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Lisa Kennedy
Denver-based freelancer Lisa Kennedy specializes in film and theater.
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Nothing is black and white about “MJ: The Musical”| Review
For the most part, the show brackets out the controversies that bedevil Jackson’s legacy, but it doesn’t demand that we do the same.

What makes Denver theater audiences different? (Hint: It starts with a sense of humor)
“The world seems to be asking to be uplifted these days."

10 things to know about Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson
Here's 10 things to know about the playwright and his work.

5 reasons you should see Phamaly’s “The Cost of Living” at Curious Theatre
What if your theater review were fractured? Broken apart and rearranged to get at something new about a staged work, to get at something different about the experience?

The aristocratic machinations and foxy dancing of pre-revolutionary Russia | Theater review
Can a musical be a sexy beast?

How DCPA used a psychotherapist to flesh out characters in its new WWII spy thriller
Their invention may have legs. She hopes to train new practitioners in what psychodramaturgy is --Â and what it is not.

In light of Alexei Navalny’s death, Colorado producer revisits Oscar-winning documentary
“I haven't watched it again, but [his death] certainly changes how we watch it."

Seduction, sex and WWII: Espionage drama “Rubicon” premieres at the Denver Center
Play about Betty Thorpe is as much about gender politics as geo-politics.

Tony-winning musical about a daughter-dad reckoning gets an inspired production
The 90-minute show is amusing and at times dark. It is also powerfully humane.

In divided times, the Colorado debut of Pulitzer finalist “What the Constitution Means to Me” is wise and funny
The play’s feminist take on the vision, blind spots and vulnerabilities of the U.S. Constitution gained urgency when Donald Trump took office.