‘BALLS!’ raises $5,250, inspires more to cap record-setting year for Denver Actors Fund

At the Denver Actors Fund, we’re feeling pretty close to a mile high. Earlier this year, we were told the Denver Actors Fund had been selected to be the sole charitable beneficiary at the 6th annual performances of “BALLS! A Holiday Spectacular” at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret. The numbers are in, and those performances directly raised… Continue reading ‘BALLS!’ raises $5,250, inspires more to cap record-setting year for Denver Actors Fund

Photos: My night at Off-Center’s ‘Wheel of Misfortune’

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 Oct. 30, 2013 Opening No. 127: Off-Center @ The Jones’ “Wheel of Misfortune”: This new theatrical adventure from… Continue reading Photos: My night at Off-Center’s ‘Wheel of Misfortune’

My Night at Screw Tooth’s “Some Kind of Fun”

To see caption information on any photo above, click here. (It will be on the lower-left corner.) Or just click “show info” on any photo. If you prefer see this feature in its previous format (with each new photo stacked on top of the last), click here.   By John Moore Sept. 4, 2013 Opening… Continue reading My Night at Screw Tooth’s “Some Kind of Fun”

Photos: My night at square product’s ‘The Ding Dongs’

The world might run a little more peaceably if people only respected other people’s door signs.   By John Moore April 28, 2013 Welcome to my ongoing, 2013 labor-of-love photo series bringing you iconic snapshots from behind the scenes on opening nights in Colorado theater. All photos by John Moore for www.CultureWest.Org. Opening No. 59:… Continue reading Photos: My night at square product’s ‘The Ding Dongs’

2013 theater photo series: It’s Opening Night in Colorado

By John Moore Jan. 1, 2014 Welcome to my 2013 labor-of-love photo series bringing you iconic snapshots from behind the scenes on opening nights in Colorado theater. This series includes one representative shot from 151 of the performances we saw 2013. The intent was to allow the reader a window into a part of the… Continue reading 2013 theater photo series: It’s Opening Night in Colorado

Two ex-theater critics, sitting around having coffee

Former theater writer Mark Collins has gone from critical to presidential in square product theatre's "44 Plays for 44 Presidents."

  By John Moore Oct. 19, 2012 For 10 years, Mark Collins was one of the leading critical voices in the Denver/Boulder theater community, combining a compassionate eye for the art of making theater with an opinion backed by a master’s degree. As a freelance contributor to the Boulder Daily Camera, Collins was always understated… Continue reading Two ex-theater critics, sitting around having coffee