Author: Lauren Arnest

FROM THEATREWORKS: The extraordinary play that launched modern theater takes wing at THEATREWORKS this spring, playing April 21-May 8 in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater.The Seagull, though often performed throughout the world, remains a rare bird in Colorado, as does any of Chekhov’s drama– the last professional production of a Chekhov play in the…

“Changes” is the theme for the fifth annual Six Women Playwriting Festival, sponsored by the Manitou Art Theatre. It also describes the process by which these original works by female playwrights move from concept to performance. “It begins with just words on a page,” says director Birgitta De Pree of the MAT. “Then the words…

When 7-year-old Kyle tells his grandmother he’s bored, she sends him out into the backyard to find a story she’s lost. That’s the launching point for an original, 50-minute-long children’s show that melds dancing, singing, storytelling and music. “Jumpin’ Jazz — A Swinging Jungle Tale,” is part of the Imagination Celebration’s Over the Moon Family…

If life imitates art, Mel Brooks’ extravagant and enduring hit “The Producers” might be Exhibit A. Originally considered too tasteless to succeed, it’s about a show that’s considered too tasteless to succeed.Cory Moosman, who plays Max Bialystock in the Fine Arts Center’s presentation of “The Producers,” which opens tonight, calls the show the bible of…

Think “Mr. Holland’s Opus” but substitute dancers for the musicians. That’s the kind of outpouring of talent and gratitude you’ll find when hundreds of Barbara Ellis’ students, past and present, dance for her tonight during a gala performance at the Pikes Peak Center. The show will mark Ellis’ 50th year as a dance educator and…

It’s visited just about every American stage and TV screen for nearly 70 years, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy “Arsenic and Old Lace” one more time. So put down that “special” elderberry wine. TheatreWorks’ new production of Joseph Kesselring’s 1941 hit aims to demonstrate why a classic becomes a classic. “Strictly American comedies…

It’s visited just about every American stage and TV screen for nearly 70 years, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy “Arsenic and Old Lace” one more time. So put down that “special” elderberry wine. TheatreWorks’ new production of Joseph Kesselring’s 1941 hit aims to demonstrate why a classic becomes a classic. “Strictly American comedies…

A prince in love with a swan, a pretty girl whom only a kiss will wake. Ballet can seem as comfortable as a nursery rhyme — and just as irrelevant. Enter Ballet Nouveau Colorado. The big leotards are coming to town on Sunday and they plan to take a nutcracker to this old stereotype and…

A prince in love with a swan, a pretty girl whom only a kiss will wake. Ballet can seem as comfortable as a nursery rhyme — and just as irrelevant. Enter Ballet Nouveau Colorado. The big leotards are coming to town on Sunday and they plan to take a nutcracker to this old stereotype and…