Author Archives: Barbara Peterson

Tiny Beautiful Things Is Emotional Opening for BETC’s 14th season

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For several years, Cheryl Strayed (author of several books including the autobiographical Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail) wrote a popular online advice column, under the pseudonym Sugar. Because it was online, there was plenty of … Continue reading

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Hunchback is Haunting at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

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The Candlelight Dinner Playhouse opens its 12th season with a beautiful and haunting production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. France, 1482. Archdeacon Frollo (David Wygant), rules the city of Paris with an iron hand. The imposing and beautiful cathedral … Continue reading

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True Troupe’s Lysistrata Brings Laughter and Sadness

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Have you ever wondered about people who lived over two thousand years ago? Not how they lived, but what they were like? What were their thoughts, dreams and aspirations? Their problems (apart from that of finding food, of course!)? The … Continue reading

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Tarzan Time at the Candlelight

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Tarzan: The Stage Musical, based on the 1999 Disney film, is a tale of the collision of two worlds, told in two acts. Somewhere on the west coast of Africa lives a large troop of gorillas, led by Kerchak (Scotty … Continue reading

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OpenStage’s Season Finale: Much Ado About Nothing

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The 46th season of Fort Collins’ OpenStage Theatre draws to a close with their traditional production of a Shakespeare play as an “under the stars” open-air theatre event. This time, it is Much Ado About Nothing, which is being performed … Continue reading

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Wizard of Oz Delights at the Jesters in Longmont, CO

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Kids of all ages will enjoy the Jesters Dinner Theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz, which is running on weekends (Friday evening, Saturday matinee and evening, Sunday matinee) until July 7, 2019. The musical follows the original classic movie … Continue reading

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Oliver!

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In damp, foggy miserableness at the gates of a workhouse, a young woman has given birth to a young son, but worn out by her travails passes away. A ragged woman who has presumably helped the mother at the birth … Continue reading

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Jekyll & Hyde is Darkly Captivating at the Jesters

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Dr. Henry Jekyll – kind, considerate, passionate about his work, and with a bit of a temper –  believes that each person is inhabited by “good” and “evil,” and that a person’s evil nature can be separated out and eradicated. … Continue reading

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Motones vs Jerseys at the Candlelight

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Catch the dueling Motones vs Jerseys at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse in Johnstown, CO, every Sunday and Monday evening from January 20 – February 25, 2019. Co-created by Kenny Moten & Chris Starkey, Motones vs Jerseys features dueling songs and … Continue reading

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Nunsense is a Delight at the Candlelight

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Nunsense, at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse in Johnstown, CO from January 10 to March 3, 2019, is a frothy confection that, unlike Sister Julia, Child of God’s cooking, never lays an egg. There’s been a disaster at the convent of … Continue reading

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