Tag: theater
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Cripple Creek’s Butte Theater 2026 season promises ‘something for everyone’
Cripple Creek’s historic Butte Theater announced their 2026 professional show season line-up on Feb. 22 at an event held exclusively for patrons and supporters of the arts where they viewed short promotional videos of the upcoming shows. Beginning in June, this year’s season offers classic melodrama, musicals, comedy and dance with “Under the Colorado Moon,”…
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Colorado Springs Philharmonic brings Spanish flair with ‘Carmen / Aranjuez’
Seventy-eight musicians. Two rehearsals. Four days to bring it together. From the seductive drama of Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” to the aching melody of Joaquín Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez,” the Colorado Springs Philharmonic will bring Spanish-inspired music to the Pikes Peak Center with “Carmen / Aranjuez” on Saturday and Sunday. “It’s one of the great pieces…
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Valentine’s specials, comedy and dance take top billing on Colorado Springs stages this weekend
BEN ROY LIVE!: Known for his sharp wit and irreverent humor, comedian Ben Roy writes and stars in TruTV’s original series “Those Who Can’t,” with his first streaming special, “Hyena,” now available on 800 Pound Gorilla Media, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday, Loonees Comedy Corner, 1305 N. Academy Blvd., $12; looneescc.com. ‘THE CONVERSATION SERIES: STITCHING…
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‘Antiques’ on stage at WPHS
The Panther Players will be putting on “Antiques” for this year’s winter play at Woodland Park High School. Performances will be Jan. 22-24 at 7 p.m. each evening. Antiques is a heartfelt drama that follows an antiques store owner as well as a group of spirits or “guests” connected to the antiques in the store.…
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Justine Lupe comes home: Everybody wants this
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2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 19 A remarkably large class of Coloradans excelled in 2025 on screens large and small, and on stages near and far Justine Lupe started to get famous around 2018 because she was versatile, she was deeply relatable, she was quirky, and she was completely authentic – on camera and…
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A ‘White Christmas’ dream comes true | ‘Just like the ones I used to know’
There exists a bond between every person having grown up in regions touched by snow and having listened to the song “White Christmas” as the holiday season approaches. And then, there’s the movie – a classic love story set to music with great song and dance numbers composed by Irving Berlin. “It is one of…
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Springs Ensemble Theatre presents “The Shark is Broken”
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Imagine working on the set of “Jaws,” but there’s a problem: the 25-foot-long animatronic shark is down. That’s the plot for “The Shark is Broken,” which the Springs Ensemble Theatre will be presenting through Sept. 14. The play is based on the conversations among “Jaws”…
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40th annual DPS Shakespeare Festival brings out performers of all ages
Denver Public Schools annual Shakespeare festival paraded over a small section of downtown Friday morning.
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Edward Bond, a playwright who shocked the stage world with ‘Saved,’ dies at 89
British playwright Edward Bond has died at the age of 89