This week’s theater openings
Thursday and Friday, Aug. 26-27: PHAMALy’s “Beauty and the Beast” (at the Arvada Center’s outdoor amphitheater, see below)
Thursday, Aug. 26, through Sept. 5: Crested Butte Mountain Theatre’s “The Robber Bridegroom”
Friday, Aug. 27, through Oct. 24: Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s “Oliver” Johnstown
Friday, Aug. 27, through Sept 17: Equinox’s “Reefer Madness, the Musical” (at the Bug Theatre)
Friday, Aug. 27, through Sept. 24: Rocky Mountain Rep’s “Always, Patsy Cline” Grand Lake
Saturday, Aug. 28, through Sept. 25: Spotlight’s “Showtune: Celebrating the Words and Music of Jerry Herman”
Saturday, Aug. 28, and Sunday, Aug. 29: Joni Sheram’s Cups” (at Bas Bleu Theatre) Fort Collins
Sunday, Aug. 29: Stories on Stage’s “Creative Solutions” (at the Denver Center’s Stage Theatre)
CANCELED: Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 25-26: Touring production of “The Maria Project” (at the Bindery Space)
This week’s theater closings
Today, Aug. 22: Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Johnstown
Today, Aug. 22: Backstage’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” Breckenridge
Today, Aug. 22: National touring production of “Defending the Caveman” (at the Carousel Dinner Theatre) Fort Collins
Today, Aug. 22: Town Hall Arts Center’s “The Love List” Littleton
Today, Aug. 22: Gravity Defied’s “The Wild Party,” at the Aurora Fox
Today, Aug. 22: Theatre ‘D Art’s “Theatregasm 4ever” Colorado Springs
Wednesday, Aug. 25: BurlyCute’s “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (Wednesdays only at Crossroads Theatre)
Thursday, Aug. 26: Lake Dillon’s “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” (Thursdays only at the New Pavilion) Keystone
Friday, Aug. 27: Lake Dillon’s “Hair”
Saturday, Aug. 28: Victorian Playhouse’s “Tomfoolery”
Saturday, Aug. 28: Creede Repertory Theatre’s “The Ladies Man”
Saturday, Aug. 28: E Project’s “Shakespeare to the Letter” Lakewood
Saturday, Aug. 28: TheatreWorks’ “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” at Rock Ledge Ranch Colorado Springs
Sunday, Aug. 29: Boulder International Fringe Festival
Sunday, Aug. 29: Germinal Stage-Denver’s “Summer Madness”
Sunday, Aug. 29: Lake Dillon’s “Rent”
Sunday, Aug. 29: Miners Alley Playhouse’s “The Underpants” Golden
Sunday, Aug. 29: 73rd Avenue Theatre’s “Fauna Rock” (bilingual children’s musical)
Sunday, Aug. 29: Hudson Reed Ensemble’s “Richard III” Aspen
Most recent theater openings
“Beauty and the Beast” It may be the tale as old as time, but you’ve never seen “Beauty and the Beast” the way it’s being staged this summer by PHAMALy, the nation’s foremost handicapped theater company. Fresh off its four-star staging at the Denver Center, the company presents an encore of sorts for two nights only on the Arvada Center’s outdoor amphitheater stage. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 26-27. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. $10-$28. 720-898-7200 or
Boulder International Fringe Festival Twelve days of live theater, circus art, performance art, spoken word, puppetry, music, dance, multi-media, film, visual art, storytelling, workshops and special events. Through Aug. 29. At locations around Boulder but based at the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-563-9950 or
Front Range Playwrights’ Showcase Short plays written by local playwrights. Today only. Presented by Coal Creek Community Theatre at the Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant St., 303-665-0955 or
“The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite” Three drunken loggers’ attempted good deed for an even drunker stranger sets them off on a wild, misadventure that quickly spirals into an existential odyssey worthy of the Coen Brothers. By Quincy Long. For mature audiences. Through Sept. 25. Creede Repertory Theatre, 124 N. Main St., 719-658-2540, 1-866-658-2540 or
“On Golden Pond” The poignant family drama of an elderly couple spending their 48th and final summer at their favorite vacation spot, confronting difficult family truths and still learning a few things from their grandson. Starring Anne Oberbroeckling and Mike Pearl Through Sept. 19. Vintage Theatre, 2119 E. 17th Ave., 303-839-1361 or
“Richard III” Shakespeare’s famous tale of brothers betrayed, kings killed and widows wooed at the end of the War of the Roses. Through Aug. 29. Presented by Hudson Reed Ensemble at the Galena Plaza, Aspen, 970-319-6867 or
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