Bovine Metropolis’ “The Big Noir”
Feb. 19-May 20: Improv comedy performed in the style of noir-ish detective stories. $5-$12. 1527 Champa St., Denver; 303-752-4722 or .
Bovine Metropolis’ “Denver’s Next Improv Star”
Feb. 20-April 16: Improv actors compete in weekly set-ups and a winner is chosen at the end of the competition. $20-$22. 1527 Champa St., Denver; 303-758-4722 or .
Evergreen Chorale’s “Guys and Dolls”
Feb. 19-March 6: Musical about a lovable mobster’s efforts to evade the police and find a location for his craps game. $16-$24. Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen; 303-674-4002 or .
Firehouse Theater Company’s “The Champagne Charlie Stakes”
Feb. 20-March 19: A dreamer and teller of tall tales bets his entire savings on a long-shot hunch. $20-$22. John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver; 303-562-3232 or .
Longmont Theatre Company’s “Boeing Boeing”
Feb. 19-March 5: Farce about a swinging bachelor in the 1960s engaged to three stewardesses, who know nothing of their beau’s shenanigans. $16-$18. 513 Main St., Longmont; 303-772-5200 or .
Metropolitan State University of Denver’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
Feb. 25-March 6: Musical comedy where a handful of misfit children compete in a local bee. $10-$20. MSU Denver Studio Theatre, King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver; 303-556-2296.
OpenStage Theatre Company’s “The North Plan”
Feb. 20-March 19: Drama about a midlevel bureaucrat from the U.S. State Department with a price on his head. $15-$24. Magnolia Theater, Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins; 970-221-6735 or .
Prairie Playhouse’s “Fiddler on the Roof”
Feb. 19-27: A milkman in a turn-of-the-last-century Russian shtetl must deal with the changing times. $10-$15. The Armory, 300 Strong St., Brighton; .
Stories on Stage’s “True Story”
Feb. 21: Actors read stories that are all true. $15-$28. Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver; 303-494-0523 or .
Town Hall Arts Center’s “The Man Who Came to Dinner”
Feb. 19-March 20: A celebrated and acerbic theatre critic makes himself at home in an unsuspecting family’s home in this comedy. $23-$42. 2450 W. Main St., Littleton; 303-794-2787, .
University of Denver Theatre Department’s “Little Shop of Horrors”
Feb. 25-March 6: Musical comedy about a man-eating plant and a lovelorn shop worker,. $15-$20. Johnson-McFarlane Hall, 1903 E. Illif Ave., Denver; 303-871-7720 or .
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