TREASURE ISLAND at the Aurora Fox will make you a Jolly Roger
by Chris Arneson - May 15, 2023
There have been countless adaptations of the classic adventure novel Treasure Island for film and TV, but it's not too often you find a stage musical of it. While the Aurora Fox is hosting the show's Colorado premiere, this musical production of Treasure Island made its world premiere a decade ago a...
Review: The Heavyweights Present a Plus-Size 'Putnam'
by Chris Arneson - April 06, 2023
The musical's heart gets a little lost in the camp of everything. There's already the added layer of adults playing children -- but when there's 3 guys bouncing between multiple roles, sometimes the same character would be played by multiple people in a single song. Just watching it was exhausting. ...
Review: TICK, TICK... BOOM! Blows it Out of the Water at Vintage Theatre
by Jon Bee - March 28, 2023
What did our critic think of TICK, TICK... BOOM! at Vintage Theatre? Jonathan Larson is one of those artists who, because they died young (and infamously), will live on through their treasured work. Rent, of course, is the big one for him. Though his lesser known work, Tick, Tick... Boom! ...
Review: National Tour of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Establishes a New 'Tradition' at DCPA
by Jon Bee - March 16, 2023
What did our critic think of NATIONAL TOUR OF FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at DCPA? The summer after high school, I was in a local community theatre production of Fiddler on the Roof. Though the show was already an established classic, I generally remember that summer as one where I watched the other 'sons' ...
Review: HOTTER THAN EGYPT at DCPA Theatre Company
by Jon Bee - March 08, 2023
What did our critic think of HOTTER THAN EGYPT at DCPA Theatre Company? Some say the world will end in fire - they must not be familiar with husbands who can be as cold as ice. Such is the case in DCPA's latest local production, Hotter than Egypt....
Review: LAUGHS IN SPANISH at DCPA is a New Classic in World Premiere Production
by Jon Bee - February 15, 2023
What did our critic think of LAUGHS IN SPANISH at DCPA Theatre Company? Theatre is often boiled down into two things: comedy and tragedy. From there, the seeds take root and bloom into a plethora of unique stories. However, I often find the greatest stories capture both elements and therefore are th...
Review: It's Grool. It's Fetch. It's Mean Girls the Musical.
by Chris Arneson - December 22, 2022
What did our critic think of MEAN GIRLS at DCPA?It's easy to be a bit of a mean girl when it comes to cult movies being adapted into musicals. They happen too often, and sometimes they're tragic.
Thankfully, not Mean Girls....