Regan Linton 2017 True West Award

2017 True West Award: Colorado Theatre Person of the Year Regan Linton

The returning hero won’t claim to have saved the theatre that creates performance opportunities for the disabled. But plenty of others will.

Rocky Mountain News theatre critic Jackie Campbell dies at 89

“She was an old-guard newspaper gal. And she was also one of the earliest female rock ‘n roll writers at a daily newspaper.”

2017 True West Award: Composer and Music Director David Nehls

Composer David Nehls had four new musicals in development in the past 12 months. That’s not only highly unlikely — it’s nearly incomprehensible.

2017 True West Award: Vance McKenzie

“I would trust Vance McKenzie with any type of show,” director Seth Caikowski says. “From Shakespeare to Sondheim, he will always deliver.”

2017 True West Award: Buntport Theater

With three varied new creations in 2017 spanning Zeus to junk to Poe, the Buntport Theater collective again managed to make the magical look mundane.

2017 True West Award: John Ashton

The veteran actor, director and producer turned 70, then promptly went out and had one of the best years of his professional life.