Author: Todd Wallinger
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TheatreWorks announces cast for ‘Twelve Angry Men’ … two at a time
In an intriguing twist on the traditional cast announcement, TheatreWorks artistic director Murray Ross has begun posting the names of the actors who will appear in the upcoming drama “Twelve Angry Men” on his blog. Ross started Friday with the first two jurors and will be adding two more each day or so, with insightful…
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Local theatre announces auditions for Kafka’s ‘Amerika’
The Springs’ newest theatre company Local Theatre (sorry, Springs Ensemble Theatre) has just announced that the audition dates for their first production, a “loose” adaptation of Franz Kafka’s novel, “Amerika.” The auditions will be held Sat, Jan 30 and Sun, Jan 31 from 1pm to 5pm at WATCH THIS SPACE in the Depot Arts Building,…
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Cripple Creek’s Thin Air Theatre Company is back for another season!
More good news for our local theater community. Cripple Creek’s Thin Air Theatre Company, whose continued existence had been “up in the air,” so to speak, got a well-deserved reprieve when the city of Cripple Creek decided to fund this little-theater-company-that-could for at least one more year. Flush with this fortunate turn of events, TATC…
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Springs Ensemble Theatre announces cast for ‘Talk Radio’
The word is out. Colorado Springs’ newest theatre company, Springs Ensemble Theatre, has announced the cast for their first production, Eric Bogosian’s provocative “Talk Radio.” The play is about a late-night shock jock who wages a kind of psychological war against his own callers. It will be performed from Feb 11 to 27 at WATCH…
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‘Sweeney Todd’ closes Sunday
The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company presents Stephen Sondheim’s eight-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy thriller, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” January 22 to February 14 at the SaGÄJi Theatre. This suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous “barber-ism” and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th…
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MAT presents water drums, 3-D improv and an exploration of stuff in January
The MAT! will be presenting three new shows right after we ring in the New Year: “Aqua Drums,” “RiP in 3-D” and “Me, My Stuff and I.” The Manitou Art Theatre announces a Kids First Weekend with Dan Egger-Belandria in “Aqua Drums” What: The MAT Kids First Series kicks off the New Year with master…
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A ‘Christmas Carol’ for kids
GRADE: A- “mr. and mrs. Guffaw’sChristmas Caroladventure” Kids First at the Manitou Art Theater When: 7 p.m. today and Dec. 18, 11 a.m. Saturday and Dec. 19, 3 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 20 Where: Manitou Art Theater, 1367 Pecan St. Tickets: $10; 685-4729 or themat.org Although Christmas is often thought of as a…
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REVIEW: ‘Irma Vep’ serves up monstrously wacky fun
GRADE: A “The Mystery ofIrma Vep” by TheatreWorks When: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, 2 p.m. Saturday and Dec. 19, runs through Dec. 20 (free guest lecture by Professor Sean Edgecomb, 2:30 p.m. Sunday) Where: Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre, University Theater, UCCS, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway Tickets: $25; 255-3232 or theatreworkscs .org…
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‘Mystery of Irma Vep’ runs through December 20
It can be exhausting watching eight wacky characters bumble and bound around a stage. It’s even more exhausting when those characters are played by just two actors. But that’s what you get in “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” a gutbustingly funny play by Charles Ludlam, founder of what’s become known as Theatre of the Ridiculous.…
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Critic sings praises for ‘Beautiful City,’ but finds its view of the Springs one dimensional
Compelling. Hilarious. Frustrating. Three words you might not expect to see in a single theater review. But they’re the best words to describe “This Beautiful City,” a musical about the evangelical community in Colorado Springs that was commissioned by Colorado College and created by New York theater company The Civilians. As entertainment, the play is hugely successful.…