Les Miz: Once more, with feeling
Hugo’s epic masterpiece returns to Denver bringing larger-than-life characters that are becoming more and more uncommon in our modern world
Entries by Sylvie Drake
From the archives: How Fiddler on the Roof turned rags into riches
The story, deeply embedded in Jewish DNA, tells a universal story about determination and survival
A Choir Boy to Stir Hearts & Minds
You may find that it takes a few minutes to adjust to the language, form and plot of Choir Boy, by Tarell Alvin McCraney. You scoop story developments by the earful, rather than following them as a straight line, so listen up, because the transitions are subtle and stitched together by, of all things, some […]
Thoughts on a Shooting: Until the Flood
Our two major political parties, once frenemies, appear locked down in irremediable differences. Disputation has poisoned our daily life, coarsening relationships and affecting too many aspects of daily existence. Anger, incivility, prevarication and racism have plunged us into social paralysis.
To say nothing of shootings.
The breezy romance of ‘Twelfth Night’
Joy ensues because in Shakespeare’s comedies, joy always ensues
Indulge in the emancipated pleasures of ‘Indecent’
Paula Vogel’s surprisingly modern play looks back at shocking theatrical scandal from a century ago
From Russia with love: Bringing ‘Anna Karenina’ to life on the stage
Director Chris Coleman talks about turning Tolstoy’s enduring, expansive novel into a taut stage play
Let it snow: ‘White Christmas’ brings the heat this Christmas
Here’s the back story of how one of Irving Berlin’s most beloved tunes was turned into a Denver-bound holiday stage spectacular
Comedy and the ‘constant’ quest for equality and freedom
W. Somerset Maugham gave us a 1920s heroine whose strength and resourcefulness make her compelling for any time, says the director
The start of a ‘Beautiful’ Broadway musical
The jukebox musical that Carole King only agreed to kicking and screaming has left audiences around the country clapping and singing.