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Lisa Kennedy
Denver-based freelancer Lisa Kennedy specializes in film and theater.
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Is “Die Hard” the world’s greatest Christmas movie? The Denver Center’s “Yippee Ki Yay” offers its own witty take
Do you recall the greatest Christmas action hero of all?

Hit musical “Six” brings Henry VIII’s exes to vivid life | Theater review
If the Six were a girl group, it¶¶Ňőap not clear how much they’d have topped the charts. Which doesn’t mean the women in the Tony-winning -- and just plain winning...

“Letters of Suresh” is as beguiling as an origami bird | Theater review
Curious Theatre Company’s latest is a nuanced production.

A compelling civil rights “herstory” lesson at Vintage | Theater review
“Cadillac Crew" is an act of recovery and discovery, of connecting dots and tracing lineage

“Coal Country” a true tale of loss, betrayal and anguish | Theater review
Director Jessica Robblee has summoned a deep bench of local talent for this production.

Lynn Nottage’s play “Clyde’s” heats up the Denver Center | Theater review
If you are jonesing for fresh episodes of “The Bear,” this production might feed that craving.

Warning: “Blasted” at Benchmark is brutal — but powerful | Theater review
There is sexual assault, and no small measure of racist, misogynist and homophobic slurs.

The trials and triumphs of Tina Turner, vividly, violently onstage | Theater review
Turner in her early years with Ike and then during her solo career was known as one of the hardest-working performers in showbiz.

Su Teatro’s “Wolf at the Door” a grim and gratifying fable | Review
Adult in its concerns, the play nevertheless captivates with its fairytale touches.

“The Laramie Project,” now at the Arvada Center, continues to offer fresh lessons | Review
The gift of “The Laramie Project” is to give voice to the citizens of a town reeling, reckoning but also feeling tarnished by a violent and bigoted act, and the...