“ASSASSINS” Next Stage marks its permanent move to the Aurora Fox with a remount of this award-winning Sondheim musical that imagines infamous killers and would-be killers coming together. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays through Aug. 18 (plus Aug. 6) at 9900 E. Colfax Ave. $18-$24 (720-209-4105 or ).
“THE LAST FIVE YEARS” In this novel relationship musical, the man tells the story of a doomed affair in “forward” time, while the woman tells her side of it in reverse – connecting only once in real time. The woman’s role was originated by Sherie Rene Scott, now Ursula in “The Little Mermaid.” 7:45 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 1:45 Sundays (dinner 90 minutes before) through Sept. 15 at the Carousel Dinner Theatre, 3509 S. Mason St., Fort Collins. $29-$38 (970-225-2555 or ).
“MALE INTELLECT, THE SECOND COMING” Robert Dubac, who says his one-man relationship comedy, “The Male Intellect, an Oxymoron” has been seen by a million people, debuts his long-awaited sequel in a special engagement with Curious Theatre. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 25 at 1080 Acoma St. $30; 2-for-1 Thursdays (303-623-0524 or .
–John Moore
WEEKLY PODCAST
RUNNING LINES WITH … ROBERT DUBAC: Denver Post theater critic John Moore talks with the writer and star of “The Second Coming.”listen at .



