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Final play of Theatrework season highlights plight of Black women homesteaders
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A celebration and a reckoning — both words used to describe the final play of Theatreworks’ 2024-25 season. The company will end the season with “Flyin’ West,” running weekends through July 27 at the Ent Center for the Arts. The show highlights the plight of…
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UCCS Theater presents ‘Act a Lady’ at Ent Center
UCCS Theater Company will perform “Act a Lady” by American playwright Jordan Harrison over the next two weekends at the Ent Center for the Arts. The play, directed by University of Colorado Colorado Springs student Quinn Smola, takes place in a small Midwestern town during the Prohibition era. The men of the town want to…
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‘Unique storytelling’: UCCS Theater Company to present nontraditional play ‘Back Story’
The experimental play “Back Story” is just that. Written by 18 playwrights, the nontraditional, two-character show highlights meaningful moments between siblings. But instead of a linear story, the tale is illustrated primarily by monologues and fleeting scenes. “The play is unique in its way of storytelling,” said Josh White, who is directing UCCS Theater Company’s…
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‘Cats’ comes to the Ent Center
When you think of the 1981 hit Broadway musical “Cats,” what comes to mind? Maybe it’s the elaborate costumes from the original production, or the moving musical numbers that have captivated theatergoers for decades. This Thursday, the UCCS Theatre Company will open “Cats” at the Ent Center with a fresh perspective. The show will run…
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Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpet player bringing trio to Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jazz music is like that old quote about never stepping in the same river twice. The water is always flowing, so even if you step in two times on the same day, it’s not the same water. And neither is jazz. You can get the…
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Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpet player bringing trio to Colorado Springs
Jazz music is like that old quote about never stepping in the same river twice. The water is always flowing, so even if you step in two times on the same day, it’s not the same water. And neither is jazz. You can get the same three musicians together to conjure up a cover of…
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UCCS Theatre Company to debut student production, ‘Once’
See a new perspective on classic fairy tales this Friday at the Ent Center as the UCCS Theatre Company debuts “Once.” The original production, created and choreographed by student Malachi Page, will present a fresh take on traditional stories, including “The Little Mermaid” and “Sleeping Beauty.” “’Once,’ I would say, is a production that kind…
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El Paso, Teller county residents asked to submit ideas to Pikes Peak region cultural plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Monument art festival. Food truck city block. Summer water festival. These are a few suggestions community members have submitted to help shape Arts Vision 2030, the Pikes Peak region’s new cultural plan for the next decade. Through July, residents in El Paso and Teller counties…
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El Paso, Teller county residents asked to submit ideas to Pikes Peak region cultural plan
Monument art festival. Food truck city block. Summer water festival. These are a few suggestions community members have submitted to help shape Arts Vision 2030, the Pikes Peak region’s new cultural plan for the next decade. Through July, residents in El Paso and Teller counties are encouraged to contribute their ideas on topics including education,…
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Colorado Springs music venues, theater companies look back on wreckage of 2020
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We all know 2020 wreaked havoc upon those who entertain us. The musicians and actors, the music venues and theater companies. Jobs and gigs were lost. Shows were canceled. Entire seasons were slashed. But was there some gold in the rubble? For artists, the urge…