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And the Winner Is...

Oh, Henry! A Rewarding Night of Theater Awards

Best Use of Water in a Musical

Singin' in the Rain

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Singin' in the Rain

Best Eclectic Theater Season

Germinal Stage Denver

Best Commitment to Local Playwrights

Theatre Group, Theatre on Broadway

Best Departing Director

Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

Encore

Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

The Curious premiere of 26 Miles goes the distance

Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

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The Plains Truth

Kent Haruf's novel takes to the stage.

Out of the Shadows

Kent Haruf's novel takes to the stage.

How We May Know Him

This metaphoric comedy knows its depth.

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Clue: The Musical

A production that cuts the Colonel Mustard.

DCTC Explores All My Sons

Arthur Mller's play still resonates today.

Best Season for a Director

Nagle Jackson

Critical View

Marley's ghost may haunt the Denver Center Theatre Company.

Mixed Bag

Miners Alley offers a mismatched batch of one-acts.

Summit Time

Miners Alley offers a mismatched batch of one-acts.

Play Time

Miners Alley offers a mismatched batch of one-acts.

Broadway’s Best

Miners Alley offers a mismatched batch of one-acts.

The Fantasticks? Not so fantastic.

Miners Alley offers a mismatched batch of one-acts.

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A First Time for Everything

Miners Alley offers a mismatched batch of one-acts.

Talking Pants

Miners Alley offers a mismatched batch of one-acts.

Aurora's Handsome Little Devils gets a positive nod from the New York Times

​The Handsome Little Devils' efforts to bring old-fashioned Vaudevillian melodrama to theatergoers in New York City has caught the attention of town's snootiest critics. Earlier this year, the local troupe took their "Squirm Burpee Circus" act out east after securing a spot at the New Victory ... More >>

Vintage Theatre gets edgy for the holidays

​The Handsome Little Devils' efforts to bring old-fashioned Vaudevillian melodrama to theatergoers in New York City has caught the attention of town's snootiest critics. Earlier this year, the local troupe took their "Squirm Burpee Circus" act out east after securing a spot at the New Victory ... More >>

Playwright Frank Oteri on jaded Santas, local theater

​There aren't enough opportunities for local playwrights to please Frank Oteri. It's a shortage that drove Oteri create A Very Dark Holiday Playwright Festivus at the Vintage Theatre, a showcase that spotlights work from six local writers. The show includes an original comedy from Oteri titled ... More >>

The ten worst movies nominated for a 2011 Golden Globe

​The 68th Golden Globe Awards will be handed out this Sunday. It's a contractual obligation that all televised awards shows do not reward quality, and this will be no different; plenty of shitty movies will wind up being allowed to slap Golden Globe Winner on their DVD packaging. Of course, t ... More >>

The Book of Mormon gets 12 Drama Desk noms: South Park creators getting respectable?

Matt Stone.​Eighteen years ago this week, Westword published my interview with CU students Trey Parker and Matt Stone about their in-progress film Alferd Packer: The Musical. Did I predict in that piece that they'd someday create an acclaimed Broadway show? Sadly, no -- but the South Park crea ... More >>

Doing us proud: The Book of Mormon sweeps the Tonys with fourteen nominations

​It's been not much more than a month since The Book of Mormon, the sweet and dirty musical send-up of Mormonism from South Park creators and Denver locals Trey Parker and Matt Stone, opened on Broadway to the adulation of everybody -- and now its dominance is official: Yesterday, Book of Morm ... More >>

For what it's worth, The Book of Mormon gets nominated for more awards

​At this point, it's safe to say that Denver locals Trey Parker and Matt Stone's The Book of Mormon is like the Titanic of musicals this year, and by Titanic we mean not the opulent ship sunk of hubris, but rather the James Cameron romantic epic from 1997 that swept every single award to the e ... More >>

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​At this point, it's safe to say that Denver locals Trey Parker and Matt Stone's The Book of Mormon is like the Titanic of musicals this year, and by Titanic we mean not the opulent ship sunk of hubris, but rather the James Cameron romantic epic from 1997 that swept every single award to the e ... More >>