Last week, when I recommended 10 varying upcoming metro arts events I have circled on my fall calendar, several readers responded hoping for more of a targeted look at the live theater season, given that Colorado has more than 100 homegrown companies. So, here goes. […]
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Arts news | Curious, Kent Thompson, give conservatives center stage | Arts & Entertainment
Denver’s Curious Theatre is launching its 25th season of staging cutting-age, contemporary plays – and launching a historic new era under Jada Suzanne Dixon – by bringing in one of the most significant leaders in recent Denver theater history. “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” is directed by […]
In a prison, live theater lights up the dark | Arts & Entertainment
Video: Trailer for ‘If Light Closed Its Eyes,’ recently performed at the Sterling Correctional Facility. Courtesy DU Prison Arts STERLING – “There are African religions that believe you are not truly dead until you are forgotten,” a retired Unitarian Universalist minister told me last week from […]
Make way: It’s Mary Louise Lee’s turn | John Moore | Arts & Entertainment
Longtime Denver performer Mary Louise Lee is one of the first Black actors ever to have the opportunity to play Rose in the classic musical ‘Gypsy.’ RDG Photography Vintage Theatre Artistic Director Bernie Cardell did not intend to make a statement when he cast Mary […]
For one week, Denver is center of TV universe | Arts & Entertainment
The week-long SeriesFest, which wrapped its eighth year Wednesday, has become a very big deal for Denver and the local entertainment industry. By the end of what is essentially a film festival for independent episodic TV, 13,000 attended events that included a pilot competition featuring […]