Tag: Theater Awards
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‘Nice Work,’ Lone Tree: 17 Henry Award nominations
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Denver Center, Firehouse, Arvada Center lead Colorado companies in a wildly unpredictable year celebrating Colorado theater The Colorado Theatre Guild’s wildly unpredictable Henry Awards promise to be even more wild and unpredictable than ever when the advocacy group’s 20th annual celebration of achievements in the Colorado theater year are doled out on July 20 at…
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Diamonds are forever: Buntport commits to next 25 years of stage fun
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2025 COLORADO THEATER PERSON(S) OF THE YEAR Colorado College pals made a bold move in 2025 to buy the Denver warehouse that has been its home for quirky, smart theater since 2001 Here’s the thing about the Buntport Theater collective: There’s nobody like them. Not in Denver. Not in Colorado. Not in the United States.…
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Kelly Van Oosbree is the cat in the hats
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 17 Prolific director and choreographer is the artistic director of two local companies at the same time Kelly Van Oosbree swears it’s not so much ambition as it is “an Iowa work ethic.” Call it what you will, but Colorado’s most prolific director and choreographer worked in 2025.…
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Husbands and wives keep the home fire burning on stage
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 11 Married couple Marco and Adriane Robinson were romantically paired three times in 2025, while Shakespeare duo’s love was in full Boulder bloom Is there anything more irresistible than for a romantic leading man to be paired with a romantic leading lady who happens to be his romantic…
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DU’s tech interns: If you want it built, they will come
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 10 Innovative program gives future theater professionals paid, real-life experience building sets for area plays and musicals One: Technical theater students need practical, real-world experience before graduating, same as plumbers, electricians and accountants. Two: The cost of staging live theater has surged across-the-board since the pandemic. Inflation, labor,…
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From down on her luck to top of the world: ThunderRidge theater student perseveres
A few months ago, Gabi Karl of ThunderRidge High School was on the verge of being homeless. Today, she is a champion. Karl was honored for Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role at the 10th annual Bobby G Awards on Friday at the Buell Theatre. The awards, hosted by the Denver Center for the Performing…
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Historic nonbinary award nominee grapples with gendered categories
eden, a single-named and intentionally lower-cased Denver actor, recently became the first openly nonbinary performer to be nominated for the Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Awards, which celebrate the year in live theater statewide. eden is nominated as an outstanding supporting actress for playing a confidante to the first female Negro Leagues baseball player in the…
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Colorado high school students follow their bright star to Broadway
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Camille Nugent of Fossil Ridge High School and Connor O’Brian of Lakewood High School took very different paths to the top of Colorado’s high school theater world. Nugent has been treading the boards since she was all of 6, first appearing as Young Cosette in a professional production of “Les Misérables” at the Midtown Arts…
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Henry Awards give the Denver Center a home-field advantage
The Colorado Theatre Guild’s Henry Awards are going home to the Denver Center, where its homegrown theater company once again has hauled in a lion-sized share of the nominations. The DCPA Theatre Company received a robust 37 nominations Thursday, but that’s actually down from the record 47 it hauled in last year. The 17th annual…