About the Author: Toni Tresca
‘Route 15’ puts East Colfax in the driver’s seat
Roshni’s world premiere uses a bus route to tell the community’s stories, though the ride gets a little rough at times.
HOLDTIGHT’s ‘mother : un/tethered’ shifts from stage to screen
Denver company completes its dance trilogy with a 32-minute "art documentary" at the Sie FilmCenter.
Third Side has a hit on its hands with ‘Brindlewood’
Ryan Glaser’s Brindlewood is a charming folk musical that proves small-scale theatre can cast a big spell.
Tradition and change collide around the campfire in ‘The Grown-Ups’
Absurd Rodeo Theatre's backyard staging of The Grown-Ups makes this unsettling comedy feel immediate and essential.
A brisk ‘Murder for Two’ could use more clarity
American Crossroads Theatre’s Colorado debut is packed with powerful piano playing, but this breakneck mystery is hard to follow.
ER Productions debuts with ‘Stop Kiss’ in Aurora’s Storyteller Theater
Ratt Walsh and Emma Moonfield launch a new theatre company with Diana Son’s drama.
‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ gets lost in the crowd
Restless staging overwhelms some of the anxiety and tenderness at the heart of Jonathan Larson’s musical.
‘The Comedy of Errors’ embraces Shakespearean chaos in Centennial
Shakespeare in the Wild turns an opening-night curveball into a rollicking evening in a former Ross.
SET’s intimate ‘Eureka Day’ makes uncertainty hilarious
Jonathan Spector’s school-board satire thrives in The Fifty-Niner’s close quarters.
‘504: The Musical’ sings the messy work of solidarity
Phamaly’s optimistic, intersectional new musical centers a sit-in that led to a landmark disability-rights victory.
Heavy hand undermines Rocky Mountain Rep’s ‘Urinetown’
Suzanna Champion’s slick staging leans so hard into the jokes that it dilutes the musical’s dark, timely satire.
‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’ struggles to find its frequency
Elemental Theatre Company’s old-time-radio take on The Scarlet Pimpernel has lively Foley work but little dramatic urgency.
