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William Shakespeare

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    National Theatre Conservatory offers final showcase performances

    The National Theatre Conservatory -- a training ground for young actors, and one of the jewels of the Denver Performing Arts Complex -- is closing its doors after more than 25 years. As a parting gift, the last crop of graduating students will offer showcase performances of Fahrenheit 451, which ope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    The 50 worst sports movies of all time

    Slap Shot 2: Number 28.​The sports movie is rarely versatile: an outsider, or group of outsiders (wrong race, wrong gender, wrong species), have uncanny talent in their field, but the old guard (typically, white, old men), don't like the change the new person represents. So the rebels have to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Tina Packer, at UCCS Theatreworks, takes on Shakespeare's women, from Juliet to Joan of Arc

    Tina Packer, in "Women of Will."​ As founder of the Shakespeare & Company theater (a tradition in Lenox, Massachusetts for more than thirty years), Tina Packer knows her Shakespeare -- frontwards, backwards and any which way you want. She's also determined over time that the Bard created, by h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Elitch Theatre's Bilingual Barrio Shakespeare: It's not your mom and pop Shakespeare!

    ​Jose Mercado has been a man with a mission when it comes to turning inner-city kids into accomplished thespians for years now, and his ardor for what seems an impossible task never seems to diminish. It's just that he's so good at it. Mercado came from his own barrio roots; his own love of cu ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 17, 2011

    A superb cast stars in the DCTC's Midsummer Night's Dream

    ​Jose Mercado has been a man with a mission when it comes to turning inner-city kids into accomplished thespians for years now, and his ardor for what seems an impossible task never seems to diminish. It's just that he's so good at it. Mercado came from his own barrio roots; his own love of cu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    Belly Up to the Bard

    ​Jose Mercado has been a man with a mission when it comes to turning inner-city kids into accomplished thespians for years now, and his ardor for what seems an impossible task never seems to diminish. It's just that he's so good at it. Mercado came from his own barrio roots; his own love of cu ... More >>

  • Music

    October 22, 2009

    Casselman's is destined for big things

    ​Jose Mercado has been a man with a mission when it comes to turning inner-city kids into accomplished thespians for years now, and his ardor for what seems an impossible task never seems to diminish. It's just that he's so good at it. Mercado came from his own barrio roots; his own love of cu ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 19, 2009

    Now Playing

    Capsule reviews of current shows

  • Culture

    July 10, 2008

    Love's Labour's Lost

    The cast works hard, but the result's not much.

  • Culture

    May 8, 2008
  • Blogs

    April 11, 2008

    Park Place

    Sublimely silly, but satisfying.

  • Calendar

    April 10, 2008

    Park Place

    Sublimely silly, but satisfying.

  • Culture

    April 10, 2008

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Making a bright silk purse out of a Shakespearean sow's ear.

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    Q&A With Simon Taylor-Davies of Klaxons

    Making a bright silk purse out of a Shakespearean sow's ear.

  • Culture

    August 23, 2007

    All in the Timing

    These six one-acts have a lot to say.

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    History Lesson

    When it comes to the Southwest, English is the new Spanish.

  • Culture

    July 5, 2007

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is waking up — and shaking things up.

  • Music

    March 30, 2006
  • Culture

    February 16, 2006

    Nothing to Forgive

    This Measure for Measure is beyond measure.

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    The Rosebuds

    Saturday, October 1, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • Calendar

    July 28, 2005

    Knock-Down, Drag-Out Party

    Saturday, October 1, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • Music

    July 14, 2005

    Club Scout

    Sundown Saloon

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2005
  • Culture

    August 12, 2004

    Fresh Err

    Colorado Shakespeare Festival's Comedy of Errors makes no mistakes.

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2004

    Counting Digits

    Return of the Storytellers gives the common person a shot at visual expression.

  • Culture

    December 4, 2003

    One-Man Assault

    Shakespeare's words are a casualty in the inventive Henry 5 From Times Square.

  • Calendar

    June 26, 2003

    In the Fridge

    Buntport celebrates its anniversary with a reheating of the sitcom.

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003

    Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy

    John Hutton
    Love's Labor's Lost

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003
  • Culture

    February 13, 2003

    Titus All Rightus!

    Buntport's version of Shakespeare's forgotten yarn strikes a bloody good note.

  • Culture

    August 1, 2002

    CSF's Richard Wears Thin

    A monotone interpretation makes for a flat experience.

  • Culture

    October 11, 2001

    Words of Love

    A rhyme, while sublime, doesn't work all the time.

  • Music

    October 12, 2000
  • Culture

    August 3, 2000

    A Bard Day's Night

    Henry V and The Tempest storm through Boulder.

  • Culture

    July 13, 2000

    A Long Night

    Colorado Shakespeare Festival's Twelfth Night fails to entertain.

  • Culture

    June 15, 2000

    That's Amore!

    Hunger Artists makes something out of Nothing.

  • Film

    June 8, 2000

    Tragically Hip

    This young Hamlet is one for the ages.

  • Culture

    May 11, 2000

    Dream On

    Bug Theatre's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is a collision of styles.

  • Culture

    March 9, 2000

    Encore

    Bug Theatre's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is a collision of styles.

  • Culture

    February 17, 2000

    The Winter of Their Discontent

    The play's the thing with the historical drama The African Company Presents Richard III.

  • Culture

    February 10, 2000

    It's a Man's World

    Shakespeare's R&J puts a new twist on a familiar story, yet remains faithful in spirit.

  • Culture

    March 25, 1999

    Squall Lines

    Shakespeare's R&J puts a new twist on a familiar story, yet remains faithful in spirit.

  • Film

    September 18, 1997

    Subverting the Bard

    Shakespeare's R&J puts a new twist on a familiar story, yet remains faithful in spirit.

  • Calendar

    June 26, 1997

    Thrills for the week

    Shakespeare's R&J puts a new twist on a familiar story, yet remains faithful in spirit.

  • Film

    November 14, 1996

    Wearing It Well

    Shakespeare's R&J puts a new twist on a familiar story, yet remains faithful in spirit.

  • Culture

    November 7, 1996

    Out for a Spin

    Shakespeare's R&J puts a new twist on a familiar story, yet remains faithful in spirit.

  • Culture

    October 3, 1996

    Lenny and the Jets

    Shakespeare's R&J puts a new twist on a familiar story, yet remains faithful in spirit.

  • Culture

    March 14, 1996

    I Ado

    Shakespeare's R&J puts a new twist on a familiar story, yet remains faithful in spirit.

  • Film

    February 7, 1996

    POETRY IN MOTION

    Shakespeare's R&J puts a new twist on a familiar story, yet remains faithful in spirit.

  • News

    August 2, 1995

    LETTERS

    Shakespeare's R&J puts a new twist on a familiar story, yet remains faithful in spirit.

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