Lisa Kennedy
The Denver Post
Denver, CO, United States
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Playwrights at Colorado New Play Summit talk about the inspiration behind stories
Visit the Colorado New Play Summit for four new plays in two days read with depth and aplomb. The playwrights: Jake Brasch, Vincent Terrell Durham, Christina Pumariega and Sandy Rustin. → Read More
A play about Five Point’s past offers hopes of a more collaborative future
The show fills out a past in ways that will be illuminating to even those who know some of the high points of the Rossonian and Five Points. → Read More
Choreographer Kyle Abraham bringing his cool vibes to Newman Center
Not long ago, Kyle Abraham returned to the city that shaped him as an artist. The renowned choreographer and MacArthur Fellow visited his hometown of Pittsburgh for the local premiere of “An Untitled Love,” performed by his dance company, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham. → Read More
Here’s what’s ahead for the local theater season
Spring looks likely to awaken Colorado theatergoers’ hearts and minds with entertaining and ambitious fare. → Read More
Naughty done nicely: With “Pop the Holidays,” a cabaret goes pleasantly sideways
Michelle “‘Shells” Hoffman won’t be home for Christmas or Hanukkah or even Chrismukkah for that matter. Instead, the self-identified “bi-religious” daughter of Ronkonkoma, N.Y. — … → Read More
“The COVID Wife” lays out the raw emotion behind a viral Facebook post
In October 2020, Nepi’s husband of 30 years, Mark, was rushed to Littleton’s Adventist Hospital with life-threatening complications from COVID-19. → Read More
The Catamounts goes all in on the madness of the basketball musical “Small Ball”
The production is so very ambitious that this viewer was left with the sense that its makers are trying to say even more than I could grasp with confidence on one sitting. → Read More
“The Royale” is a bruising and bittersweet production about the “sweet science” – and so much more
The fight choreography is gorgeous, even though no punches connect. A thump on a chest or stomp on the canvas signals a dazing blow, a blinding jab. → Read More
“Futurity,” at the Aurora Fox theater, is playful and poignant, rocking and roiling
This indie-rock musical celebrates the imagination, which can be a gateway to invention, a portal to escape, a window into the future → Read More
GerRee Hinshaw dives deep into Linda Ronstadt's repertoire at Local Theater
Heritage can come in waves, carried by the stories mothers and fathers and grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins share. → Read More
Phamaly’s “Vox Vergere” celebrates our various identities with eight one-act plays
In attending Phamaly productions, audiences of shared and varied abilities can’t help but be changed or at least challenged. → Read More
“The Chinese Lady” is witty and wincing as it puts questions of humanity on display
Audience members have grown used to the clever ways that theaters make requests to silence all devices, unwrap candies and otherwise zip it in a show’s prologue. But the Denver Center Theatre Company and “The Chinese Lady” director Seema Sueko take their pre-curtain appeal a step further. → Read More
Curious launches its season with Will Arbery’s Catholicism-wrestling “Heroes of the Fourth Turning”
Audiences might find “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” -- at the Curious Theatre Company through Oct. 15 -- rattling. And not because a few times, an ear-splitting noise causes them to cover their ears. → Read More
Denver’s fall theater season jam-packed with premieres, blockbusters and immersive fun
Something feels different — dare we say assured? — about this fall’s theater season. At the opening night of the thrilling “Hadestown” at the Denver Performing Arts Complex on Tuesday, … → Read More
Stars descend on Telluride as its 49th film festival begins
“This year, so many movies are just in-your-face. They’re going to provoke so much conversation. They’re going to be divisive.” → Read More
Curious Theatre Company celebrates its 25th year with a major change at the top
There’s an art to letting go, and Curious Theatre’s Chip Walton and Dee Covington are deep into the practice of it. → Read More
Theater review: “Puerto Rican Nocturne” at Bug Theatre features rich performances in a tragic tale
Theater review: “Puerto Rican Nocturne” at Bug Theatre in Denver features rich performances in a tragic tale about the fight for Puerto Rican independence → Read More
Theater reviews: “Dance Nation” swings at Black Box, while “Gypsy” at Vintage trips up
For the briefest moment these girls — and one boy — from Liverpool, Ohio, do their darndest in a studio where camaraderie can be true but also mercurial. → Read More
SeriesFest is back in Denver — and Amber Ruffin will finally make it to Red Rocks
During the year that comedian Amber Ruffin lived in Denver, she never visited Red Rocks. She did, however, make repeated pilgrimages to a slightly less indelible landmark. “For a year, all I did was do shows and eat at Cheesecake Factory. That's all I did," she says, pausing ever so briefly. “For a year.” If you go → Read More
COVID, protests wreaked havoc on Colorado’s theater scene. The outcome? Thrilling, smart, messy productions
When Local Theater Company launches the 11th installment of its Spring Lab this weekend at Boulder’s Dairy Arts Center, the three-day festival of staged readings of new works, conversations and parties will signal a return to business as usual. The company’s signature event will be in-person, finally! → Read More