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Newsies at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Johnstown, CO

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It’s 1899 in New York City and wealthy newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer decides to improve his bottom line by raising the price that newspaper boys  must pay to buy bundles of “papes”, which they in turn sell on street corners … Continue reading

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Love’s Labour’s Lost at CO Shakespeare Festival 2018

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Love’s Labor’s Lost is staged at the striking Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, adjacent to the charming “Wine and Shakes-beer Garden.” Audience members can gather for picnic meals in the garden and listen to live music. Food and drink are available … Continue reading

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Richard III at Colorado Shakespeare Festival 2018

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The Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s Richard III takes place on a relatively bare stage. There are two large wooden squares at the rear of the stage, the lower section of the largest providing a long platform that serve nicely as the … Continue reading

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Annie at Jesters Dinner Theatre, Longmont, CO

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Just as there are “un-birthdays” so people can celebrate their birthday whenever they like, so there are “un-Christmases,” so that theatre audiences can enjoy a fun and heart-warming musical like Annie at any time of year. It’s December, 1933, at … Continue reading

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Man of La Mancha at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Johnstown, CO

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Slapstick comedic fights and heartbreaking pathos mingle together in Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s production of Man of La Mancha, running on weekends from April 26 – June 17, 2018. Miguel de Cervantes, author and actor in 16th century Spain, is forced … Continue reading

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Kiss Me, Kate At Colorado’s Candlight Dinner Playhouse

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Art mirrors life in Kiss Me, Kate. In 1935, America’s pre-eminent acting couple, Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne, were starring in The Taming of the Shrew on Broadway. They quarreled off- as well as on-stage, much to the amusement of … Continue reading

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The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe at Cheyenne’s CLTP

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The Cheyenne Little Theatre’s production of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe runs from Thursday through Sunday, February 9 – 25, 2018 at the Mary Godfrey Theatre. The play is adapted from C. S. Lewis’ novel by Joseph Robinette … Continue reading

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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Jesters

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The Jesters Dinner Theatre in Longmont,  Colorado presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat from February 2 – April 8, 2018. Joseph is a light-hearted musical presentation of the Bible story of Joseph and his coat of many colors. Joseph, … Continue reading

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Happiness is Scrooge at Jesters Dinner Theatre

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The Jesters Dinner Theatre’s production of Legally Blonde: The Musical is on hiatus during December, and in its place is the Jesters’ delightful annual production of Scrooge. The Jesters has a 20+ year tradition of spending December with Scrooge, Marley’s … Continue reading

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A Dickens’ Christmas Carol Brings the House Down at CLTP

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The Stykes-Upon-Thump Repertory Company has performed its farewell tour of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, fourteen times in years past. In its fifteenth year, things don’t go exactly as planned when they arrive in a small London town … Continue reading

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