Category Archives: Colorado

PR: Scrooge at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Johnstown, CO

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Press Release Johnstown CO. A favorite Candlelight Holiday tradition returns! Scrooge!, the festive musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel is a tale that has charmed generations with its tribute to the magic of the Christmas spirit. When miserly Ebenezer Scrooge … Continue reading

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Annie Get Your Gun at Jesters Dinner Theatre

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The Jesters Dinner Theatre in Longmont, CO opens its 19th season with Annie Get Your Gun, running on weekends from October 5 to November 25, and after a hiatus for the Jesters’ traditional production of Scrooge, it will return from … Continue reading

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Mary Poppins Flies In to Colorado’s Candlelight Dinner Theatre

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Colorado’s Candlelight Dinner Theatre has opened its 11th season with the magical Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical. It must be said, this is not your grandkid’s Disney movie. And that’s not a bad thing. This stage musical incorporates several elements … Continue reading

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Fun with Kids in Cripple Creek, Colorado

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For many years after the gold mines closed,  Cripple Creek was not much more than a quaint but decaying historic town, perhaps worthy of a brief stop for a few photos and lunch.  In 1991, Colorado voters allowed Cripple Creek … Continue reading

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Top Reasons for Visiting Rocky Mountain National Park in the Fall

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Some of my autumnal journeys are far-flung, but often a jaunt to nearby Rocky Mountain National Park satisfies a “let’s hit the road while the weather is still nice” urge.  Here are the top reasons I visit Rocky Mountain National … Continue reading

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You Can’t Take It With You, at Colorado Shakespeare Festival

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It’s 1936 and Americans are still struggling through the Depression, with hundreds of thousands of men “on relief” because they can’t find jobs, bread lines around the block, and those “with” doing what they can to help family and friends … Continue reading

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The Producers at Jesters Dinner Theatre Longmont CO

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Mel Brooks’ popular hit musical The Producers returns to the Jesters Dinner Theatre on weekends from July 13 – September 30, 2018. The Jesters first mounted The Producers about four years ago – starring Loren Meaux as down-on-his-luck theatrical producer … Continue reading

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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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Travel with Your Eyes Wide Open!–Part I

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WHY DO WE LONG TO TRAVEL?—Somewhere within many of us there resides the urge to travel.  Others have explained quite well our desire to pack our bags and go: Travel is a childish delight in being somewhere else. – Sigmund … 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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