Theater openings
Backstage’s “Beauty and the Beast”
Aug. 30-Sept. 2: Revisit the enchantment of this Disney classic in the story of the resolute Belle, the forlorn Beast and the liberating power of love. 121 S. Ridge St., Breckenridge, 970-453-0199 or
Upstart Crow Theatre Company’s “Bus Stop”
Aug. 30-Sept. 14: Five travelers spend a night in a diner after their snowbound bus is marooned in small-town Kansas. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826,
Edge Theatre’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Aug. 30-Sept. 29: The circumstances of two American soldiers and an Iraqi translator are changed after encountering a perceptive tiger who haunts Baghdad in hopes of finding salvation within the city’s war-torn streets. 1560 Teller St., Suite 200, Lakewood, 303-232-0363,
The Garner Galleria’s “The Kid”
Aug. 30-Sept. 15: Joe McIntyre, the youngest member of The New Kids on the Block, takes the audience from his hometown of Boston to sold-out stadium tours as three generations of family drama becomes three decades of stage dreams. Denver Center for Performing Arts, 1101 13th St., 303-893-4100,
Compiled by Lucas Dean Fiser, Special to The Denver Post
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