Denver’s Curious Theatre Company’s now featuring “White Guy on the Bus (through June 24). Tickets here. Below is award-winning writer (and our Denver critic) Mark Stevens' take on the production. [caption id="attachment_58891" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Rachel Bouchard (Molly), Andy Woldschmidt (Christopher), Sam Gregory (Ray) and Dee Covington (Roz) in "White Guy on...
Denver’s Curious Theatre Company’s ‘Sex With Strangers,” through February 20, 2016. Tickets here. [caption id="attachment_56655" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Paige Price as Olivia and Michael Kingsbaker as Ethan in Curious Theatre Company’s “Sex With Strangers."[/caption] “Sex With Strangers” is deliciously funny play about the pros and cons of self-publishing. It’s about art...
“Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet” runs through December 19 at Denver's Curious Theatre Company. Tickets here. [caption id="attachment_55089" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Curious Theatre Company’s “Marcus,” image Curious Theatre Company[/caption] The third installment of Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s Brother/Sister trilogy starts with another stunning moment at the Curious Theatre. You...
Buy tickets now for “The Brother’s Size." The play runs from July 11 to August 1, 2015 [caption id="attachment_52306" align="aligncenter" width="600"] “The Brothers Size,” credit, Curious Theatre Company.[/caption] The Curious Theatre Company presented the first play in The Brother/Sister Play trilogy, by Tarell Alvin McCraney, earlier this...
Tickets here for “Detroit” at Denver’s Curious Theatre Company. Through June 19. [caption id="attachment_50784" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Karen Slack, Brian Landis Falkins, Amanda Berg Wilson, Josh Hartwell, courtesy Curious Theatre Company[/caption] Buckle down or party on? Resist the urge or grab another Pabst? Cheetos or caviar? Stay in your hole? Or...
Tickets here for “In the Red and Brown Water” at Denver’s Curious Theatre Company The first play in a trilogy, “In the Red and Brown Water,” serves up that special Curious Theatre recipe of bold, unusual storytelling and a memorable theatrical style, in this case a...
"Charles Ives Takes Me Home,” Denver’s Curious Theatre. Tickets here. The program for “Charles Ives Takes Me Home” tells us that the setting is “Here and There” and the Time is “Now and Then.” We are heading for a trip to universal messages, we figure, big-picture stuff....
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Buy tickets for “Kinky Boots” at the Denver Center here. Tropes abound, but “Kinky Boots” chews them all up with unabashed pleasure and drops them all in your lap with a big fat smile. The sets fly. The choreography dazzles. The earworms crawl up inside your...
Buy tickets for “All the Rage” at Denver’s Curious Theatre here. Martin Moran’s opening at the beginning of “All the Rage” is the definition of casual. He strolls out the same way he might be dressed for a round of weekend errands. His shirt doesn’t fit...
