TheatreWorks’ “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Opening Friday, Jan. 6, through Feb. 19: This is the second installment of August Wilson’s decade-by-decade chronicle of the African-American experience. Set in a boardinghouse in 1911 Pittsburgh, the story looks at a time in American history when the children of recently freed slaves journeyed to the booming industrial cities of the North in search of prosperity and their own new identities.
Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 4 p.m. Sundays; also 2 p.m. Saturday matinees starting Feb. 5.
Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater, corner of Union and Austin Bluffs Parkway on the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus, 719-255-3232 or
Miners Alley Playhouse’s “Present Laughter”
Opening Friday, Jan. 6, through Feb. 12: At the center of Noel Coward’s quintessential British comedy is matinee idol Garry Essendine: Suave, hedonistic and too old, says his wife, to be having numerous affairs. Just before he escapes on tour to Africa the full extent of his misdemeanours is discovered, and all comic hell breaks loose. Typical of Coward’s sparkling dialogue, Garry manages to flee the chaos and reunite with his wife.
Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays (except on the final Sunday, when the curtain is at 2 p.m.)
1224 Washington St., Golden, 303-935-3044 or
OpenStage’s “The 39 Steps”
Opening Saturday, Jan. 7, through Feb. 5: In this quirky British send-up of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 spy thriller, four actors play nearly 50 roles, retooling the classic thriller into a hilarious comedy that manages to be faithful to the movie.
Showtimes: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, plus 2 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 29 and Feb. 5. Also 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12.
At the Lincoln Center’s Magnolia Theatre, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins, 970-221-6730 or
Spotlight’s “Dearly Departed”
Opening Saturday, Jan. 7, through Feb. 11: This comedy by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones takes you to the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt, where the beleaguered Turpin family proves that livin’ and dyin’ in the South are seldom tidy but always hilarious. Despite their earnest efforts to pull themselves together for their father’s funeral, the Turpins’ other problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion. Amid the chaos, the Turpins turn to their friends and neighbors, an eccentric community of misfits who just manage to pull together and help each other through their hours of need, and finally, the funeral.
Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 6:30 p.m. Sundays.
John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. 1st Pl., 720-880-8727 or
Inspire Creative’s “Oliver”
Opening Saturday, Jan. 7, through Jan. 15: Adapted from the Charles Dickens classic, “Oliver Twist,” this classic musical is the story of a young orphan boy and his adventures throughout the dirty streets of London. Features the songs “Food, Glorious Food,” “Consider Yourself,” “Where is Love?” “Who Will Buy?” “I’d Do Anything,” and “As Long as He Needs Me.”
Showtimes: 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 4 p.m. Sundays
At the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, 303-790-0875, or
Sangre de Cristo Arts Center Theater’s “Simply Sinatra”
Sunday, Jan. 8, only: This revue recounts the one of the greatest singers of an incredible era in American music spanning big-band to classic American pop. The great entertainers of the day are honored with sincerity and style. Standards include “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Mack the Knife,” “Just the Way You Are” and “That’s Life.”
Showtimes: 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
210 N. Santa Fe Ave., Pueblo, 719-295-7222 or
John Moore, Special to The Denver Post
