Go to the mobile version of this Web site.

Login | Contact Us | Site Map | Paid archives | Electronic edition | Subscription Questions | Extras

Theater

'Color Purple' good, but not great

January 8, 2009

The musical already has audience support, thanks to Alice Walker's 1982 novel and Steven Spielberg's 1985 movie. But it does little to grow that support.

Romance rules in bittersweet 'Song'

February 26, 2009

The sound of a boiler, maybe a train, rumbles through the theater as a lone man sits silently. Lights dim, and the room closes in on itself. It's like an old Batman episode, without the camp. It's a dizzying display of artistic and technical cooperation, taking a back seat to the bittersweet romance in the rough-hewn reality of Love Song.

'Cafe' can't quite reach the high notes

February 26, 2009

The audience was happy.

Spider-Man's Broadway debut caught in web of delays

February 20, 2009

Spider-Man will have to wait a little longer for his Broadway debut because of production delays that have plagued the $31.3 million musical featuring songs by U2.

Raising the Titanic a snap for 'revivalist'

February 13, 2009

One of the biggest lights on Broadway was at work this week in a Denver Center Theatre Company rehearsal room. Kathleen Marshall was shaping a crew of Broadway veterans for the New Play Summit.

Comedy upstages villainy

February 12, 2009

The Denver Center Theater Company's production of Richard III has fun with the often comical first half but sacrifices the menace required to create Shakespeare's archetypal villain.

Culture wars rage in 'Dusty and the Big Bad World'

February 5, 2009

Lizzie Goldberg-Jones has two gay dads and a little brother being bullied in school as a result. If she can only win a contest to be featured on a kids show, maybe people will see them as a normal family. Such is the premise of Dusty and the Big Bad World.

BORNSTEIN: A witch's brouhaha

February 5, 2009

Everybody stages "The Crucible," but not everyone finds new meaning there.

'The Art of Henry' illustrates theater designer's career

January 30, 2009

Henry Lowenstein's work, stored for years in his home, is the subject of "The Art of Henry: 25 Years of Scenery and Costume Design by Henry Lowenstein."

Ed Asner seeks converts in 'Monkey Trial' roadshow

January 30, 2009

Ed Asner, who's coming to Boulder to play William Jennings Bryan in The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial, discusses hot topics past and present with Rocky theater critic Lisa Bornstein.

Disconnection overshadows resonance in 'City'

January 29, 2009

Conor McPherson places his recent work, Shining City, in the heart of Dublin, where a priest-turned-therapist encounters a haunted client while struggling with his own mysteries.

BORNSTEIN: Unlikely heroes onstage in 'Inana'

January 29, 2009

Michele Lowe's "Inana" is tragically original. Original because it portrays a number of Iraqis who are educated, worldly and nuanced. Tragic because that shouldn't be original. In this country, it is.

PBS dust-up led to play

January 21, 2009

Cusi Cram's new play, Dusty and the Big Bad World, was inspired by the flap over a spinoff from the children's TV show Arthur involving lesbian mothers. The play's world premiere opens Jan. 29 at the Denver Performing Arts Complex.

Arab-American actors find reality in 'Inana'

January 16, 2009

Working in a post-9/11 world is a blessing and a curse for Arab-American actors. There is more work than ever, but more than ever, the roles available are terrorists. Then along comes Inana.

Powerful 'Hole' brings both grief and relief

January 15, 2009

There is no wonderland in "Rabbit Hole," but there is plenty of wondering in Curious Theatre Company's wrenching drama. Wondering about how much grief a person can withstand, wondering about how anyone survives anything, wondering how we would survive under the same circumstances.

« newer stories |

Latest AP Entertainment News

Search Movie Listings

Box Office Weekend Results

#
Title
Gross
1 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $108,966,307
2 The Proposal $18,578,541
3 The Hangover $17,022,166
4 Up $13,061,737
5 My Sister's Keeper $12,442,212
6 Year One $6,022,444
7 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 $5,451,107
8 Star Trek (2009) $3,711,968
9 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $3,643,522
10 Away We Go $1,709,313

Movie times
Select a movie or theater to get info and showtimes.

Movie:
Theater:

Or see all movies and showtimes for today.

AP Video - Entertainment