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Lisa Kennedy
Denver-based freelancer Lisa Kennedy specializes in film and theater.
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Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s “The Winter’s Tale” showcases play’s near flawless wit
In “The Winter’s Tale,” Leontes, King of Sicilia, asks a favor of his pregnant wife, Hermione: persuade his childhood Polixenes, King of Bohemia, to extend his visit a few days....

World premiere of “Stonewall” poignant, pointed and timely | Review
It¶¶Ňőap heartening when the area’s smaller theaters take on epic projects. Even moreso when they pull back the curtain on the stories of marginalized people.

Two poignant new shows immerse viewers in an odd estate sale and 1930 farm life, respectively | Review
The deceased’s somewhat creepy sculptural work is actually for sale, as are the many tchotchkes, oddities and books exhibited in a warren of rooms.

Denver’s Fringe Festival takes inspiration from Edinburgh
Denver Fringe Festival runs June 8-11 with 40 shows over 10 venues in RiNo, Five Points and Curtis Park.

Spiritual, secular intersect in “The Oldest Boy” at Miners Alley
A ring of the doorbell will change everything for a married couple -- and the world? —  in playwright Sarah Ruhl’s involving drama “The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three...

Based on Colorado history, Buntport’s “Best Town” is a zany work
It doesn’t seem fair or smart or particularly nimble to write that the folks at Buntport are at it again. And yet: The folks at Buntport are at it again...

A singular performance suppresses the flaws of “On the Exhale”Â
It would be too flippant to say playwright MartĂn Zimmerman’s drama, “On the Exhale,” begins with a bang. Although, its ensuing tragedy does -- a series of bangs, in fact.

Jeffrey Neuman’s canny drama, “The Headliners,” wows at Pluss Theatre
Neuman sets his engaging drama -- with music and a little bit of sashaying — in 1908, the year New York City’s vaudeville quasars Eva Tanguay and Julian Eltinge decided...

Sheryl McCallum and David Nehls bring the legend of R&B great Ruth Brown to the Denver Center
Connection is a recurring theme in how McCallum and Nehls came to make “Miss Rhythm,” which is based on the 1996 book.

Theater reviews: One play has no shortage of antics, another no paucity of ambition
This past weekend offered two shows that are expertly performed, skillfully designed and directed with a terrific sense of what their ensembles are capable of.