Lisa Kennedy

Miners Alley Playhouse lets the sun shine in its revival of 鈥淗air.鈥� Credit: Sarah Roshan, Provided by Miners Alley Playhouse

Denver’s fall theater season jam-packed with premieres, blockbusters and immersive fun

September 6, 2022 at 12:13 p.m.

Something feels different -- dare we say assured? -- about this fall鈥檚 theater season. At the opening night of the thrilling 鈥淗adestown鈥� at the Denver Performing Arts Complex on Tuesday,...

The women of 鈥淲omen Talking鈥� directed by Sarah Polley. From left: Michelle McLeod, Sheila McCarthy, Liv McNeil, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kate Hallett, Rooney Mara and Judith Ivey.
(Michael Gibson, Orion Pictures)

Stars descend on Telluride as its 49th film festival begins

September 2, 2022 at 6:38 a.m.

鈥淭his year, so many movies are just in-your-face. They're going to provoke so much conversation. They鈥檙e going to be divisive."

DENVER, COLORADO - AUGUST 17: Dee Covington, the co-founder of the Curious Theatre Company, and Jada Suzanne Dixon, the artistic director of the company, stand for a portrait in the company's theater in Denver, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Denver Post)

Curious Theatre Company celebrates its 25th year with a major change at the top

August 29, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

There鈥檚 an art to letting go, and Curious Theatre's Chip Walton and Dee Covington are deep into the practice of it.

In "Puerto Rican Nocturne," at the Bug Theatre, Pedro (Anthony Rivera, left) and Adria (Paola Miranda) share some tenderness amid grief. Credit: Liukura Mariman, provided by the Bug Theatre

Theater review: 鈥淧uerto Rican Nocturne鈥� at Bug Theatre features rich performances in a tragic tale

August 11, 2022 at 3:29 p.m.

Colorado Springs-based playwright Jon Marcantoni Rosa based his drama in part on writer Manuel Suarez鈥檚 book 鈥淭wo Lynchings on Cerro Maravilla.鈥�

For their animated short, co-writers Colman and Raul Domingo tease an incandescent moment from the solo show "A Boy and His Soul." (Edith Productions)

Colman Domingo, Charles Busch, films galore and more at Denver’s CinemaQ Film Festival

August 5, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

While the Evening with Colman Domingo will be a high point in a festival promising no shortage of them, this year鈥檚 CinemaQ is rife with work that exemplifies the breadth,...

The carnality of prepubescence gets its untamed moment in the looney and touching "Dance Nation," by Clare Barron. (Michael Ensminger, provided by Apex Black Box)

Theater reviews: 鈥淒ance Nation鈥� swings at Black Box, while 鈥淕ypsy鈥� at Vintage trips up

July 22, 2022 at 10:05 a.m.

For the briefest moment these girls -- and one boy -- from Liverpool, Ohio, do their darndest in a studio where camaraderie can be true but also mercurial.

Death becomes him: Papa Calaca (Raul Cardona) and his "bony angels" in Quixote. Adams VisCom, provided by the Denver Center

The hero and his squire ride again in the Denver Center鈥檚 vibrant production of 鈥淨uixote Nuevo鈥�

June 3, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

It抖阴ap tempting to say that Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra鈥檚 Don Quixote never gets old. But aging is very much the point in playwright Octavio Sol铆s鈥� 鈥淨uixote Nuevo鈥� on stage at...

The students of Charles R. Drew Prep get their R&B on in one of the riveting moments in the Denver Center production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's "Choir Boy." Credit Adams VisCom, provided by the Denver Center

Review: 鈥淐hoir Boy鈥� deals with privilege, entitlement, coming out and homophobia

May 6, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Tarell Alvin McCraney, co-writer of Oscar-winning feature 鈥淢oonlight," brings his Broadway play to the Denver Center.

Comedian and late-night ground-breaker Amber Ruffin heads to Red Rocks, finally. Credit: Charles Sykes, Peacock

SeriesFest is back in Denver — and Amber Ruffin will finally make it to Red Rocks

May 3, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

During the year that comedian Amber Ruffin lived in Denver, she never visited Red Rocks. She did, however, make repeated pilgrimages to a slightly less indelible landmark. 鈥淔or a year,...

DENVER, CO - APRIL 12 : Nick Chase, left, and Betty Hart, co-artistic directors with Pesha Rudnick of Local Theater Company, pose for a portrait at The Savoy Denver in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

COVID, protests wreaked havoc on Colorado’s theater scene. The outcome? Thrilling, smart, messy productions

April 21, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

When Local Theater Company launches the 11th installment of its Spring Lab this weekend at Boulder鈥檚 Dairy Arts Center, the three-day festival of staged readings of new works, conversations and...

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