Tag: tony award
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Pikes Pick: Colorado Springs youth theater program does ‘Hadestown’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just because they’re young doesn’t mean they can’t belt. The Youth Repertory Ensemble at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College will perform singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony Award-winning musical, “Hadestown,” as the culmination of…
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Puppets, humans star in ‘Little Mermaid’ musical by Colorado Springs theater company
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Something was missing from the pre-Broadway version of “The Little Mermaid,” and Cory Moosman knew exactly what it was. Puppets. Around that time puppets were becoming stars in such shows as the uber-popular, Tony Award-winning musicals “The Lion King” and “Avenue Q.” So after watching…
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Puppets, humans star in ‘Little Mermaid’ musical by Colorado Springs theater company
Something was missing from the pre-Broadway version of “The Little Mermaid,” and Cory Moosman knew exactly what it was. Puppets. Around that time puppets were becoming stars in such shows as the uber-popular, Tony Award-winning musicals “The Lion King” and “Avenue Q.” So after watching the underwater musical at Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver…
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Thanksgiving play opens on Colorado Springs stages
“The Thanksgiving Play,” by Springs Ensemble Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Nov. 17 and 24, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, through Nov. 24, The Fifty-Niner Speakeasy, 2409 W. Colorado Ave., $15-$25; 719-357-3080, springsensembletheatre.org. The first Thanksgiving didn’t look the way it’s portrayed in history books. Native American playwright Larissa Fasthorse delves into the lore and…
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Pikes Pick: Tony Award-winning ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ musical coming to Denver
I’m a big fan of the soundtrack to Broadway’s darling, the Tony Award-winning musical “Kimberly Akimbo.” And lucky for us, the touring production is coming to Denver Center for the Performing Arts Sept. 22-Oct. 5. The funny, fraught show follows Kimberly Lavaco, a teen who has a rare condition that causes her body to age…
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Colorado Springs faith-based performing arts company to stage ‘SpongeBob Musical’
SpongeBob Squarepants will forever hold bittersweet memories for Carter Black. Starring as the square yellow sponge, who lives with his pet snail, Gary, in the town of Bikini Bottom on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, will be his last role with Christian Youth Theater. He’s aging out of the Colorado Springs theater arts training…
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Live Well: Vortexes, scenery, epiphanies – a birthday pilgrimage to Sedona, Arizona
How does one usher in a big birthday? I suppose they’re all big birthdays, aren’t they? Another year to sing and dance and eat roasted cauliflower. But I’m talking about the ones that end in zero, the ones that present the tabula rasa of a new decade that is all yours to muck up as…
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Pikes Pick: Tony Award-winning Broadway musical ‘Shucked’ offers catchy soundtrack
The soundtrack to “Shucked,” the newly anointed Tony Award-winning musical, is making me most happy. Set in fictional Cob County, the show revolves around corn and America’s collective love for the yellow and white varietals. But what happens when the corn starts dying? The music is joyful, catchy and full of puns. You can find…
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Pikes Pick: Pueblo arts center to stage Tony Award-winning ‘Putnam County Spelling Bee’
I’m a Broadway musical gal who’s never seen the Tony Award-winning “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” about six colorful adolescents who compete in a spelling bee moderated by three equally quirky judges. That’s all about to change. WYNOT Productions will mount the production Sept. 16-24 at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo.…
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Colorado Springs actor takes on role of Billie Holiday in new show
Your go-to image of Billie Holiday might be a graceful Black woman with a striking gardenia tucked behind her ear. The jazz singer, whom a friend nicknamed “Lady Day,” likely appears calm, confident and at the pinnacle of her career. You wouldn’t be wrong. That’s the Billie Holiday of the ’40s. But the Holiday you’ll…