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… Continue reading Top 25 Shots from 2013 “Opening Nights” photo series

Photos: My night at Su Teatro’s ‘La Pastorela’

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 Dec. 15, 2013 Welcome to my ongoing, 2013 labor-of-love photo series bringing you iconic snapshots from behind the… Continue reading Photos: My night at Su Teatro’s ‘La Pastorela’

Photos: My night at the Denver Center’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

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 Dec. 5, 2013 Welcome to my ongoing, 2013 labor-of-love photo series bringing you iconic snapshots from behind the… Continue reading Photos: My night at the Denver Center’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

Photos: My night at The Edge’s ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’

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. 14, 2013 Opening No. 133: The Edge’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”: Brian Landis Folkins plays… Continue reading Photos: My night at The Edge’s ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’

Photos: My night at Byers-Evans’ ‘Evermore’

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. 5, 2013 Opening No. 130: Byers-Evans House Theatre Company’s “Evermore”: Maggie Stillman’s company, which specializes in the… Continue reading Photos: My night at Byers-Evans’ ‘Evermore’

Photos: My night at Evergeen Players’ ‘All My Sons’

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. 2, 2013 Opening No. 128: Evergreen Players’ “All My Sons”: Arthur Miller wrote “All My Sons” as… Continue reading Photos: My night at Evergeen Players’ ‘All My Sons’

Photos: My night at Springs Ensemble Theatre’s ‘A Steady Rain’

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. 25, 2013 Opening No. 124: Springs Ensemble Theatre’s “A Steady Rain”: If you loved “The Shield” on… Continue reading Photos: My night at Springs Ensemble Theatre’s ‘A Steady Rain’

Photos: My night at The Catamounts’ ‘Failure: A Love Story’

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. 24, 2013 Opening No. 123: The Catamounts’ “Failure,” A Love Story”: This fanciful musical fable is about… Continue reading Photos: My night at The Catamounts’ ‘Failure: A Love Story’

Photos: My night at Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s ‘Seminar’

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. 4, 2013 Opening No. 120: Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s “Seminar”: In Theresa Rebeck’s new exploration of academic… Continue reading Photos: My night at Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s ‘Seminar’

Photos: My night at the Denver Center’s ‘Death of a Salesman’

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. If you prefer see this feature in its previous format (with each new photo stacked on top of the last), click… Continue reading Photos: My night at the Denver Center’s ‘Death of a Salesman’

Photos: My day with the national touring production of ‘Sister Act’

To see caption information for any photo above, or to see the gallery if watching on a mobile phone, click here. (The information is posted on the lower-left corner of each photo.) Or just click the “show info” option on any photo. By John Moore Sept. 30, 2013 Opening No. 118: National touring production of… Continue reading Photos: My day with the national touring production of ‘Sister Act’

Photos: My night at Firehouse’s ‘Next Fall’

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. 15, 2013 Opening No.… Continue reading Photos: My night at Firehouse’s ‘Next Fall’

Photos: My night at “Evil Dead, the Musical”

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. 12, 2013 Opening No.… Continue reading Photos: My night at “Evil Dead, the Musical”

Photos: My night at the Aurora Fox’s “Metamorphoses”

To see caption information for any photo above, or to see the gallery if watching on a mobile phone, click here. (The information is posted on the lower-left corner of each photo.) Or just click the “show info” option on any photo. By John Moore Sept. 3, 2013 Opening No. 106: Aurora Fox’s “Metamorphoses”: That… Continue reading Photos: My night at the Aurora Fox’s “Metamorphoses”

Photos: My night at “Steel Magnolias”

To see caption information for any photo above, or to see the gallery if watching on a mobile phone, click here. (The information is posted on the lower-left corner of each photo.) Or just click the “show info” option on any photo. By John Moore Aug. 8, 2013 Opening No. 100: Senior Housing Options’ “Steel… Continue reading Photos: My night at “Steel Magnolias”

My night at the Town Hall Arts Center’s teen “Grease”

To see caption information for any photo above, or to see the gallery if watching on a mobile phone, click here. (The information is posted on the lower-left corner of each photo.) Or just click the “show info” option on any photo. By John Moore July 16, 2013 Opening No. 93: Town Hall Arts Center’s… Continue reading My night at the Town Hall Arts Center’s teen “Grease”

Photo Series: It’s Opening Night in Colorado 2013

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 Jan. 1, 2014 Welcome to… Continue reading Photo Series: It’s Opening Night in Colorado 2013

Photos: My night at Boulder Ensemble’s ‘Bach at Leipzig’

  By John Moore May 8, 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 copyright 2013 for www.CultureWest.Org. Opening No. 67: Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s “Bach at Leipzig”: Opening night for the theater company that… Continue reading Photos: My night at Boulder Ensemble’s ‘Bach at Leipzig’

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’

Photos: My night at Ignite Theatre’s snowy ‘Cabaret’

There’s a lot of touching in the Kit Kat Klub — and in the backstage area of the Aurora Fox — as actor Maggie Tisdale can attest. The Fox’s shop area has been converted into a temporary dressing room to accommodate the huge Ignite Theatre cast, which performs on the studio stage while another big… Continue reading Photos: My night at Ignite Theatre’s snowy ‘Cabaret’

Photos: My night at the Arvada Center’s ‘The Man of La Mancha’

William Michals, left, and Ben Dicke, who play Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, strike their pre-show poses.   By John Moore April 1, 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.… Continue reading Photos: My night at the Arvada Center’s ‘The Man of La Mancha’

Photos and video podcast: Re-opening of Equinox’s ‘Bat Boy, the Musical’

Here’s our video podcast reporting from the “re-opening” of “Bat Boy, the Musical” on March 8, 2013.   By John Moore March 5, 2013 Opening No. 38, “Bat Boy, the Musical”: Let’s call this one a “re-opening.” On Feb. 20, after a sold-out opening weekend at the Bug Theatre, the cast and crew of the… Continue reading Photos and video podcast: Re-opening of Equinox’s ‘Bat Boy, the Musical’

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’

Photos: My night at the Aurora Fox’s ‘Consider the Oyster’

A view of the opening-night party from behind the “Consider the Oyster” set, shot through the cut-out window of a Detroit skyscraper. Very cool set design by Shaun Albrechtson. By John Moore Feb. 19, 2013 Opening No. 30: “Consider the Oyster” is a gender-bending comic fantasy developed by Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre Company in… Continue reading Photos: My night at the Aurora Fox’s ‘Consider the Oyster’

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

Photos: My night at Dangerous Theatre’s ‘Dark Wood’

  By John Moore Feb. 11, 2013 The sign as you enter the Dangerous Theatre, above, means it: “Seriously! Lots of nudity. Not a quick peek. Full frontal nudity for the ENTIRE SHOW.” And it’s not just for titillation. Peter McGarry’s “Dark Wood” is a legitimate, serio-comic play that finds three apes together in a… Continue reading Photos: My night at Dangerous Theatre’s ‘Dark Wood’

Bonus photos: My night at Longmont Theatre Company’s ‘Over the Tavern’

From left: Beau Wilcox, Marian Bennett and Peter Cabrera after the opening curtain call.   By John Moore Jan. 30, 2013 Here are some bonus images from my night visiting the cast of the Longmont Theatre Company’s “Over the Tavern,” a bittersweet family story about growing up poor and Catholic in 1959 Buffalo. Featuring Peter Cabrera,… Continue reading Bonus photos: My night at Longmont Theatre Company’s ‘Over the Tavern’

Bonus photos: My night backstage with Lake Dillon’s ‘Sleuth’

  By John Moore Jan. 20, 2013 Here are some bonus images from my night visiting the cast of the Lake Dillon Theatre Company’s “Sleuth” on Jan 17. Starring Joel Rainwater and Tom Borrillo. Directed by Alan Osburn. Through Feb. 10 at 176 Lake Dillon Dr., about 70 miles west of Denver. Call 970-513-9386 or… Continue reading Bonus photos: My night backstage with Lake Dillon’s ‘Sleuth’

Photo Gallery: My night backstage with “Maple and Vine”

Stuart Sanks lightens the mood backstage on opening night. Photo by John Moore.

By John Moore Jan. 17, 2010 Here are some images from my night visiting the cast of the Curious Theatre’s 1950s parallel-universe comedy “Maple and Vine,” just before their opening-night performance on Jan. 12. Starring Josh Robinson, C. Kelly Leo, Karen Slack, Dale Li and Stuart Sanks. Through Feb. 23 at 1080 Acoma St., 303-623-0524… Continue reading Photo Gallery: My night backstage with “Maple and Vine”