Author: John Moore
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In a prison, live theater lights up the dark | John Moore
Video: Trailer for ‘If Light Closed Its Eyes,’ recently performed at the Sterling Correctional Facility. Courtesy DU Prison Arts STERLING • “There are African religions that believe you are not truly dead until you are forgotten,” a retired Unitarian Universalist minister told me last week from inside the walls of the Sterling Correctional Facility. When…
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COVID again wiping out arts performances across Colorado
With few if any remaining COVID precautions being enforced, the coronavirus is again wreaking havoc on performing arts organizations across the state. At least four Colorado performing companies – Central City Opera, the Creede Repertory Theatre, the Evergreen Players and the Lake Dillon Theatre Company – have canceled all performances through at least Monday because…
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COVID wiping out performances across Colorado
With few if any remaining COVID precautions being enforced around the state, the coronavirus is again wreaking havoc on performing arts organizations across the state. At least four Colorado performing companies – Central City Opera, the Creede Repertory Theatre, the Evergreen Players and the Lake Dillon Theatre Company – have canceled all performances through at…
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Where there is a Will (Shakespeare), there is a way
Madison Taylor and Ryan Omar Stack, with Brik Berkes, center, make for an unhappy forced pair in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s “All’s Well That Ends Well.” Photo by Jennifer Koskinen Shakespeare has written some of the greatest female characters in the English language, but when it comes to being woke in 2022, the Bard is,…
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New truTV series to spotlight ‘places to party’ in Denver
Colorado tourism is about to get a major Jell-O shot in the arm. The pilot episode of a bro-friendly travel show hosted by comedians and best pals Adam Pally and Jon Gabrus is devoted exclusively to the search for fun places to eat, drink and party in Denver. “101 Places to Party Before You…
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Football, stage star Earlie Thomas bloomed from rocky soil
Football star Earlie Thomas, front, began a second career as an actor at age 57, appearing in, among many others, “The Exonerated” with OpenStage & Company in Fort Collins. Courtesy of OpenStage & Company Earlie Thomas wasn’t intimidated to step onto a stage and perform. Not after an all-pro NFL career with the New York…
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Earth, Wind & Fire returns to Denver with love for Woolfolk never gone
Earth, Wind & Fire returns to Denver on Wednesday heavier in heart but lighter in spirit and determined to keep the fire burning. This will be the enduring R&B pop jazz funk disco supergroup’s first concert appearance in Denver since the April 25 death of saxophonist Andrew Woolfolk, who last performed with the band back…
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After ugliness of yesteryear, Denver police chief urges Avalanche revelers: ‘Stay classy’
Denver police Chief Paul Pazen is hoping for a repeat of 1996 on Friday night — the result, not the celebration afterward. “The positive experience of a win can quickly become negative when celebrations turn to destruction,” Pazen said on the eve of the Colorado Avalanche’s potential title-clinching hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning…
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Do you have a friend in ‘Friends’? | John Moore
I’d like to believe I’ve been dancing a fairly friendly two-step with the inevitability of aging. I accept that there comes a time when hair stops growing where you want it to and suddenly starts to grow where you don’t. I have taken to filling my car with gas when I’m down to half a…
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Arts leadership roles greatly expanding for Colorado women
Doors are opening for women in the Colorado arts community as never before. But make no mistake, says first-time Artistic Director Megan Van De Hey. Those doors are not exactly being held open for them. “We’re having to really push that damn door open,” said Van De Hey, an award-winning actor and now artistic leader…