Thursday, June 25, 2009





Lisa DeCaro as Nicky, Michele Wright as Molly, Theresa Reid as Debra Photo Credit: Ellen Nelson

Evergreen Players present

The Smell of the Kill

by Michele Lowe

Directed by Paul S. Newman

Three couples have been enjoying a monthly dinner party for years. But this particular night leaves the ladies in a precarious situation. When Nicky's husband takes the men on a tour of his new walk-in meat freezer, the men get stuck inside. Join the women as they work through the ultimate question--"Do we leave them in there?"

Evergreen Players presents “The Smell of the Kill” July 31 through August 16 at Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen, CO. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 Adults; $14 seniors (60+)/Students and available by calling 303-674-4934 or on line at www.evergreenplayers.org. Group discounts available.

Paul S. Newman joins Evergreen Players to direct Lisa DeCaro as Nicky, Theresa Reid as Debra and Michele Wright as Molly. Individual bios and additional information available at evergreenplayers.org.

Dr. Paul S. Newman is the Program Director of Theatre for Adams State College. He was recently honored as the Higher Education Theatre Educator of the Year by the Alliance for Colorado Theatre. He teaches theatre history, theory and criticism, directing, design, management, contemporary drama, and public speaking. He has served as president of RMTA and is a member of A.T.H.E. and U.S.I.T.T.

Michele Lowe made her Broadway debut with “The Smell of the Kill.” She is the author of “String of Pearls” which received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play, “Backsliding in the Promised Land,” “Good on Paper” and “Map of Heaven.” She wrote the book and lyrics for the musical “A Thousand Words Come to Mind” and “Hit the Lights!”

Her work has been developed at the Eugene O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference, New Harmony Project, PlayLabs, New York Stage and Film, Hartford Stage’s BRAND: NEW Festival, and the ACT & Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival.

The performing home of The Evergreen Players is Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen, CO, 80439. Directions to Center/Stage are at www.evergreenplayers.org. The Evergreen Players is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization producing seven shows per year in the foothills. Established in 1950, the Players’ mission is to create professional quality theater to inspire, engage, and entertain. P.O. Box 1271, Evergreen, CO 80437.

Evergreen Players
“The Smell of the Kill”
Jul 31 - Aug 16
Fri\Sat at 7:30 p.m.; Sun at 2 p.m.
$18 Adults; $14 seniors (60+)/Students
303-674-4934 or on line at www.evergreenplayers.org
Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen, CO.

Get $10 off your ticket for “The Smell of the Kill” when you also purchase tickets for “Escanaba in da Moonlight.” This is a limited offer. Expiration date: July 1, 2009

Friday, June 19, 2009

Stage C @ The Mercury Cafe
Tonight, June 19, 7:30 pm

Featured Musicians: Singer/songwriters Melle Johnson, topical songs with a pop, rock and folk influence and Monica Rabino, tender lyrics, fierce music.
Poet: Dee Galloway, aka Sagacious Joy, itinerant poet
Community Connections: Dee Galloway talks about The Spirituals Project mission and her role as Poet in Residence with TSP
Host: Jeff Wittig, accompanied by Greg Bryant and Cary Carner of Crazyheart.

Admission: $5 per person
The Mercury Cafe

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Like a final visit to grandmother's house, an outstanding production that brings tears and laughter, a powerful, wonderful, entertaining theatre experience.

Don't miss Over the River and Through the Woods (click for script) at Golden's treasure, Miners Alley Playhouse, part of their 7th season.

An up-and-coming big city marketing executive struggles with a job promotion that would require him to follow the lead of his parents and sister in going to a neutral corner of the country, leaving smothering Italian immigrant grandparents and their new world village behind.

Rick Bernstein has done a masterful job staging and directing this recreation of Joe Dipietro's (I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change) script. Excellent acting from an exerienced cast, Over the River is this summer's Sunday Italian feast. Tengo Famiglia!

Weekends through July 19. Tickets: call (303)935-3044 or online at www.MinersAlley.com
Mary and I will be at Miners Alley tonight to see Over the River. If you're there say hi at intermission, OK?

Friday, June 12, 2009

Miners Alley Playhouse presents
Over The River
and Through The Woods

Written by Joe Dipietro
Directed by Rick Bernstein
Assistant Directed by Lynda Harris
Stage Managed by Charity Dorrance

Starring:
Chris Bleau
Sue Leiser, Roger Simon
Wendy Moore, Bob Moore
and Emily Norman

Food, fidelity and family in Hoboken, NJ. This endearing, heart-warming comedy is about the tug-of-war between ambition and meatballs! It happens when a grandson’s loyalty to his two sets of eccentric, old-fashioned grandparents is upset by a job promotion that threatens to separate them.

In one of our most amusing and touching modern American comedies we find the grandparent’s leaving nothing to chance in their battle to keep their Grandson in Hoboken, even setting him up on blind dates.

Opens today June 12
Running Fri. Sat. Sun. through July 19
Fri. Sat. 7:30pm
Sun. 6:00pm
Sunday July 19 will be at 2:00pm.
There will be no evening show on this date
Tickets: $20
(Senior, Student, Group rates available)
Reservations:
http://www.minersalley.com/ or
303-935-3044

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Wow.

Just back from Ellie Calkins Opera House where we gave a standing ovation for an amazing performance. Chazz Palminteri in the one-man play he wrote, Tony award winning off Broadway in 1989, became Robert DeNiro directed movie in 1993.

A Bronx Tale is the story of growing up on a stoop by the corner of 187th & Belmont 60's where Dion and the Belmonts were born, a neighborhood where "young Italian men could be heard romancing their women, 'Get in the f**king car!'"

"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent." Tonight we were all glad Palminteri didn't waste any of his extraordinary talent as a writer or actor.

Another sad thing would be to miss this performance. Get your tickets now, it's sure to sell out soon.

For more see www.ABronxTaleTour.com. Runs through June 21 in Denver. Tickets: www.DenverCenter.org.

Interview with Palminteri in the Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_12513504