A new show debuting in Denver revisits the 1977 disability rights sit-ins as legal challenges to Section 504 resurface.

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The past five years have seen an explosion of modern clown, clown-prov and avant-clown in the Denver performing arts and comedy scenes.

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Bridge to Ballet and Pay What You Can tickets aim to welcome audiences who have historically been priced out of the Colorado Ballet.

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High Plains Comedy Festival founder and former Westword writer Adam Cayton-Holland reflects on the event and its ending.

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"We want to be a great improv show, but more than that, we want to be a great show," says the creator of Denver's longest-running improv show.

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Denver performer Lotan Mizrahi describes what it's like to be a comedian in the Mile High City.

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The coolest stand-up venue you've never heard of is hidden in an Aurora basement.

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The Denver Fringe Festival takes over the metro area June 3-7, with dozens of delightfully strange shows staged in over twenty venues.

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From Shakespeare under the stars to new-play incubators and mountain musicals, here are the Colorado theater festivals worth checking out.

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Buntport Theater's original play follows three friends desperate to reclaim their record for most soft toys caught blindfolded in one minute.

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