No shades. No shutter. But something wicked this way comes …

By John Moore The sunglasses are scattered like … confetti after the AFC Championship Game. The Canon has frozen its final curtain call. But something is coming. A new way of calling attention to local theatre productions and the artists who make them. That’s all for now. The Earth has music for those who listen.

Video podcast: Closing night at the Heritage Square Music Hall

The Heritage Square Music Hall performed for a final time on New Year’s Eve, bringing to an end a 25-year tradition of blue-collar, family-friendly entertainment. Our video podcast includes audience and cast interviews, as well as performance highlights. The cast includes T.J. Mullin, Alex Crawford, Rory Pierce, Annie Dwyer, Johnette Toye, Randy Johnson, Eric Weinstein, […]

Exit interview: LIDA Project founder Brian Freeland

By John Moore For nearly 20 years, Brian Freeland has been a singular force in the local theater community. As founder of the LIDA Project collective, he has been the keeper of the flame for true experimental theatre in Denver. Last month, Freeland moved with his family to New York. Freeland says the LIDA Project […]

Top 25 Shots from 2013 “Opening Nights” photo series

By John Moore Jan. 10, 2014 Throughout 2013, we brought you iconic snapshots from behind the scenes at theeater productions staged all over Colorado. The intent was to allow the reader a window into a part of the creative process you are not often allowed to witness. The result was awide swath of public and […]

Closing time for the ‘Opening Nights’ photo series; No. 151: Heritage Square Music Hall’s ‘Goodbye’

To see caption information on any photo above, or to see the gallery on a mobile phone, click here. (It will be on the lower-left corner.) Or just click “show info” on any photo. By John Moore Jan. 8, 2014 Welcome to my ongoing, 2013 labor-of-love photo series bringing you iconic snapshots from behind the […]

Denver Actors Fund in Action: Becky Toma

Note: At the Denver Actors Fund, anonymity of aid recipients is presumed and fully protected, unless and until the aid recipient wants to have his or her story be told. Aid recipient No. 3 and No. 41: Becky Toma Updated Jan. 8, 2017: Who she is: For years, Becky has been a busy props designer […]

Photos: My night at Vintage Theatre’s ‘Young Frankenstein’

To see caption information on any photo above, or to see the gallery on a mobile phone, click here. (It will be on the lower-left corner.) Or just click “show info” on any photo. By John Moore Jan. 4, 2014 Welcome to my ongoing, 2013 labor-of-love photo series bringing you iconic snapshots from behind the […]

Denver Actors Fund in Action: Maggie Stillman

Note: At the Denver Actors Fund, anonymity of aid recipients is presumed and fully protected, unless and until the grant recipient wants to have his or her story be told. Aid recipient No. 2: Maggie Stillman Who she is: Director and founder of the Byers-Evans House Theatre Company, which is in the process of becoming […]

Video: The Shelly Bordas Story, Part 3: A Community Responds

On Sunday, CultureWest named Shelly Bordas Colorado’s 2013 Theatre Person of the Year. Here is the third and latest installment in veteran journalist John Moore’s ongoing video documentary series chronicling Bordas’ story since the Denver actor and mother was diagnosed – for a second time – with end-stage breast cancer that has now spread to […]