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Lisa Bornstein

Columnist

Rocky theater critic Lisa Bornstein was previously the arts and entertainment editor for the Albuquerque Tribune, and has covered the arts in Jerusalem, Chicago and New York. In 1998, the American Association of Sunday and Features Editor named her a first-place winner for arts criticism. She is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Recent stories

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.

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.

We all have our love songbook

February 13, 2009

We asked readers to share the songs they listen to when they're looking for love and the ones they play loud to feel better about being alone, and now we share them with you.

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.

OBITUARY: CJ Hosier, actor and designer

February 6, 2009

In a field where everyone has multiple skills, CJ Hosier still stood out. Actor, designer, technician - he made himself invaluable to friends and colleagues.

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.

Unemployment: life on the front lines

Unemployment: life on the front lines

February 5, 2009

Coloradans share their experiences with unemployment.

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.