Denver Sonnets Project, No. 11: Crystal Verdon Eisele

By John Moore CultureWest.Org is endeavoring to make short films out of all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets, each featuring actors with Colorado connections. The artistic intent is primarily to further CultureWest’s mission to spotlight the local theatre community and their current or upcoming productions. It’s also an attempt to promote Shakespeare education in a fun […]

Denver Sonnets Project, No. 55: Cajardo Rameer Lindsey

By John Moore CultureWest.Org is endeavoring to make short films out of all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets, each featuring actors with Colorado connections. The artistic intent is primarily to further CultureWest’s mission to spotlight the local theatre community and their current or upcoming productions. It’s also an attempt to promote Shakespeare education in a fun […]

Denver Sonnets Project, No. 31: Sean Scrutchins and Devon James

By John Moore CultureWest.Org is endeavoring to make short films out of all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets, each featuring actors with Colorado connections. The artistic intent is primarily to further CultureWest’s mission to spotlight the local theatre community and their current or upcoming productions. It’s also an attempt to promote Shakespeare education in a fun […]

Denver Sonnets Project, No. 10, Augustus Truhn

By John Moore CultureWest.Org is endeavoring to make short films out of all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets, each featuring actors with Colorado connections. The artistic intent is primarily to further CultureWest’s mission to spotlight the local theatre community and their current or upcoming productions. It’s also an attempt to promote Shakespeare education in a fun […]

The Denver Sonnets Project, No. 17: Anne Sandoe

By John Moore CultureWest.Org is endeavoring to make short films out of all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets, each featuring actors with Colorado connections. The artistic intent is primarily to further CultureWest’s mission to spotlight the local theatre community and their current or upcoming productions. It’s also an attempt to promote Shakespeare education in a fun […]

The Denver Sonnets Project, No. 144: Cailin Doran

By John Moore CultureWest.Org is endeavoring to make short films out of all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets, each featuring actors with Colorado connections. The artistic intent is primarily to further CultureWest’s mission to spotlight the local theatre community and their current or upcoming productions. It’s also an attempt to promote Shakespeare education in a fun […]

Denver Sonnets Project, No. 23: Gabra Zackman

By John Moore CultureWest.Org is endeavoring to make short films out of all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets, each featuring actors with Colorado connections. The artistic intent is primarily to further CultureWest’s founding and ongoing mission to spotlight members of the local theatre community and the companies they perform for, while also calling attention to their […]

David Sedaris: When your heroes (don’t) disappoint

By John Moore Feb. 13, 2013 In January, Denverites were given the rare opportunity to see David Sedaris in process. Perhaps the nation’s foremost comic novelist came to the intimate Galleria Theatre to test out select readings that may (or may not) be included in his forthcoming book, “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls,” due for […]

Video: Five minutes with … Quincy Jones

    In this ongoing web series, arts journalist John Moore interviews prominent visitors to Denver. Here, Quincy Jones, producer of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” the best-selling album in history, and international spokesman for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation, talks with Moore before Jones’ fourth annual gala in Denver, which raised $1.5 million on Oct. 13, […]

Video: Churchill, Barcelona and Navy at the Bluebird Theater

By John Moore Oct. 1, 2012 Churchill celebrated its recent major-label signing with two headlining shows at the Bluebird Theater in Denver on Sept. 29-30, 2012. On Day 2, the set included “Ark in a Flood,” above. The lineup included Navy and Barcelona. Video by John Moore. Barcelona: Seattle’s Barcelona played in support of Denver’s […]

Photos: Opening night of Local’s “Elijah: An Adventure”

  By John Moore Sept. 22, 2012 Photos from the party following the opening-night performance of Local Theater Company’s “Elijah: An Adventure,” by Michael Mitnick. It’s one of our “11 most intriguing titles of the fall season.” More on the production here. I crashed (what else?) the party after seeing Abster Productions’ “August, Osage County,” […]

Photos, video: Churchill performs “Change” at Denver party

By John Moore Sept. 21, 2012 Just two weeks after signing with national label A&M Octone Records, home of Maroon 5, Denver acoustic indie-rock band Churchill played a down-low private party on Sept. 20 at a Denver art studio. The evening of mostly casual, unplugged goodness included a rendition of the popular new radio hit […]

KDVR apologizes for borrowed photo flap

  By John Moore Sept. 17, 2012 It’s hard out there for a journalist in the internet age, when anyone can steal your work in a second using cut-and-paste, a screen-grab, a right-click or even an iPhone (see above). If you are a freelance photographer, forget being adequately paid for your work. Most would settle […]

George Hamilton out of Denver run of “La Cage Aux Folles”

  By John Moore Sept. 14, 2012 George Hamilton, the 73-year-old star of the national touring production of “La Cage Aux Folles,” will not perform in any remaining performances of the run in Denver, which closes at the Buell Theatre on Sept. 16. The Denver Center released only the following statement: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, […]

Video: Actor Christopher Sieber on Broadway’s support for bullied Colorado teen

By John Moore In 2008, Adrian Ulm made national news when it was learned that the 14-year-old middle-schooler from Centennial, Colo., was being beaten up for, among other reasons, taking part in theater. He endured taunts including “Nazi,” “Jew” and “gay” for two years until an inevitable confrontation left him with a broken collarbone and […]

Video: Three minutes with … George Hamilton

In this new web series, journalist John Moore interviews prominent visitors to Denver. George Hamilton, star of the national touring production of “La Cage Aux Folles,” talks along with co-star Christopher Sieber. Episode 2. “La Cage Aux Folles” plays through Sept. 16 at the Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. For tickets, call […]

Fall 2012, No. 1: Curious Theatre’s “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity”

  By John Moore When: Sept. 1-Oct. 13 at  Curious Theatre in Denver (previews Aug. 30-31); Oct. 19-Nov. 11 at TheatreWorks in Colorado Springs Written by: Kristoffer Diaz The story: This rare intersection of sports and theater centers on a  frustrated Puerto Rican professional wrestler. It seems his lot in life is being the guy […]

Fall 2012, No. 2: Ben Dicke Presents’ “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”

CultureWest counts down the “11 most intriguing titles” of the upcoming fall theater season in Colorado.

Fall 2012, No. 3: Abster Productions’ “August: Osage County”

CultureWest counts down the “11 most intriguing titles” of the upcoming fall theater season in Colorado.

Fall 2012, No. 4: Midtown Arts Center’s “In the Heights”

CultureWest counts down the “11 most intriguing titles” of the upcoming fall theater season in Colorado.

Fall 2012, No. 5: Denver Center Theatre Company’s “The Giver”

CultureWest counts down the “11 most intriguing titles” of the upcoming fall theater season in Colorado.

Fall 2012, No. 6: Local Theater Company’s “Elijah: An Adventure”

CultureWest counts down the “11 most intriguing titles” of the upcoming fall theater season in Colorado.

Fall 2012, No. 7: Vintage Theatre’s “The Cider House Rules”

CultureWest counts down the “11 most intriguing titles” of the upcoming fall theater season in Colorado.

Fall 2012, No. 8: Miners Alley Playhouse’s “The Three Penny Opera”

CultureWest counts down the “11 most intriguing titles” of the upcoming fall theater season in Colorado.

Fall 2012, No. 9: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s “Make Sure It’s Me”

CultureWest counts down the “11 most intriguing titles” of the upcoming fall theater season in Colorado.

Fall 2012, No 10: Creede Rep’s “Is He Dead?” at the Arvada Center

CultureWest counts down the “11 most intriguing titles” of the upcoming fall theater season in Colorado.

Fall 2012, No. 11: Theatre Or’s “The Value of Names”

CultureWest counts off the “11 most intriguing titles” of the upcoming fall theater season in Colorado.

Iddo Netanyahu: Is there “A Happy End” for our troubled world?

The brother of Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Denver to stage the American premiere of his new play, “A Happy End.” It explores our historic human tendency to ignore warning signs — often to our own peril.

Is “The Book of Mormon” a treatise on atheism?

Forget Mormons: Do “The Book of Mormon” writers Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Bobby Lopez have a much larger target in mind?

Video: Jack White’s Secret Show in Denver

Jack White’s secret Denver show at Isdajo Automotive, West Colfax Avenue and Julian Street. Video by John Moore. Aug. 8, 2012.