Tag: Creede Repertory Theatre
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In one remarkable documentary, Creede is the center of the U.S.A.
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2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 26 Could the example of a tiny Colorado mountain town lead America out of its ongoing ideological divide? As I was watching the remarkable new documentary “Creede U.S.A.” at this year’s Denver Film Festival, I wondered how Thornton Wilder might have opened “Our Town” if he’d set his…
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Gus Van Sant brings ‘Dead Man’s Wire’ back home to Denver
DISPATCH FROM THE DENVER FILM FESTIVAL • DAY 7 Denver both rightfully and a bit speciously claims many film stars for having spent at least slivers of their childhoods here. We talk a lot about itinerant Coloradans Amy Adams, Don Cheadle, Keri Russell, Tim Allen, Hattie McDaniel and Billie Eilish’s mom, among others. Just the other…
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The Annaleigh Ashford express keeps rolling along | Arts news
Annaleigh Ashford, Hollywood’s leading Colorado-connected actor of the moment, just had three new projects announced this past week alone – one on TV, one on film and one on stage. And that doesn’t even count her Emmy Award nomination earlier this month. Ashford, a graduate of Wheat Ridge High School, will next star in the true…
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Banner year for these local actors | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Actor Lavour Addison toyed with us in 2023 like a heavyweight prize fighter who floats like a butterfly and delivers knockout punches at his pleasure. He ended 2022 with an award-winning performance of a boxing play called “The Royale,” playing a character based on the…
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This is the sound of a superhero | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Max Silverman was late meeting up with his parents at their hotel in New York City a few weeks ago, but he had a pretty good excuse. He was saving someone’s life. “Max was on a subway platform and saw that a middle-aged man was…
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Brandt and Brownie: Creede’s 50-year gold standards | John Moore
Youth, says Creede Repertory Theatre lifer John Gary Brown, “seemed like a permanent condition in the endless summer of 1974.” He was brand new to the magical seductions of the La Garita Mountains 250 miles southwest of Denver. His perpetual sunshine and wife-to-be, Christy Brandt, was playing a 14-year-old in “The Philadelphia Story.” They were…
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Utah Shakes lures Creede Repertory Theatre’s leader to Cedar City
John DiAntonio marks the third straight Utah hire with direct ties to Denver Center for the Performing Arts
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18 hours, 500 miles, 2 plays and a heart filled by magic of Creede | John Moore
CREEDE – On paper, it was a foolish plan. In execution, it was as magical as the destination itself: Start the day with an 8 a.m. drive to Creede, a tiny town 250 miles southwest of Denver in the remote San Juan Mountains. Arrive 10 minutes before the 1 p.m. start of a world-premiere play being…
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Shut the ‘Cottage’ door! Coloradan makes triumphant Broadway debut | Arts news
Denver Center favorite Jamie Ann Romero took on leading role in ‘The Cottage’ with very little rehearsal
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A poet’s dream in historic Creede | Main Street Colorado
The man known as the poet laureate of the Rockies found inspiration in a nook of southwest Colorado. Cy Warman was moved to write a poem that would be memorized by local school kids generations later. “It’s day all day in the daytime,” goes the famous line. “And there is no night in Creede.” For…