Lisa Kennedy

He's not a ball hog, exactly, Michael Jordan (Orlanders Jones) just can't bring himself to pass the ball to his Lilliputian teammates in "Small Ball." (Michael Ensminger, Provided by Catamounts)

The Catamounts goes all in on the madness of the basketball musical 鈥淪mall Ball鈥澛犅�

November 16, 2022 at 10:16 a.m.

The production is so very ambitious that this viewer was left with the sense that its makers are trying to say even more than I could grasp with confidence on...

Before the "Fight of the Century," Jay Jackson (Addison Lavour, left) and Fish (Cameron Davis) go at it in "The Royal." (Michael Ensminger, provided by BETC)

“The Royale” is a bruising and bittersweet production about the “sweet science” 鈥� and so much more

November 4, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

The fight choreography is gorgeous, even though no punches connect. A thump on a chest or stomp on the canvas signals a dazing blow, a blinding jab.

Benedick (Geoffrey Kent) and Margaret (Desiree Mee Jung) in "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Denver Center. (Michael Martin Photography, provided by the Denver Center)

Playfulness is the thing in Denver Center’s “Much Ado About Nothing”

October 28, 2022 at 6:26 a.m.

Some of that wink and nudge is, of course, the work of William Shakespeare. But there is also a drollness to the staging of the Bard鈥檚 comedy.

The thrilling and able cast of "Futurity," a moving indie musical from C茅sar Alvarez and the Lisps. (Gail Bransteitter, provided by Aurora Fox)

“Futurity,” at the Aurora Fox theater, is playful and poignant, rocking and roiling

October 20, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

This indie-rock musical celebrates the imagination, which can be a gateway to invention, a portal to escape, a window into the future

Actor, playwright, GerRee Hinshaw at her home October 07, 2022. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

“Raised on Ronstadt” showcases big songs, bigger voice

October 19, 2022 at 7:58 a.m.

Heritage can come in waves, carried by the stories mothers and fathers and grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins share.

Phamaly ensemble members rehearse 脪Love Multiplied脫 for their upcoming Vox show, which consists of eight original short plays by writers with disabilities on October 4, 2022 in Aurora, Colorado. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Phamaly’s “Vox Vergere” celebrates our various identities with eight one-act plays

October 18, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

In attending Phamaly productions, audiences of shared and varied abilities can鈥檛 help but be changed or at least challenged.

High school confidential and harrowing: Sophie Berger, left, and Aria Summer Wallace as Ester and Amy in Ruby Rae Spiegel's "Dry Land." (Michael Ensminger, Provided by Benchmark Theatre)

In two fiercely acted regional theater premieres, the kids are anything but all right

September 30, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

With the recent openings of 鈥淭he Children鈥� and 鈥淒ry Land,鈥� area theaters continue to launch their seasons on a high note -- or, depending on how you look at it,...

In Lloyd Suh's smart, nimble "The Chinese Lady," about a 14-year-old immigrant put on display in the 1800s. Credit: Adams VisCom, provided by the Denver Center

“The Chinese Lady” is witty and wincing as it puts questions of humanity on display

September 23, 2022 at 6:37 a.m.

Audience members have grown used to the clever ways that theaters make requests to silence all devices, unwrap candies and otherwise zip it in a show鈥檚 prologue. But the Denver...

The Grimm and glorious company of the Arvada Center's production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's "Into the Woods." Credit: Amanda Tipton, provided by the Arvada Center.

Arvada Center offers bewitching reasons to head 鈥淚nto the Woods鈥�

September 23, 2022 at 6:31 a.m.

The word this summer out of a pandemic-bruised Broadway was promising. The Encores! production of 鈥淚nto the Woods鈥� wowed and charmed. The news closer to home is even more welcome.

The "heroes" of the Curious Theatre Company's 25th season opener, "Heroes of the Fourth Turning." from left: Adeline Mann, Sean Scrutchins, Tammy L. Meneghini and Noelia Antweiler. Missing: Lance Rasmussen. Credit: Michael Ensminger, provided by Curious Theatre Company

Curious launches its season with Will Arbery鈥檚 Catholicism-wrestling 鈥淗eroes of the Fourth Turning鈥�

September 16, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Audiences might find 鈥淗eroes of the Fourth Turning鈥� --聽 at the Curious Theatre Company through Oct. 15 -- rattling. And not merely because a few times during the drama, an...

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