To be eligible for an Ovation Award, it need only have opened after Dec. 7, 2007 and before Dec. 7, 2008, and have been seen by one of six Denver Post representatives. Here’s a list of 159 shows that got seen in 2008:
AND TOTO TOO
“The Glider”
ARVADA CENTER
“Of Mice and Men”
“A Year With Frog and Toad”
“The House of Blue Leaves”
“Altar Boyz”
“Buddy The Buddy Holly Story”
“Les Miserables” (with Randal Keith starring)
“Les Miserables” (with Dennis St. Claire starring)
“Hollywood Arms”
“Seussical”
“A Wonderful Life”
AUGUSTANA ARTS
“Titanic”
AURORA FOX
“Moby Dick the Musical”
“The Emperor Jones”
“Honus and Me”
“Escanaba in Love”
“Godpsell”
AVENUE
“Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women”
“Oleanna”
“Almost Denver: Songs and Failures of Jim Aurora”
“Bubs”
“November”
“A Chicken Lips Christmas”
BACKSTAGE
“Reefer Madness”
BAS BLEU
“Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me”
“Wings”
“Duet For One”
“Bernice/Butterfly: A Two-Part Invention”
“Happy Days”
“1940s Radio Christmas Carol”
BOULDER’S DINNER THEATRE
“Little Shop of Horrors”
“The Will Rogers Follies”
“The Producers”
BOULDER ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY
“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)”
“Fat Pig”
BROOKS ARTS CENTER
“In the City”
BUG THEATRE
“Iraq War: The Musical!” Kurt
BUNTPORT
“Musketeer”
“Anywhere But Rome”
CABRINI LITTLE THEATRE
“Incorruptible”
CALIFORNIA ACTORS THEATRE
“Mass Appeal”
CANDLELIGHT DINNER PLAYHOUSE
“The Music Man”
“Nunsensations”
CAROUSEL DINNER THEATRE
“Cats”
“The Producers”
COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
“Macbeth”
“Woody Guthrie’s American Song”
“Love’s Labour’s Lost”
“The Three Musketeers”
“Henry VIII”
“A Child’s Christmas in Wales”
COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER
“Sunday in the Park with George”
COLORADO STAGE COMPANY
“The Diaries of Adam and Eve as translated by Mark Twain”
COUNTDOWN TO ZERO
“The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui”
CONUNDRUM PRODUCTIONS
“Contrived Ending”
CREEDE REPERTORY THEATRE
“Billy Hell”
“The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
“Grimm Pajamas”
CROSSROADS THEATRE
“Leadville or Bust”
“Manhattan’s Last Fight”
CURIOUS
“9 Parts of Desire”
“The Lieutenant of Inishmore”
“The Denver Project”
“End Days”
“Curse of the Starving Class”
“Speech & Debate”
DANGEROUS THEATRE
“A Time to Go Walking”
DENVER CENTER THEATRE COMPANY
“Our House”
“Lydia”
“Plainsong”
“Gee’s Bend”
“The Merry Wives of Windsor”
“Doubt”
“3 Mo’ Divas”
“The Trip to Bountiful”
“Noises Off”
“Glengarry Glen Ross”
“The Miracle Worker”
“A Christmas Carol”
DENVER CENTER ATTRACTIONS
“The Last Five Years”
“My Fair Lady”
“Jesus Christ Superstar”
“High School Musical”
“A Chorus Line”
“Sweeney Todd”
“Avenue Q”
“Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women”
“The Drowsy Chaperone”
DENVER CHILDREN’S THEATRE
“Sleeping Beauty”
FIREHOUSE
“Arcadia”
“Sleuth”
GERMINAL
“Reverse Psychology”
“Tiny Alice”
“Candida”
“The Birthday Party”
“The Show-Off”
HERITAGE SQUARE
“The Baseball Show”
“Retro Loud”
HUNGER ARTISTS
“The Shape of Things”
LANNIES
“A Musical Tribute to Peggy Lee”
LISTEN PRODUCTIONS
“DNC Mediamockracy”
LUCIDITY SUITCASE INTERCONTINENTAL
“The Melting Bridge”
MAGIC MOMENTS
“Stand By Me”
MINERS ALLEY PLAYHOUSE
“Misery”
“Beau Jest”
“Matt and Ben”
“Summertree”
“Hay Fever”
MODERN MUSE
“Bee-Luther-Hatchee”
“A Body of Water”
NATIONAL THEATRE CONSERVATORY
“Harvey”
NEXT STAGE
“Music from a Sparkling Planet”
“Mr. Marmalade”
NEXT STAGE
“Falsettos”
“18 Holes”
NEW DENVER CIVIC
“Office Broadway”
“Magdalene, Woman of Light”
OPENSTAGE & COMPANY
“Dirty Blonde”
“The Cripple of Inishmaan”
PARAGON
“The Gin Game”
“Sight Unseen”
“This Is How It Goes”
“The Glass Menagerie”
PHAMALy
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
“Side Show”
PERFORMANCE NOW
“Beauty and the Beast”
SENIOR HOUSING OPTIONS (BARTH HOTEL)
“The Hot L Baltimore”
SHADOW THEATRE
“Dinah Was”
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” Kurt
SOUTHERN COLORADO REPERTORY THEATRE
“The Spitfire Grill”
“Lend Me a Tenor”
“Lucky Stiff”
SPOTLIGHT
“12 Angry Men”
SQUARE PRODUCT
“The House of Yes”
SU TEATRO
“Ollin”
“Braided Sorrow”
THEATRE 13
“And Baby Makes Seven”
THEATRE GROUP
“Jeffrey”
“The Last Session”
“The History Boys”
“The Eyes of Babylon”
“When Pigs Fly”
THEATREWORKS
“Blithe Spirit”
“As You Like It”
“Grapes of Wrath”
TOWN HALL
“Always Patsy Cline”
“Swingtime Canteen”
“Company”
“The Full Monty”
UNCORKED
“Closer”
UNION COLONY DINNER THEATRE
“Jekyll & Hyde”
VICTORIAN
“The Lion in Winter”
“Stones in His Pockets”
“Crimes of the Heart”
“Out of Order”
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”
VINTAGE
“Brilliant Traces”
“Crazy Bag”
“A Streetcar Named Desire”
This list does not include special performances, benefits and out-of-town plays also attended by Denver Post critics. Several shows were seen by more than one.
