Author: John Moore
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‘Nice Work,’ Lone Tree: 17 Henry Award nominations
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Denver Center, Firehouse, Arvada Center lead Colorado companies in a wildly unpredictable year celebrating Colorado theater The Colorado Theatre Guild’s wildly unpredictable Henry Awards promise to be even more wild and unpredictable than ever when the advocacy group’s 20th annual celebration of achievements in the Colorado theater year are doled out on July 20 at…
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Boulder theater company lands rights to newest Tony Award-winning best play
Arts news: BETC has its ‘Liberation’; Murray leaves Florida post; Sandoes keep Shakespeare tradition going in Boulder; People’s Building adds second space The Tony Awards crowned Bess Wohl’s Pulitzer-winning “Liberation” as best new play of the year on Sunday – and Denver audiences will get to see it sooner than they have perhaps ever seen a…
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Mumford in Boulder: England will win World Cup
Singer teases Folsom crowd about soccer, football, and his year as a Colorado coach at age 19 As he so often does, Marcus Mumford laid his heart fully on the line Saturday during his concert in Boulder: “Well, we’re going to win the World Cup this year,” he told the more than 40,000 gathered on…
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Where to catch an outdoor movie around Denver this summer
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Wherever you park yourself, chances are good you will be watching ‘Zootopia 2’ on an outdoor screen around the state Last summer, our parks were “Wicked” to the core. This year, the grass will be a different shade of green. It’s going to be a total zoo out there when the summer outdoor movie season…
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Meet the Mr. Rogers of Denver punk rock
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Rob Rushing founded the nonprofit Punk Rock Saves Lives because, he said, “Punks actually give a (bleep)’ Punk rock doesn’t fool me. The safety pins, the mohawks, the spiked leather and the combat boots. It’s not an act. It’s a statement – and an empathic one, at that. Punk deliberately subverts authority, the social order and…
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City Park Jazz: The bands, if not the bandshell, play on
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Arts news: Historic award for Lighthouse, A-Corps now law, Goldblum to join Symphony, a Sneed sendoff, an ‘X-Files’ mystery and more The 40th summer season of City Park Jazz “absolutely will go on” Sunday despite an arson fire that wiped out the historic City Park bandshell on March 26, Mayor Mike Johnston said last week…
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Elijah Wood’s DJ set is all over the global map
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‘Lord of the Rings’-inspired rave at Cervantes is called ‘incredibly positive night’ leaning on international sounds The toughest ticket in Denver last weekend was not to the Fan Expo Denver at the Colorado Convention Center, where several big-name cast members reunited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “The Lord of the Rings” before about 5,000…
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Never fear: Denver Fringe is here
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At a time of world uncertainty, the renegades and rule-breakers of art are back with silly and searing short performances The antidote to a world outside that is rife with mischief and mayhem, says Ann Sabbah, is the mischief, mayhem – and magic – of the burgeoning Denver Fringe Festival. There’s no denying: It’s tense out…
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Outside Days: Where the weather is warm and the music is chill
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Flaming Lips, Goth Babe, Death Cab and more spread sermon of groovy at burgeoning three-day festival These are the days of Wayne and roses. When the world outside seems driven by madness, along comes the Outside Days festival to again remind us that, at least for this brief little mylar bubble of time … everything’s…
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The Shakespearean double life of CU heroine Mary Rippon
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As festival returns to improved amphitheater, a fresh look at its stage’s namesake Shakespeare would have loved Mary Rippon. She was a headstrong woman who rode sidesaddle. On her horse, Fanny – and throughout her unconventional double life. • Like Rosalind, she survived exile and meticulously engineered the ending of her own story. • Like Portia, she…