BWW Review: Arvada Center's KINKY BOOTS is Filled with Heart and Sole
by Chris Arneson
- Apr 14, 2022
Kinky Boots is just one of those shows you can't help but leave feeling just a little sparklier. Based on the British 2005 film of the same name, Kinky Boots follows Charlie Price, who inherits his family's multigenerational shoe factory from his deceased father. In order to keep the business alive, Charlie partners with a drag queen named Lola to produce heels that can withstand the weight of a male figure.
BWW Review: Opera Colorado's THE SHINING
by Chris Arneson
- Mar 6, 2022
If your experience is more with the book, you might appreciate the recently adapted opera version better. Currently playing with Opera Colorado, Moravec & Campbell’s The Shining is being presented for the first time since its premiere with Minnesota Opera.
BWW Review: The HAMILTON Hype is Real
by Chris Arneson
- Feb 25, 2022
I avoided Hamilton as long as I possibly could. I wouldn't even listen to the cast recording, wanting to have the freshest live experience I possibly could. Somehow I held on until around 2018, right before the show visited Denver for the first time.
BWW Review: DCPA's Long-Awaited RATTLESNAKE KATE Attacks
by Chris Arneson
- Feb 22, 2022
The musical is based on former Lumineers member Neyla Pekarek's first solo album, Rattlesnake, which features songs inspired by the life of Colorado's own 'Rattlesnake Kate' Slaughterback. Nearly 100 years ago, Kate killed around 140 rattlesnakes mostly using a wooden sign she found after her rifle ran out of ammunition, not only saving herself but also her 3-year-old son and their horse, Brownie.
BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Littleton's Town Hall
by Chris Arneson
- Feb 11, 2022
Little Shop of Horrors may not be the happiest musical, but there's something about a plant wreaking havoc on a bunch of downtrodden folks that might offer a bit of momentary schadenfreude. And if you don't get it from that, Town Hall's production is likely to scratch your itch for a well-designed production bursting with talent.
BWW Review: THE OTHER JOSH COHEN at DCPA
by Chris Arneson
- Jan 6, 2022
Josh Cohen is overweight, can't get a date, and his apartment was just emptied by a burglar--but that was a year ago, and a lot has improved since then, according to a much healthier and happier-looking Josh Cohen with a guitar.
BWW Review: 'The King Has Returned' to Denver
by Chris Arneson
- Dec 14, 2021
Somehow, I had managed to avoid seeing the Broadway production of The Lion King for its decades-long existence. Well, maybe not avoid necessarily--it was killing me that I'd never planned well enough to catch it. So until I did, I avoided anything that might make my first viewing any less magical than if I was my 8-year-old self seeing my first Disney musical on Broadway.
BWW Photo Feature: DCPA's Camp Christmas Returns Outdoors
by Chris Arneson
- Dec 2, 2021
Camp Christmas is back with a fresh outdoor setup for the 2021 holiday season. The festive event formerly took place in 2019 at the Stanley Marketplace, but has been reconfigured to be more of an outdoor experience at Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD Opens for Limited Run at Brighton Armory
by Chris Arneson
- Oct 29, 2021
Platte Valley Players (Brighton, Colorado) will present their first main stage musical production since 2019 with their production of Jason Robert Brown’s emotive song cycle, SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD- running October 29-November 6 at The Armory Performing Arts Center.
BWW Review: Forge Light's LIZZIE Kills
by Chris Arneson
- Oct 15, 2021
If there's one thing I will never get enough of in musicals, it's fierce women belting their faces off. That alone is enough of a reason to tell you why you can't miss Forge Light Theatreworks' current production of Lizzie: The Lizzie Borden Musical.
BWW Review: Forge Light's HOWARD BARNES is More Than Just Noteworthy
by Chris Arneson
- Aug 12, 2021
As a theatre person, I can confidently say if my life were suddenly a musical, I'd be thrilled. Isn't the what many of us crave, anyway? The combo of having the world not only revolve around our story, but supplemented with harmonies and well-rehearsed choreography?
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