vintage's 'Honeymoon' Lacks Glitz But Not Talent
BWW Review: RENT's 20th Anniversary Tour Won't Disappoint Your Inner Renthead
BWW Review: BDT's ROCK OF AGES is Hot Shredded Cheese
BWW Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN Definitely Isn't
BWW Review: You Won't Feel Like a Wallflower at DCPA's WILD PARTY
BWW Review: ONCE at Midtown Feels Like Broadway
BWW Review: Denver Center's MACBETH Stimulates... Everything
BWW Review: Town Hall's IN THE HEIGHTS Feels Like Home
BWW Review: A CHORUS LINE at The Arvada Center
BWW Review: Candlelight's THE MUSIC MAN is Joyfully Quintessential
BWW Review: MEN ARE FROM MARS... at the DCPA's Garner Galleria
BWW Review: RING OF FIRE at Vintage Theatre
BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME at Denver Center For The Performing Arts
BWW Review: Denver Center's SECRET GARDEN is darkly enchanting
BWW Review: 42ND STREET at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
BWW Review: DISGRACED at Denver Center For The Performing Arts
Explore a Lost Dimension at Stanley Marketplace with DCPA's Off-Center