The weekend is nigh, which is generally cause for jubilation – unless a person is too broke to have fun. Happily, the Mile High City’s creative community hustles to produce a litany of fantastic ways to experience Denver’s cultural scene while still pinching every possible penny.
First produced in 1970, Company feels somewhat of its time, but this Aurora Fox production is still a joyous, evening-long blast of music and talent.
Looking for comedy in Denver? From Jay Leno to Ron Funches, these are the best shows coming up this month.
The comedian twins the Sklar Brothers have been making the stand-up rounds, producing TV shows and podcasts. Here’s what brother Randy has to say about what they’ve been up to and what’s next.
The Denver Center’s production of Macbeth gets points for originality and guts, but director Robert O’Hara needs to trust more in the words, the subtleties underlying them, and Shakespeare’s pulsating silences.
A new and wondrous week is dawning in Denver, and the local entertainment calendar is as lively as ever. With concerts, comedy shows and even a thrift-store-fashion runway, there’s a free event to suit every taste happening nearly every day this week.
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company is showing the regional premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists, and it’s a superb production.
Rocky Mountain fans of Bill Maher have a reason to celebrate: He will be bringing his irreverent humor to Denver on Saturday, May 26 and Colorado Springs on May 27.
Another weekend approaches, and it’s time for another weekly inventory of the best events this city has to offer.
Podcast Profiles is back, with Zeke Herrera of Who Wants to be President?, which drops new episodes nearly every Monday.
Appropriate is an absorbing, ghost-haunted play, and a smart start to Curious Theatre Company’s new season.
The weekend is nigh, and many cashless Denver residents may find themselves scrambling for things to do. Fret not, destitute locals, for we have scoured the town for fun-filled events with cover charges that ring in for $10 dollars or less.
Amanda Berg Wilson has two major projects coming up: You on the Moors Now, which she directs for the Catamounts — the Boulder company she founded — opens on September 8; the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ next immersive project, The Wild Party, runs October 11 through 31 at Stanley Marketplace.
The five best free events in the Denver area this week.
As Labor Day approaches, many locals focus on getting back to business after months of summertime idleness. As a result, September can feel like a rather humdrum time. Luckily for comedy nerds, the entertainment calendar for September is packed with standup showcases, wrestling matches and even an improv show. Here are the ten best ways to laugh September away.
I’ve seen a lot of let’s-tear-each-other-to-pieces plays, but I’ve never seen one this skin-strippingly nasty or verbally exhilarating as Dinner, now at Edge Theater.
Changes are afoot at the Colorado Ballet. Principal dancer Maria Mosina retired, soloist Asuka Sasaki took her place, and now another principal, Sharon Wehner, who danced with the company for 22 years, will move on at the end of the 2017-2018 season. But the biggest changes could be with the audience.
Nassim Soleimanpour’s White Rabbit Red Rabbit is full of twists. For starters, the actor doesn’t see the script until he gets on the stage. For another, a different actor plays the lead — and offers the voice of the playwright — every night.
The summer theater season is winding down, but there are still a few worthwhile productions in town. Keep reading for capsule reviews of two current shows that both close this weekend.
Denver is positively bustling with activity all weekend long, which means that thrifty locals have plenty of opportunities to enjoy everything our city’s arts scene has to offer without breaking the bank.
In It’s Only a Paper Moon Hanging Over Immigration History, which is being workshopped at the Dairy Arts Center, Motus Theater’s Kirsten Wilson wants to explore what constitutes race and whiteness, interact with audiences and encourage questioning and exploration.
Though we’re already halfway through August, it’s still summertime…and nothing makes the living easier than a week full of great entertainment. Whether you’d like to picnic in the park during a blockbuster screening, enjoy laughs and quaffs at brewery-based comedy shows and Shakespeare parodies, or gather with a gaggle of…
