Costume Designer Kevin Brainerd was epitome of class and panache

  Death at age 58 has theatre community’s heart on its linen sleeve By John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist The clothes may not make the man, but under his meticulous eye, Kevin Brainerd’s clothes made hundreds of fictional characters come to vivid life on stages from Broadway to Boulder. Brainerd, an acclaimed theatrical costume designer […]

Donor launches $10,000 Brenda Billings Match Campaign

Last night, The Denver Actors Fund announced a $10,000 gift from an anonymous donor in memory of the non-profit organization’s late president, Brenda Billings. It represents the largest gift in the nearly 3-year history of the organization, which provides financial and other relief to local theatre artists in situational medical need. The announcement was made […]

Upstart Crow announces death of longtime company member Jim Fogelberg

Boulder’s Upstart Crow has announced the death of longtime actor, director and board member Jim Fogelberg. The company issued the following statement: “We lost Jim in a traffic accident on October 8. In his decades with The Upstart Crow, Jim played many roles, most recently as Caesar in ‘Caesar and Cleopatra.’ He has directed shows, […]

Terry Rhoads, “Denver’s leading man,” dies at 61

By John Moore Terry Rhoads may have moved on from Denver years ago, but his impact on Colorado theater was enduring. Rhoads played the leading man at dozens of Country Dinner Playhouse shows. He was the undisputed star for much of producer Bill McHale’s heyday in the 1980s before moving on to a significant career […]

Equinox, Sugar to honor Perkes by resuming “Bat Boy” performances

  By John Moore Feb. 26, 2013 No one can ever know for certain what the “right” thing to do is when faced with sudden and unexpected tragedy. But after a period of reflection, the Equinox Theatre Company has decided the best way for it to honor Adam Perkes, the late star of its current […]

Death of actor Adam Perkes: ‘He had so much left to share’

  By John Moore Feb. 21, 2013 Adam Perkes, a gifted young stage actor best known for his comic swagger on stage and his deep sensitivity off it, has died at age 27, the Garfield County coroner confirmed today. In a recent playbill, Perkes used the space normally reserved for actors to talk about their […]

Sudden death of singer Angela Johnson has Northern Colorado reeling

Mikeal Macbeth has created this this video montage of Angela Johnson performances. Used by permission.   By John Moore Feb. 4, 2013 Though she was just a young woman, Angela Johnson was known as “the queen of community theater” in Northern Colorado. She was a classically trained vocalist who accepted any role given to her […]

Phamaly mourns death of actor Ray Angel

By John Moore Jan. 22, 2013 Ray Angel, blind since birth, joined Denver’s handicapped Phamaly Theatre Company for one reason: “My wife and I were so darn shy, and we thought Phamaly would help us get over it,” Angel told me in a 2007 interview. “And it did.” Angel has passed away, it was announced […]

Denver Center Theatre Company mourns death of Shana Dowdeswell

By John Moore Dec. 17, 2012 The Denver Center Theatre Company is mourning the death of Shana Dowdeswell, who appeared in “Two Things You Don’t Talk About at Dinner” in January at the Space Theatre. Dowdeswell died of acute alcohol poisoning Dec. 12 after a night of binge drinking in New York City. “It has taken […]

Deceased actor Johnny Lewis’ 2007 Boulder stay: “Seeking solitude in a modern world”

  By John Moore Sept. 29, 2012 LISTEN TO JOHN MOORE’S INTERVIEW WITH JOHNNY LEWIS AND GRETA SEACAT Johnny Lewis, the “Sons of Anarchy” star who was found dead in a driveway near Hollywood on Wednesday after allegedly murdering his 81-year-old landlady and her cat, performed in a play with his friends in Boulder in […]

Germinal mourns death of actor David Kristin

  By John Moore Sept. 25, 2012 Germinal-Stage Denver is mourning the death of actor David Kristin, who was also one of the early members of the Denver Center Theatre Company. Kristin died March 31 in Massachusetts after a long bout with cancer, but word of his death has only recently reached Germinal founder Ed […]

Denver theater producer Robert Garner was a man for all ages

  Robert S. Garner By John Moore To ask Robert Garner, he was about in his mid-20s. Garner was a legendary theater producer and bon vivant for whom the Garner-Galleria Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex is named. He died Thursday morning (July 19, 2012) at home, no doubt against his will, at the […]