Buntport Theater Company’s “The Rembrandt Room”
April 8-30: One-person show that weaves together real events from legends Rembrandt and Catherine the Great, along with tales of Zeus and Dante. $13-$20. 717 Lipan St., Denver; 720-946-1388 or .
Denver Center Theatre Company’s “Sweeney Todd”
April 8-May 15: Stephen Sondheim’s gory thriller reinterpreted musically by Denver’s own DeVotchKa. $35-$74. Stage Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Center, 13th and Curtis streets, Denver; 303-893-4100 or .
Equinox Theatre Company’s “Silence! The Musical”
April 8-30: Satirical musical based on the Oscar-winning film “The Silence of the Lambs.” $20-$25. Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver; .
Maya Productions’ “A Tale of a Tiger”
April 9-16: One-man performance based on a Chinese theater folk tale about a soldier left for dead and seized and nurtured by a tiger. $10-$15. Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder; .
Metro Stage College of Denver’s “The Tempest”
April 14-24: Shakespeare’s tale of a king and his daughter shipwrecked on a mostly deserted island. Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre in the King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver; 303-556-2296 or
Prairie Playhouse’s “Into the Woods Jr.”
April 9-16: Shortened version of Sondheim’s musical based on fairy-tale characters. $10-$12. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont; 303-834-9384 or .
StageDoor Theatre’s “The Drowsy Chaperone”
April 8-23: Musical pokes fun at the tropes that characterize its own genre, while celebrating them at the same time. $12-$15. 25787 Conifer Road, Conifer, 303-838-0809 or .
University of Denver’s “Senior Capstone Festival, Cycle 1”
April 13-17: Student-directed and performed one-act plays. $10. Johnson-McFarlane Hall, 1903 E. Iliff Ave., Denver; 303-871-7720 or
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