Tag: Grayson Allensworth
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Broadway, babies! Two Colorado high-school actors take their dreams to New York
Arts news: Grayson Allensworth is a Jimmy Awards hopeful … Nuggets’ ‘Love Island’ connection … Bonfils-Stanton names ‘Impact’ artists … Hey, Denver: Look up! Aerial sculptures! And more. The Denver Center’s annual Bobby G Awards, which honor achievements in Colorado high-school musical theater, have named Windsor High School’s production of “Bright Star” the most outstanding …
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‘Assassins’ tops list of ’25 musicals that were ‘worthy of your love’
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 24 From a Sondheim musical about presidential killers in Golden to a new Disney classic in Arvada, Colorado musicals showed their range in 2025 When the Miners Alley Performing Arts Center decided to include the controversial Stephen Sondheim musical “Assassins” on its current season, it was more than…
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Ragan & Robblee: Two leaders who truly give a damn | John Moore
When Mark Ragan stepped in to extend the life of the Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado in March 2023, he introduced a new economic model that would quickly ripple out to the benefit of neighboring arts organizations like, well, the Butterfly Effect. Ironically, the first thing Ragan and creative partner Jessica Robblee did was revert…
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Peak seasons: Banner year for 10 Colorado stage actors | John Moore
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2024 TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 30
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High-impact musicals: Full-throttled and full-throated | John Moore
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2024 TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 29
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Impact plays keep the gas on in cautious times | John Moore
It’s no secret that the performing arts have been on the rocks trying to bounce back from the pandemic shutdown. The year 2024 saw at least five Colorado theater companies go dead or dormant, and it ends with several more on the ropes. (On the bright side, nine foolish (I mean fearless) small startup groups…
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Call it the Giving Tree: Artists helping artists | John Moore
I started the True West Awards in 2013 – the same year I started The Denver Actors Fund, an all-volunteer nonprofit that helps Colorado theater artists pay down their medical bills. And I started both programs with a colostomy bag attached to my gut – the result of what I playfully call my “colon blow.” After a…