Former LIDA Project warehouse theater leveled

  By John Moore Nov. 30, 2012 Add the former LIDA Project warehouse theater to the growing list of former Denver theater spaces. Over the past three weeks, crews have meticulously dismantled the warehouse theater that housed Denver’s only experimental theater company from 2001-11. It was located next to the Mercury Cafe at 2180 Stout […]

Arvada Center joins Broadway bigshots, Perez Hilton on “Carols for a Cure” CD

By John Moore Nov. 29, 2012 The Arvada Center has the distinction of being one of only two regional theaters in the country invited to join current Broadway companies performing on the 14th annual “Carols for a Cure” double-CD, a mix of holiday classics and original material benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Right alongside the […]

Video: The English Beat at the Gothic Theatre

The English Beat performs “I’ll Take You There” at the Gothic Theatre Nov. 18, 2012. Dave Wakeling: “As far I was concerned, the 1980s were two or three of the best years of my life.” Video by John Moore’s crappy iPhone.  

Colorado New Play Summit taps Laura Eason, Helen Thorpe, Karen Zacarías and more

By John Moore Nov. 19, 2012 The lineup for the Denver Center Theatre Company’s 8th Annual Colorado New Play Summit in February will include the newest work by rising playwriting star Laura Eason, a graduate of Cherry Creek High School, and a collaboration between former Colorado First Lady Helen Thorpe and Karen Zacarías. Eason’s adaptation […]

Phamaly’s Jeremy Palmer accepts volunteer award, Denver mayor’s proclamation

Phamaly Theatre Company actor and writer Jeremy Palmer accepts the Denver Foundation’s Minoru Yasui Volunteer Award, and Denver mayor Michael Hancock’s proclamation making Nov. 15, 2012, “Jeremy Palmer Day” in Denver. Video by John Moore of culturewest.org. Run time: 7 minutes.

John Hutton on Spielberg, Denver’s “Lincoln” connections, and being invited to the party

By John Moore Nov. 15, 2013 John Hutton has only five or six lines in the Steven Spielberg film “Lincoln,” opening nationwide Friday (Nov. 16). But, hey, the veteran Denver actor’s girlfriend reminded him, “You could have been in ‘The Three Stooges’ movie. That could have been the call you got.” Instead, the call he […]

Evan Weissman to launch Denver’s first “Civic Health Club”

  By John Moore Nov. 12, 2012 If asked about your physical health, emotional health, spiritual health or psychological health, you’d most likely have an answer at the ready, says Denver actor Evan Weissman. Perhaps you’ve recently discovered yoga; you’ve found God, a guru or a therapist. But what if you were asked about your […]

A message on Veteran’s Day: Air Force Sgt., and actor, James Sherman

By John Moore Nov. 12, 2012 On this Veteran’s Day, please consider  this monologue, “My Junk,” written by Air Force Sgt. James Sherman. He performed it as part of the local Phamaly Theatre Company’s fifth annual “Vox Phamilia,” a collection of original scenes and comic sketches offering an at-times times brutally honest perspective on living […]

Photos: McNichols Building re-opens as culture center in Denver’s Civic Center Park

  Click here to see my full slideshow of photos from Friday’s grand opening.   By John Moore Nov. 11, 2012 The anchor of Denver Mayor Robert Speer’s turn-of-the-century civic beautification project was Civic Center Park. The Carnegie Library, completed in 1909, was the first completed building. The Greek Revival-style library was designed by Albert Ross […]

60-second review: “How the World Began”

  By John Moore Nov. 10, 2012 I so wish I could tell you the classroom drama “How the World Began” is nothing more than an obvious piece of playwriting propaganda — an infuriating pop-culture provocation that unfairly mocks that part of poor, stupid small-town America that still clings to its entrenched belief in “intelligent […]

Miners Alley Playhouse making way for new artistic leadership

    By John Moore Nov. 8, 2012 Rick Bernstein has announced the “slow and steady” transition of the leadership of his Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden to a well-known local team headed by Evergreen Players board president Brenda Billings and director Len Matheo. Matheo and Billings will take over as co-executive artistic directors on […]

What companies can learn from the reinvention of Denver’s Curious Theatre

By John Moore Nov. 4, 2012 A tremor from a divisive national debate that has been growing among theater professionals nationwide for years finally rumbled its way to the picturesque Rocky Mountains — and Curious Theatre director Christy Montour-Larson felt it. You won’t find anyone more loyal to Denver’s primary mid-sized professional theater company than […]

Creede Rep season will mark dawn of Jackson era – and zombies

  By John Moore Nov. 2, 2012 The Creede Repertory Theatre’s first full season under new artistic director Jessica Jackson will reflect the company’s longstanding commitment to mixing groundbreaking new work with Broadway musicals and theater for children. But the 48th summer season at the acclaimed theater nestled in the mountains 250 miles south of […]