BDT Stage raises $5,173 for Denver Actors Fund

Photo by Glenn Ross.   BDT Stage’s special added performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” raised a total of $5,173.29 for the Denver Actors Fund, making it one of the two most successful evenings in the growing non-profit’s short history. Of that total, $1,660 comes directly from performers and musicians donating their show pay. Another… Continue reading BDT Stage raises $5,173 for Denver Actors Fund

Video: DAF Night at ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ is coming Feb. 17

Wayne Kennedy, star of BDT Stage’s “Fiddler on the Roof,” introduces a special added performance of the hit musical on Tuesday, Feb. 17, to benefit the Denver Actors Fund. Kennedy talks about when his 1-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia and why “the introduction of the DAF is so important for people in my business.”… Continue reading Video: DAF Night at ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ is coming Feb. 17

Photos: My night at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s ‘The Full Monty’

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 Nov. 4, 2013 Opening No. 129: Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s “The Full Monty”: Based on the popular British film,… Continue reading Photos: My night at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s ‘The Full Monty’

Video: Shout-outs to 2013 Henry Award nominees

By John Moore July 18, 2013 Members of the local theater community give their shout-outs to this year’s field of 2013 Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award nominees. One comes all the way from Poland. The ceremony is July 22 at the Arvada Center. Video by John Moore for www.CultureWest.Org. Running time: 7 minutes. Shouters and… Continue reading Video: Shout-outs to 2013 Henry Award nominees

Photos: My night at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Dorothy’s iconic red slippers were crafted by Linda Morken, who handmade more than 100 separate costumes for “The Wizard of Oz.” When considered as costume pieces, the number perhaps triples.   By John Moore May 20, 2013 Welcome to my ongoing, 2013 labor-of-love photo series bringing you iconic snapshots from behind the scenes on opening… Continue reading Photos: My night at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Anatomy of a theater director: A daily Q&A with Colorado’s creative minds

  By John Moore May 3, 2013 My return to directing (“Always … Patsy Cline,” which closed April 27 at the PACE Center), had me revisiting a story idea I always wanted to do for The Denver Post, but never got around to: The anatomy of the theater director. So I am doing it now,… Continue reading Anatomy of a theater director: A daily Q&A with Colorado’s creative minds

Photo series: My night at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s ‘Church Basement Ladies’

Veteran actors Barb Reeves and Bren. (yes that’s a period) Eyestone Burron put on a bit of a rural midwestern church-like fashion show backstage in the moments before taking the stage in Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s regional premiere of the family musical, “Church Basement Ladies.” Hubba, hubba!   By John Moore Feb. 27, 2013 Opening No.… Continue reading Photo series: My night at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s ‘Church Basement Ladies’

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