Performing Arts

The play has gotten raves, but it makes for an unsatisfying meal.

While the holiday shopping season is just days away, Denver comedy remains a gift that keeps on giving giggles all year round. November’s comedic offerings are no exception; the days ahead are replete with well-produced local shows, innovative performers and benedictions from legends of the stage and screen. Keep reading…

The Off-Center project includes five short plays.

It’s a regional premiere of Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves, a Pulitzer finalist.

The show runs through the weekend at Lone Tree Arts Center.

The Andrew Rosendorf play at Local Theater Company shows promise.

The immersive event starts on October 23.

For a long time, most people in the United States didn’t believe class distinctions existed here. When Roseanne premiered in 1988, there was a lot of talk about the creators’ originality in bringing the topic to the fore and showing the realities of life for a working-class family. More recently,…

We’d love to see this production’s talent in the service of a better play.

The play could use more vitality: a revelation, a jolt of surprise, a bit more juice.

The play premieres at Su Teatro on September 27.

The path of true love never did run smooth, but it can be a hoot

The show’s theme unites those moments in life when we come to some kind of turning point: “Hitting a wall and having to make a choice,” according to the composer.

Even the smallest stage doesn’t have to be a haven for men who abuse their power. If handing a mic to someone like T.J. Miller has the potential to hurt even one more person, maybe no one should ever do it again.

An all-black cast makes the show fresh.

I’d expected the plot to be sitcom-thin, but somehow I didn’t realize quite how thin it could get.

Lee Camp is bringing his left-wing political comedy to Mercury Cafe.

Extraordinary actors make this a not-to-be-missed production.

The regional premiere opens the DCPA Theatre Company’s fall season.

Bekah Brunstetter’s script plays off the Masterpiece Cakeshop controversy here in Colorado.

Ahead of the High Plains Comedy Festival, comedian Emily Heller spoke to Westword about her standup special, writing for the HBO show Barry, and nicknames.