Arvada Center’s “Saturday Night Fever”
Sept. 15-Oct. 4: Leisure-suit- and hot-pants-filled stage musical version of the film about a struggling kid from Brooklyn who wows on the disco dance floor. $53-$75. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada; 720-898-7200 or .
BDT Stage’s “Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story”
Sept. 11-Nov. 14: Musical that charts the meteoric climb, legendary adventures and tragic fall of the great rock ‘n’ roll singer. $39-$58. 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder; 303-449-6000 or .
Bas Bleu Theatre’s “The Outgoing Tide”
Sept. 12-Oct. 11: Sensitive drama about an endearing and funny man’s end-of-life situation. $13-$26. 401 Pine St., Fort Collins; 970-4987-8949 or .
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s “Outside Mullingar”
Sept. 17-Oct. 11: John Patrick Shanley’s tenderhearted romance set in rural Ireland. $16-$27. Dairy Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; 303-444-7328 or .
Boulder International Fringe Festival
Sept. 15-27: Twelve days of theater produced by more than two dozen companies from near and far, performed in various venues in the city of Boulder. Free to $15. .
Black Box Theatre’s “Sense and Sensibility”
Sept. 11-Oct. 3: Jane Austen’s romantic novel adapted into a musical. $15-$18. 1367 Pecan St., Colorado Springs; 719-330-1798 or .
Center for the Musical Arts’ “Normal Heights”
Sept. 12: Hilarious and poignant one-man play, with music, about sexuality and inclusion. $13-$15. 200 E. Baseline Road, Lafayette; .
Colorado Community Theater Festival
Sept. 11-13: Three days of theater performance and workshops. $10-$50. Newman Center, 1101 13th St., Denver; .
Denver Actors’ Fund’s “Miscast 2015”
Sept. 14: Area actors perform roles they would never be cast in as a benefit for the Denver Actors’ Fund. $10. Littleton Town Hall, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton; 303-794-2781 or .
Denver Center Theatre Company’s “Lookingglass Alice”
Sept. 11-Oct. 11: Chicago’s lauded Lookingglass Theatre’s imaginative take on the Lewis Carroll story of a girl who heads down the rabbit hole. $47-$66. Stage Theatre, 13th and Curtis streets, Denver; 303-893-4100 or .
Evergreen Chorale’s “Chicago”
Sept. 11-Oct. 4: Sassy jazz musical set in the Windy City about a murder case, and a lawyer’s attempt to keep the sexy perpetrator in the limelight in order to gain public sympathy. $16-$24. Center Stage, 27608 Firewood Drive, Evergreen; 303-674-4002 or .
Midtown Arts Center’s “The Pump and Dump: A Parentally Incorrect Comedy Show”
Sept. 12: Raucous sketch comedy with music for parents to laugh away a kid-filled day. $29-$39. 3750 S. Mason St., Fort Collins; 970-225-2555 or midtownarts .
Parker Arts/Parker Theatre Productions’ “Doubt”
Sept. 11-20: Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a power struggle between a priest and nun, circa 1964. $20. Schoolhouse Theater, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; 303-805-6800 or .
Performance Now’s “Anything Goes”
Sept. 11-27: Two unlikely pairs set off to sea and on the course to true love. $18-$35. Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood; 303-987-7845 or .
Pop Up Theatre’s “Burn This”
Sept. 11-19: Lanford Wilson’s searing drama about love and loss. Community Creative Center, 200 Mathews St., Fort Collins; .
Town Hall Arts Center’s “West Side Story”
Sept. 11-Oct. 11: Groundbreaking musical that borrows from “Romeo and Juliet” where two idealistic lovers are caught between warring gangs in a New York City borough. $23-$42. 2450 W. Main St., Littleton; 303-794-2787 or .
Compiled by Mark Collins, Special to The Denver Post
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