Tag: Theater
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Boulder museum turns to Jill Desmond
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Arts news: Railbenders christen newest Soiled Dove; arts economy booming in Springs; Bright Eyes at Red Rocks The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art has named Jill Desmond to lead the organization as it prepares to transition into its new home in North Boulder. “Desmond is a seasoned arts professional with more than 20 years of…
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Be just like them: Teachers choose friendship over friction at the theater
Two Denver teachers reflect on seeing the immigration play ‘Just Like Us’ at Su Teatro from very different life experiences The whole way home from seeing a local theater production on Thursday night, Cynthia Shelden was crying and praying. “It was that emotional for me,” she said. And when she got home, she took to Facebook.…
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Justine Lupe comes home: Everybody wants this
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2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 19 A remarkably large class of Coloradans excelled in 2025 on screens large and small, and on stages near and far Justine Lupe started to get famous around 2018 because she was versatile, she was deeply relatable, she was quirky, and she was completely authentic – on camera and…
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Denver School of the Arts theater students: These kids are all right
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 12 One high school has generated about $58,000 since 2014 to help the Denver Actors Fund pay down Colorado theater artists’ medical bills Everyone had a potentially traumatic first day of school. The kind that can go either way: Either some older kid smells your fear, seizes on…
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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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Philip Sneed takes the high road out after Arvada Center’s 50th season ends
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 7 After leading the company back from the existential crisis of the shutdown, retiring president and CEO is enjoying a record-breaking year. Philip Sneed sure knows how to make an exit. After insistently building the Arvada Center back from the pandemic with dogged positivity, the genial but resolute…
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Matt Zambrano: Last by letter, first by feats
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 1 Here’s every brilliant thing busy and beloved actor and director did this year Matt Zambrano is such a nice guy, he will give you the shirt off his back – and the words off his page. True story. I was unsteadily attempting to write my first real play…
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Denver’s John Carroll Lynch makes Broadway debut Thursday
I’ve always thought of John Carroll Lynch as a stage actor ever since I saw him play Judas in a Denver youth production of “Godspell.” Two years later, I was handing him the bowl of water and scream-singing, “Pilate, crucify him!” in “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Soon, he was performing with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and…
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This Halloween in Denver, get on your feet
From plays to playgrounds films to museums to interactive experiences, there’s lots to keep your blood pumping this month Halloween is fun for everyone, but it always brings out the best in our performing-arts groups and museums. So why not go with live while you are celebrating the dead? Among your options: Elitch Gardens Elitch…
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Off-Center: DCPA’s great programming adventure is over
Officials cite budget constraints for eliminating wing devoted to growing younger audiences Feb. 20, 2010, was one of the hardest days in the storied history of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The region’s leading arts center would be ending one of its signature programs – the National Theatre Conservatory, a three-year master’s acting program…