"Change is in the air" at the lively, polished Evergreen Players production of Smell of the Kill at Center/Stage.
Lisa DeCaro as Nicky, Theresa Reid as Debra, and Michele Wright as Molly all give spectacular performances.
This is a dark comedy, laughs underscoring the strong message: Selfishness and dishonesty kills relationships.
This is a wonderful theatre, a great way to take a short drive into the mountains and spend a stimulating summer evening. Don't miss it!
For more information and tickets see http://www.evergreenplayers.org
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
I'll be at the opening of Evergreen Players www.EvergreenPlayers.org production of The Smell of the Kill tonight. (See my announcement of the play posted June 25, below.)
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
August: Osage County that just opened at the Ellie Calkins is 3-hours of powerful testimony to the dark-side of the upward mobility of the American Dream.
Violet and Beverly Weston married, built a home, and raised a family of 3 girls, and then spent year after year trapped in a loveless coexistence of alcoholism and drug addiction. August: Osage County is like a 12-step meeting when the family comes to grips with it's bottom.
Violet is powerless in her delusion of strength. She pushes away those who would help her, she's an isolated, lonely individual falling fall short of the great person she had the potential to be. "I can take care of it myself," alternates with "why don't you help me."
The play is powerful testimony for the need we each have for community and healthy relationships, and a graphic illustration of what happens when they are missing from our life.
We leave the theatre not whistling but thinking, the play forces us to ask, "where am I now, and what am I going to do with the rest of my life?"
Denver Post review: http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment_old/ci_12901886
Violet and Beverly Weston married, built a home, and raised a family of 3 girls, and then spent year after year trapped in a loveless coexistence of alcoholism and drug addiction. August: Osage County is like a 12-step meeting when the family comes to grips with it's bottom.
Violet is powerless in her delusion of strength. She pushes away those who would help her, she's an isolated, lonely individual falling fall short of the great person she had the potential to be. "I can take care of it myself," alternates with "why don't you help me."
The play is powerful testimony for the need we each have for community and healthy relationships, and a graphic illustration of what happens when they are missing from our life.
We leave the theatre not whistling but thinking, the play forces us to ask, "where am I now, and what am I going to do with the rest of my life?"
Denver Post review: http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment_old/ci_12901886
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Mary and I will be at the opening tonight as the Denver Center Attractions will launch the national touring production of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY direct from its phenomenal award-winning run on Broadway.
Written by Tracy Letts, the play tells the story of the Westons, a large extended clan that comes together at their rural Oklahoma homestead when the alcoholic patriarch disappears.
Forced to confront unspoken truths and astonishing secrets, the family must also contend with matriarch Violet, a pill-popping, deeply unsettled woman at the center of this storm.
Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is a rare theatrical event—a large-scale work filled with unforgettable characters, a powerful tale told with unflinching honesty and the unforgettable breakthrough of a major American playwright.
The New York Times deemed AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY “flat-out, without qualification, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years.”
Tickets start at $22
Groups (15+) submit a Group Request by using the button above or call 303.446.4829
Show advisory: Contains adult language and situations
Running time: 3 hrs 20 min with two 15 min intermissions
Closes: August 8.
To buy tickets online: http://www.denvercenter.org/
Written by Tracy Letts, the play tells the story of the Westons, a large extended clan that comes together at their rural Oklahoma homestead when the alcoholic patriarch disappears.
Forced to confront unspoken truths and astonishing secrets, the family must also contend with matriarch Violet, a pill-popping, deeply unsettled woman at the center of this storm.
Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is a rare theatrical event—a large-scale work filled with unforgettable characters, a powerful tale told with unflinching honesty and the unforgettable breakthrough of a major American playwright.
The New York Times deemed AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY “flat-out, without qualification, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years.”
Tickets start at $22
Groups (15+) submit a Group Request by using the button above or call 303.446.4829
Show advisory: Contains adult language and situations
Running time: 3 hrs 20 min with two 15 min intermissions
Closes: August 8.
To buy tickets online: http://www.denvercenter.org/
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Central City Opera’s A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (2009). The clowns: Sylvia McNair (Desiree Armfeldt) and Roberth Orth (Frederik Egerman).
Photo by Mark Kiryluk
The performance, the music, the staging: Last night was extraordinary.
This is a dark story with bright sparks of hope. A man looses his wife, has an affair, finally marries a woman younger than his son and treats her like a daughter. In the end, couples renew their commitments to each other. The message: Hope is well-founded, even clowns can find happiness. God keeps offering all of us clowns another chance.
Wonderful Central City Opera production in the fantastic crown jewel of the Rockies, the Tabor House.
Denver Post Review (click here)
Judi Dench, "Send in the Clowns."
Monday, July 20, 2009
For its second offering of the 2009 Festival, Central City Opera (CCO) presents Sondheim’s homage to turn-of-the-century operetta style, A Little Night Music.
A Little Night Music continues through July 31 at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colo. The musical will be performed in its original English.
Winner of the Tony® Award for Best Musical, Best Book and Original Score, A Little Night Music explores the humor, compassion, and irony of upper crust couples searching for the right partner in early 20th century Sweden. Confrontations occur at a country dinner party where the romantically entangled guests consist of past and present loves of the famous stage actress, Desiree, and their current lovers who are united in their resentment of the actress.
The book by Hugh Wheeler was inspired by the Ingmar Bergman comedic film, Smiles of a Summer Night. After almost a decade of directing films to mostly local and regional acclaim, Smiles of a Summer Night launched Ingmar Bergman’s international career in 1956 when it was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or Award.
Before every performance, a free pre-performance preview, Opera Notes, allows the audience to gain further insight into each production.
To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Central City Opera Box Office at 303-292-6700; 800-851-8175 or go online to www.centralcityopera.org.
Central City Opera House Association is the nation’s fifth-oldest opera company, located just 35 miles west of Denver in one of Colorado’s official National Landmark Historic Districts.
A Little Night Music continues through July 31 at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colo. The musical will be performed in its original English.
Winner of the Tony® Award for Best Musical, Best Book and Original Score, A Little Night Music explores the humor, compassion, and irony of upper crust couples searching for the right partner in early 20th century Sweden. Confrontations occur at a country dinner party where the romantically entangled guests consist of past and present loves of the famous stage actress, Desiree, and their current lovers who are united in their resentment of the actress.
The book by Hugh Wheeler was inspired by the Ingmar Bergman comedic film, Smiles of a Summer Night. After almost a decade of directing films to mostly local and regional acclaim, Smiles of a Summer Night launched Ingmar Bergman’s international career in 1956 when it was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or Award.
Before every performance, a free pre-performance preview, Opera Notes, allows the audience to gain further insight into each production.
To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Central City Opera Box Office at 303-292-6700; 800-851-8175 or go online to www.centralcityopera.org.
Central City Opera House Association is the nation’s fifth-oldest opera company, located just 35 miles west of Denver in one of Colorado’s official National Landmark Historic Districts.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Friday, May 29, 2009
Quilters, Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek's popular musical about American pioneer women, has reappeared in Denver, where the folksy work premiered 27 years ago before it moved to Broadway.
Opening for the new staging, directed by Penny Metropulos, is May 28, following previews from May 22.
Denver Center Theatre Company again produces the intimate show, which went on to be one of the most-produced titles in American regional theatres in the 1980s. Over the years, the musical has been one of the most-requested titles of Denver subscribers, a DCTC spokesman told Playbill.com.
The new cast, playing to July 12 at DCTC's The Stage Theatre, is led by original Quilters touring company member and popular Denver actress Kathleen M. Brady as Sarah.
From Playbill
Quilters Comes Home to Denver
Denver Post
Angry women frighten me.
With her husband babysitting, I saw this play again last night with my daughter after seeing the first production in 1984 with her mother.
The staging has dramatically changed the play, a patchwork of 16 dramatic scenes about frontier life built aroud 16 quilt patterns.
It's a theatrical chick flick, with a dark and powerful message. The focus is on the hard life of frontier women, men are shown as brutes.
I slept through the 1984 production, or I might not have invited my daughter last night. This morning it is clear what a mistake that would have been.
If I'd been awake in 1984, our marriage might not have ended 6 years later. Seeing this play again last night was a powerful reminder of how short, difficult, and precious our short life together is for each of us.
Emotion fills the raging debate over key life issues of abortion and euthanasia. This play is a valuable insight into the minds of the angry women whose tear filled eyes just can't understand the cool pro-life logic.
Men who ignore this message will pay a great price.
Runs through July 12. Tickets now at www.denvercenter.org
John Wren
Opening for the new staging, directed by Penny Metropulos, is May 28, following previews from May 22.
Denver Center Theatre Company again produces the intimate show, which went on to be one of the most-produced titles in American regional theatres in the 1980s. Over the years, the musical has been one of the most-requested titles of Denver subscribers, a DCTC spokesman told Playbill.com.
The new cast, playing to July 12 at DCTC's The Stage Theatre, is led by original Quilters touring company member and popular Denver actress Kathleen M. Brady as Sarah.
From Playbill
Quilters Comes Home to Denver
Denver Post
Angry women frighten me.
With her husband babysitting, I saw this play again last night with my daughter after seeing the first production in 1984 with her mother.
The staging has dramatically changed the play, a patchwork of 16 dramatic scenes about frontier life built aroud 16 quilt patterns.
It's a theatrical chick flick, with a dark and powerful message. The focus is on the hard life of frontier women, men are shown as brutes.
I slept through the 1984 production, or I might not have invited my daughter last night. This morning it is clear what a mistake that would have been.
If I'd been awake in 1984, our marriage might not have ended 6 years later. Seeing this play again last night was a powerful reminder of how short, difficult, and precious our short life together is for each of us.
Emotion fills the raging debate over key life issues of abortion and euthanasia. This play is a valuable insight into the minds of the angry women whose tear filled eyes just can't understand the cool pro-life logic.
Men who ignore this message will pay a great price.
Runs through July 12. Tickets now at www.denvercenter.org
John Wren
Thursday, March 5, 2009
THE VISITOR
What a Great Debate!!!!!
Written by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Translated by Jeremy Sams
"Is that God on Freud's couch? "
Don't miss this epic debate
As two historical Titans get it on!
Running Fri. Sat. Sun. thru April 5
Fri. Sat. at 7:30pm
Sun. 6:00pm
Sunday April 5 will be at 2:00pm.
There will be no evening show on this date
Tickets: $20
(Senior, Student & Group rates available)
For Reservations call 303-935-3044
See: http://www.minersalley.com/
What a Great Debate!!!!!
Written by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Translated by Jeremy Sams
"Is that God on Freud's couch? "
Don't miss this epic debate
As two historical Titans get it on!
Running Fri. Sat. Sun. thru April 5
Fri. Sat. at 7:30pm
Sun. 6:00pm
Sunday April 5 will be at 2:00pm.
There will be no evening show on this date
Tickets: $20
(Senior, Student & Group rates available)
For Reservations call 303-935-3044
See: http://www.minersalley.com/
Pioneers Advance to SBC Quarterfinals
Nate Rohnert led DU past ULM while tying a career high with 28 points
DENVER – Junior forward Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) tied his career high with 28 points to lead the University of Denver men’s basketball team to a 66-57 victory over Louisiana-Monroe in the First Round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament at Magness Arena on Wednesday night.
No. 7 seeded Denver (15-15, 9-9 SBC) went 7-for-8 from the free throw line in the game’s final minute to pull away in a tight second half of play. Freshman Brian Stafford (Walnut Creek, Calif.) went a career-best 10-for-10 from the line in the game, including a 6-for-6 stretch in the last 55 seconds.
“All wins are big, but the way we finished down the stretch – we were 5-1 in our last six games –we got the home game, we finished the home game, and now we’re going to Hot Springs, Arkansas,” head coach Joe Scott said. “Our leader, Rohnert, really stepped up tonight. He was first team all-league, and he showed it tonight. He did it when it counted.”
The second half saw DU and ULM exchange buckets with neither team leading by more than four points until the Pioneers stretched a one-point lead to 11 in the final 1:14. Rohnert scored 18 of Denver’s 38 points in the second half.
With the win, DU advances to the SBC Tournament quarterfinal round in Hot Springs, Ark. DU takes on No. 2 seeded Arkansas-Little Rock at 6:30 p.m. on March 8.
Sophomore forward Rob Lewis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) joined Rohnert and Stafford in double figures, as Rob Lewis posted 13 points and Stafford put up 12.
Freshman Sabatino Chen (Louisville, Colo.) added career-highs with eight rebounds and four assists.
The Pioneers missed 10 of their first 11 shots of the game, but the Warhawks were unable to capitalize on the opportunity. ULM led 8-2 before DU jumped on a 14-2 run to take a six-point lead with 9:29 remaining in the opening half.
Denver extended its lead to 27-17 on a pair of back-to-back three-pointers by freshman Travis Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) and Rob Lewis in the final five minutes of the half.
The teams headed to the locker rooms with Denver leading 28-25. ULM posted six-straight points in the final minute of the half with a pair of free throws each from Nweke Afam and Dynile Forbes along with a Reggie Lassiter layup.
Rohnert and Forbes led their respective teams with 10 points each in the first half. Denver shot 9-for-26 (34.6 percent) from the field to ULM’s 9-for-24 (37.5 percent). The Pioneers hit 6-for-13 (46.2 percent) from three-point range.
The Warhawks continued their scoring run with five-straight points to open the second half to take a 30-28 lead, their first lead since the 7:32 mark of the first half.
Neither team led by more than four until the final minute of the second half.
The Pioneers held a 56-53 advantage with 2:45 remaining. ULM responded with a Forbes layup, but Rob Lewis made a layup, was fouled and made the free throw to go to give Denver the 59-55 lead with 1:15 to go.
Forbes, who led ULM with 16 points, missed two free throws with 1:07 on the clock, but it was Stafford’s free throw shooting that iced the victory for the Pioneers.
No. 10 seeded ULM’s season ends with a 10-20 overall mark.
Fans can follow the Pioneers in action at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Hot Springs, Ark., online at www.sunbeltsports.org.
SBC Tournament – Men’s Schedule of Events
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8, 2009 – Summit Arena
12:30 p.m. – Game 1 – No. 1 WKU vs. No. 9 FIU (SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
3:00 p.m. – Game 2 – No. 4 North Texas vs. No. 5 Middle Tennessee (SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
6:30 p.m. – Game 3 – No. 2 UALR vs. No. 7 Denver (SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
9:00 p.m. – Game 4 – No. 3 Troy vs. No. 6 South Alabama (SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
Semifinals – Monday, March 9, 2009 – Summit Arena
6:30 p.m. – Game 5 – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner (ESPN+/SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
9:00 p.m. – Game 6 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner (ESPN+/SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
Finals – Tuesday, March 10, 2009 – Summit Arena
9:00 p.m. – Championship Game (ESPN2/Sirius Channel 91)
- www.DenverPioneers.com –
Nate Rohnert led DU past ULM while tying a career high with 28 points
DENVER – Junior forward Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) tied his career high with 28 points to lead the University of Denver men’s basketball team to a 66-57 victory over Louisiana-Monroe in the First Round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament at Magness Arena on Wednesday night.
No. 7 seeded Denver (15-15, 9-9 SBC) went 7-for-8 from the free throw line in the game’s final minute to pull away in a tight second half of play. Freshman Brian Stafford (Walnut Creek, Calif.) went a career-best 10-for-10 from the line in the game, including a 6-for-6 stretch in the last 55 seconds.
“All wins are big, but the way we finished down the stretch – we were 5-1 in our last six games –we got the home game, we finished the home game, and now we’re going to Hot Springs, Arkansas,” head coach Joe Scott said. “Our leader, Rohnert, really stepped up tonight. He was first team all-league, and he showed it tonight. He did it when it counted.”
The second half saw DU and ULM exchange buckets with neither team leading by more than four points until the Pioneers stretched a one-point lead to 11 in the final 1:14. Rohnert scored 18 of Denver’s 38 points in the second half.
With the win, DU advances to the SBC Tournament quarterfinal round in Hot Springs, Ark. DU takes on No. 2 seeded Arkansas-Little Rock at 6:30 p.m. on March 8.
Sophomore forward Rob Lewis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) joined Rohnert and Stafford in double figures, as Rob Lewis posted 13 points and Stafford put up 12.
Freshman Sabatino Chen (Louisville, Colo.) added career-highs with eight rebounds and four assists.
The Pioneers missed 10 of their first 11 shots of the game, but the Warhawks were unable to capitalize on the opportunity. ULM led 8-2 before DU jumped on a 14-2 run to take a six-point lead with 9:29 remaining in the opening half.
Denver extended its lead to 27-17 on a pair of back-to-back three-pointers by freshman Travis Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) and Rob Lewis in the final five minutes of the half.
The teams headed to the locker rooms with Denver leading 28-25. ULM posted six-straight points in the final minute of the half with a pair of free throws each from Nweke Afam and Dynile Forbes along with a Reggie Lassiter layup.
Rohnert and Forbes led their respective teams with 10 points each in the first half. Denver shot 9-for-26 (34.6 percent) from the field to ULM’s 9-for-24 (37.5 percent). The Pioneers hit 6-for-13 (46.2 percent) from three-point range.
The Warhawks continued their scoring run with five-straight points to open the second half to take a 30-28 lead, their first lead since the 7:32 mark of the first half.
Neither team led by more than four until the final minute of the second half.
The Pioneers held a 56-53 advantage with 2:45 remaining. ULM responded with a Forbes layup, but Rob Lewis made a layup, was fouled and made the free throw to go to give Denver the 59-55 lead with 1:15 to go.
Forbes, who led ULM with 16 points, missed two free throws with 1:07 on the clock, but it was Stafford’s free throw shooting that iced the victory for the Pioneers.
No. 10 seeded ULM’s season ends with a 10-20 overall mark.
Fans can follow the Pioneers in action at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Hot Springs, Ark., online at www.sunbeltsports.org.
SBC Tournament – Men’s Schedule of Events
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8, 2009 – Summit Arena
12:30 p.m. – Game 1 – No. 1 WKU vs. No. 9 FIU (SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
3:00 p.m. – Game 2 – No. 4 North Texas vs. No. 5 Middle Tennessee (SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
6:30 p.m. – Game 3 – No. 2 UALR vs. No. 7 Denver (SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
9:00 p.m. – Game 4 – No. 3 Troy vs. No. 6 South Alabama (SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
Semifinals – Monday, March 9, 2009 – Summit Arena
6:30 p.m. – Game 5 – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner (ESPN+/SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
9:00 p.m. – Game 6 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner (ESPN+/SBC Extra/Sirius Channel 91)
Finals – Tuesday, March 10, 2009 – Summit Arena
9:00 p.m. – Championship Game (ESPN2/Sirius Channel 91)
- www.DenverPioneers.com –
Monday, March 2, 2009
This spring, the Denver Center Theatre Company will complete an extraordinary journey through the decades of the Twentieth Century with director Israel Hicks and August Wilson’s Radio Golf, remember the story of faith in a stage adaptation of John Irving’s sweeping novel in A Prayer for Owen Meany, and laugh with the Serrano family in the world premiere of Sunsets and Margaritas.
August Wilson’s Radio Golf
Directed by Israel Hicks
March 20 – April 25, 2009 (Opening Thursday, March 26) The Space Theatre
An unprecedented theatrical event – one director, one theatre company and all ten plays. With this production of Radio Golf director Israel Hicks will complete his singular vision of the cycle of August Wilson’s ten-play chronicle of the 20th Century African-American experience.
Again the setting is the Hill District of Pittsburgh and Radio Golf begins as redevelopment threatens the preservation of a landmark house with important spiritual meaning to the neighborhood. With the history of a people at stake, an entrepreneur, who hopes to become the city’s first Black mayor, is trailed by his past and secrets that could become his undoing.
Many in Hicks’ design team and cast have accompanied him through his DCTC journey. Designing the set is Michael Ganio, set designer for the previous productions of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Seven Guitars and Two Trains Running. Costume designer David Kay Mickelsen has designed DCTC productions of Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II, Jitney, Two Trains Running and Seven Guitars. Charles R. MacLeod has been Hicks’ lighting designer on Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II, Jitney, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Seven Guitars, Two Trains Running, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and The Piano Lesson. Sound Designer Jason Ducat (Dusty and the Big Bad World, Glengarry Glen Ross) joins the team for Radio Golf.
The cast includes Harvy Blanks (Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II, Jitney, Seven Guitars, The Piano Lesson, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Fences) as Sterling Johnson, Terrence Riggins (Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II) as Harmond Wilks, Kim Staunton (Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II) as Mame Wilks, Charles Weldon (Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II, Jitney, Two Trains Running, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) as Elder Joseph Barlow, and making his Denver Center debut is Darryl Alan Reed (St. Louis Black Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse) as Roosevelt Hicks.
A Prayer for Owen Meany a novel by John Irving
Adapted by Simon Bent
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy
March 27 – April 25, 2009 (Opening Thursday, April 2) The Stage Theatre
Mature Audiences
Simon Bent adapted John Irving’s sweeping novel A Prayer for Owen Meany for London’s National Theatre. Artistic Director Kent Thompson was drawn to the play for Denver audiences because it is so extraordinary to find a contemporary play about religious faith. Director Bruce Sevy “cherished the ‘ride’ of reading the play” and found surprise and mystery in this adaptation.
Narrated by John Wheelwright recounting his childhood memories, the play selects specific memorable images and characters from the epic novel. Owen Meany, a curiously small child with a high-pitched voice, was John’s best friend. When Owen accidentally kills John’s mother in 1950s New Hampshire, the two boys are forever linked as they search for truth in this provocative dark comedy of friendship, faith and destiny.
Scenic Designer William Bloodgood (Dusty and the Big Bad World, You Can’t Take It With You) has set the play in a neutral space with the stepped walls of a granite quarry in the colors of a perfectly remembered New England autumn. The costume designer is Bill Black (Dusty and the Big Bad World, Doubt, Mrs. Warren’s Profession), lighting design is by Tony-nominated Ann G. Wrightson (Inana), and the sound designer is Craig Breitenbach (Richard III, Noises Off, The Merry Wives of Windsor). Music was composed or arranged by Gregg Coffin (A Christmas Carol, The Merry Wives of Windsor), fight direction is by Geoffrey Kent (The Miracle Worker, Noises Off) and the vocal coach is Hilary Blair.
The large cast of A Prayer for Owen Meany is led by Denver Center newcomer Michael Wartella (Off-Broadway’s Seusical, Oliver Twist) as Owen and company member David Ivers (Noises Off, Pride and Prejudice) as John Wheelwright. They are joined by Jeanne Paulsen (Richard III, Doubt) as Harriet Wheelwright, Kathleen McCall (Richard III, Plainsong) as Tabitha Wheelwright, Kathleen M. Brady (Richard III, The Trip to Bountiful) as Lydia, James Michael Reilly (Glengarry Glen Ross, You Can’t Take It With You) as Dan Needham, John Hutton (The Miracle Worker, Plainsong) as Reverend Merrill, Mike Hartman (Glengarry Glen Ross, Plainsong) as Mr. Meany, Gordana Rashovich (Master Class, Cripple of Inishmaan) as Mrs. Meany/Mrs. Lish, newcomer Cheryl Lynn Bowers (Off-Broadway’s Essential Self-Defense, The Underpants) as Barb Wiggins, Sam Gregory (Noises Off, Doubt) as Rector Wiggins/Jarvit Dad, Philip Pleasants (Noises Off, Plainsong) as Mr. Fish and Dr. Dolder, Randy Moore (The Merry Wives of Windsor, You Can’t Take It With You) as Randy White, and Douglas Bynum, Megan Byrne, Kelli Crump, Sean Lyons, Rebeca Martin, Chris Mazza, M. Scott McLean, Shauna Miles, Larry Paulsen, Jenna Panther, Dawn Scott and Joseph Yeargain.
A Denver Center World Premiere
Sunsets and Margaritas by José Cruz González
Directed by Nicholas C. Avila
April 3 – May 16, 2009 (Opening Thursday, April 9) The Ricketson Theatre
Denver Center commissioned playwright José Cruz González traveled to Denver and Pueblo in September 2006 to talk with Colorado Latino groups. He found four topics that came up repeatedly in his conversations – family, food, music and ritual – along with the themes of middle age crisis and aging parents. The result is his funny and touching world premiere Sunsets and Margaritas.
Three generations of a Mexican-American family are plunged into one hilarious crisis after another when patriarch Candelario Serrano begins to lose control of his restaurant and his family. Candelario’s traditional conservative values have been abandoned by the family’s younger generation and the appearance of a mysterious vision sends everyone spinning comically out of control. At the heart of Sunsets and Margaritas is “family” – the Serrano family’s reexamining of their beliefs while emerging stronger.
Director Nicholas C. Avila has put together a team to design the interior of Serenata Colorado Restaurant and Cantina. They include Scenic and Costume Designer Sara Ryung Clement (making her Denver Center debut), Lighting Designer Jane Spencer (Doubt, The Pillowman, Jesus Hates Me) and Sound Designer Morgan A. McCauley (Inana, The Miracle Worker, The Trip to Bountiful). The dramaturg is Douglas Langworthy (The Miracle Worker, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Trip to Bountiful).
The cast includes Romi Dias (Living Out, The Clean House) as Virgin de Guadalupe/La Soldadera/La Llorona/Olivia Serrano, Ricardo Gutierrez (Lydia) as Candelario Serrano, April Ortiz (Barrio Babies) as Luz Serrano, and making their Denver center debuts are Sol Castillo (South Coast Repertory, national tour of Veteranos: A Legacy of Valor) as Jojo Serrano, Sarah Nina Hayon (LAByrinth Theater Company, The Public Theater) as Gabby Serrano, Philip Hernandez (Broadway’s Les Miserables, Kiss of the Spider Woman) as Gregorio Serrano, Bryant Mason (New York Classical Theatre, Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre) as Sheriff Hubert Montoya, and Jamie Ann Romero (Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Listen Productions) as Bianca Carrillo.
Season 30 Performance Schedule
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday performances are at 6:30pm.
Friday and Saturday evening performances are at 7:30pm.
Saturday matinees are at 1:30pm
Tickets and Subscriptions
Single tickets start at $34 ($25 for the world premiere) and are on sale now. The Denver Center Box Office located in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex is open from 10am to 6pm Monday through Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone call (303) 893-4100 – for those outside the Denver calling area, 1 (800) 641-1222, TTY (303) 893-9582. Buy and print tickets on-line by visiting www.denvercenter.org.
Group Discounts (10 or more) call 303 446-4829 or e-mail groupsales@dcpa.org.
Senior and Military Rush tickets are half-price (one hour prior to curtain).
Student Tickets – $10 (one hour prior to curtain with a student ID). A generous grant from Directors Society Member Leslie Kaye has underwritten student tickets to all Denver Center Theatre Company productions.
August Wilson’s Radio Golf
Directed by Israel Hicks
March 20 – April 25, 2009 (Opening Thursday, March 26) The Space Theatre
An unprecedented theatrical event – one director, one theatre company and all ten plays. With this production of Radio Golf director Israel Hicks will complete his singular vision of the cycle of August Wilson’s ten-play chronicle of the 20th Century African-American experience.
Again the setting is the Hill District of Pittsburgh and Radio Golf begins as redevelopment threatens the preservation of a landmark house with important spiritual meaning to the neighborhood. With the history of a people at stake, an entrepreneur, who hopes to become the city’s first Black mayor, is trailed by his past and secrets that could become his undoing.
Many in Hicks’ design team and cast have accompanied him through his DCTC journey. Designing the set is Michael Ganio, set designer for the previous productions of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Seven Guitars and Two Trains Running. Costume designer David Kay Mickelsen has designed DCTC productions of Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II, Jitney, Two Trains Running and Seven Guitars. Charles R. MacLeod has been Hicks’ lighting designer on Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II, Jitney, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Seven Guitars, Two Trains Running, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and The Piano Lesson. Sound Designer Jason Ducat (Dusty and the Big Bad World, Glengarry Glen Ross) joins the team for Radio Golf.
The cast includes Harvy Blanks (Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II, Jitney, Seven Guitars, The Piano Lesson, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Fences) as Sterling Johnson, Terrence Riggins (Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II) as Harmond Wilks, Kim Staunton (Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II) as Mame Wilks, Charles Weldon (Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II, Jitney, Two Trains Running, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) as Elder Joseph Barlow, and making his Denver Center debut is Darryl Alan Reed (St. Louis Black Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse) as Roosevelt Hicks.
A Prayer for Owen Meany a novel by John Irving
Adapted by Simon Bent
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy
March 27 – April 25, 2009 (Opening Thursday, April 2) The Stage Theatre
Mature Audiences
Simon Bent adapted John Irving’s sweeping novel A Prayer for Owen Meany for London’s National Theatre. Artistic Director Kent Thompson was drawn to the play for Denver audiences because it is so extraordinary to find a contemporary play about religious faith. Director Bruce Sevy “cherished the ‘ride’ of reading the play” and found surprise and mystery in this adaptation.
Narrated by John Wheelwright recounting his childhood memories, the play selects specific memorable images and characters from the epic novel. Owen Meany, a curiously small child with a high-pitched voice, was John’s best friend. When Owen accidentally kills John’s mother in 1950s New Hampshire, the two boys are forever linked as they search for truth in this provocative dark comedy of friendship, faith and destiny.
Scenic Designer William Bloodgood (Dusty and the Big Bad World, You Can’t Take It With You) has set the play in a neutral space with the stepped walls of a granite quarry in the colors of a perfectly remembered New England autumn. The costume designer is Bill Black (Dusty and the Big Bad World, Doubt, Mrs. Warren’s Profession), lighting design is by Tony-nominated Ann G. Wrightson (Inana), and the sound designer is Craig Breitenbach (Richard III, Noises Off, The Merry Wives of Windsor). Music was composed or arranged by Gregg Coffin (A Christmas Carol, The Merry Wives of Windsor), fight direction is by Geoffrey Kent (The Miracle Worker, Noises Off) and the vocal coach is Hilary Blair.
The large cast of A Prayer for Owen Meany is led by Denver Center newcomer Michael Wartella (Off-Broadway’s Seusical, Oliver Twist) as Owen and company member David Ivers (Noises Off, Pride and Prejudice) as John Wheelwright. They are joined by Jeanne Paulsen (Richard III, Doubt) as Harriet Wheelwright, Kathleen McCall (Richard III, Plainsong) as Tabitha Wheelwright, Kathleen M. Brady (Richard III, The Trip to Bountiful) as Lydia, James Michael Reilly (Glengarry Glen Ross, You Can’t Take It With You) as Dan Needham, John Hutton (The Miracle Worker, Plainsong) as Reverend Merrill, Mike Hartman (Glengarry Glen Ross, Plainsong) as Mr. Meany, Gordana Rashovich (Master Class, Cripple of Inishmaan) as Mrs. Meany/Mrs. Lish, newcomer Cheryl Lynn Bowers (Off-Broadway’s Essential Self-Defense, The Underpants) as Barb Wiggins, Sam Gregory (Noises Off, Doubt) as Rector Wiggins/Jarvit Dad, Philip Pleasants (Noises Off, Plainsong) as Mr. Fish and Dr. Dolder, Randy Moore (The Merry Wives of Windsor, You Can’t Take It With You) as Randy White, and Douglas Bynum, Megan Byrne, Kelli Crump, Sean Lyons, Rebeca Martin, Chris Mazza, M. Scott McLean, Shauna Miles, Larry Paulsen, Jenna Panther, Dawn Scott and Joseph Yeargain.
A Denver Center World Premiere
Sunsets and Margaritas by José Cruz González
Directed by Nicholas C. Avila
April 3 – May 16, 2009 (Opening Thursday, April 9) The Ricketson Theatre
Denver Center commissioned playwright José Cruz González traveled to Denver and Pueblo in September 2006 to talk with Colorado Latino groups. He found four topics that came up repeatedly in his conversations – family, food, music and ritual – along with the themes of middle age crisis and aging parents. The result is his funny and touching world premiere Sunsets and Margaritas.
Three generations of a Mexican-American family are plunged into one hilarious crisis after another when patriarch Candelario Serrano begins to lose control of his restaurant and his family. Candelario’s traditional conservative values have been abandoned by the family’s younger generation and the appearance of a mysterious vision sends everyone spinning comically out of control. At the heart of Sunsets and Margaritas is “family” – the Serrano family’s reexamining of their beliefs while emerging stronger.
Director Nicholas C. Avila has put together a team to design the interior of Serenata Colorado Restaurant and Cantina. They include Scenic and Costume Designer Sara Ryung Clement (making her Denver Center debut), Lighting Designer Jane Spencer (Doubt, The Pillowman, Jesus Hates Me) and Sound Designer Morgan A. McCauley (Inana, The Miracle Worker, The Trip to Bountiful). The dramaturg is Douglas Langworthy (The Miracle Worker, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Trip to Bountiful).
The cast includes Romi Dias (Living Out, The Clean House) as Virgin de Guadalupe/La Soldadera/La Llorona/Olivia Serrano, Ricardo Gutierrez (Lydia) as Candelario Serrano, April Ortiz (Barrio Babies) as Luz Serrano, and making their Denver center debuts are Sol Castillo (South Coast Repertory, national tour of Veteranos: A Legacy of Valor) as Jojo Serrano, Sarah Nina Hayon (LAByrinth Theater Company, The Public Theater) as Gabby Serrano, Philip Hernandez (Broadway’s Les Miserables, Kiss of the Spider Woman) as Gregorio Serrano, Bryant Mason (New York Classical Theatre, Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre) as Sheriff Hubert Montoya, and Jamie Ann Romero (Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Listen Productions) as Bianca Carrillo.
Season 30 Performance Schedule
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday performances are at 6:30pm.
Friday and Saturday evening performances are at 7:30pm.
Saturday matinees are at 1:30pm
Tickets and Subscriptions
Single tickets start at $34 ($25 for the world premiere) and are on sale now. The Denver Center Box Office located in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex is open from 10am to 6pm Monday through Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone call (303) 893-4100 – for those outside the Denver calling area, 1 (800) 641-1222, TTY (303) 893-9582. Buy and print tickets on-line by visiting www.denvercenter.org.
Group Discounts (10 or more) call 303 446-4829 or e-mail groupsales@dcpa.org.
Senior and Military Rush tickets are half-price (one hour prior to curtain).
Student Tickets – $10 (one hour prior to curtain with a student ID). A generous grant from Directors Society Member Leslie Kaye has underwritten student tickets to all Denver Center Theatre Company productions.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Pioneers Knock Off New Orleans, 59-49
Rob Lewis scored 20 points, while Nate Rohnert had 10 points, nine assists and six rebounds
DENVER – Sophomore forward Rob Lewis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) had 30 points and six rebounds to lead the University of Denver men’s basketball team to a 59–49 victory over the New Orleans Privateers at Magness Arena on Saturday.
DU’s victory was the team’s first over the Privateers in the past eight games, dating back to Jan. 5, 2006.
Denver (11-14, 6-8 SBC) also received double digit scoring efforts from redshirt freshman forward Andrew Hooper (Lakewood, Colo.) with 11 points, and 10 points each from freshman guard Brian Stafford (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and junior guard Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.), who just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine assists in 35 minutes of play.
“We had to grind it out and be pretty gritty,” head coach Joe Scott said. “This time of year, for a young team to do that says a lot about how much our guys have grown up.”
The Pioneers finished the game shooting 20-for-53 (37.6 percent) from the field compared to 20-for-42 (47.2 percent) by the Privateers, who received 20 points from Kyndall Dykes. Denver also had 32 rebounds to 28 by UNO, marking just the second time DU out-rebounded an opponent this season.
After New Orleans (10-16, 5-10) took their only lead of the game with 15:40 remaining in the first half, Rob Lewis sparked a 10-point run while holding UNO scoreless for seven minutes.
Rob Lewis sank a three-pointer with less than a minute remaining in the first half to send Denver to the break with a 30-19 advantage.
In the second half, UNO cut Denver’s lead to five with a 9-2 run that was halted by a Rob Lewis dunk at 16:32.
New Orleans cut the DU lead to 51-47 with 3:25 remaining, but Stafford nailed a three, and Rob Lewis sealed the victory with a backdoor layup and three free throws in the final minute.
The Pioneers return to the Magness Arena court on Thursday at 7 p.m., Feb. 18, when Denver takes on Louisiana-Lafayette in another SBC match-up. The game will also be televised live on FSN Rocky Mountain, as DU women’s basketball head coach Erik Johnson will join Tom Helmer and Alanna Rizzo calling the action.
Rob Lewis scored 20 points, while Nate Rohnert had 10 points, nine assists and six rebounds
DENVER – Sophomore forward Rob Lewis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) had 30 points and six rebounds to lead the University of Denver men’s basketball team to a 59–49 victory over the New Orleans Privateers at Magness Arena on Saturday.
DU’s victory was the team’s first over the Privateers in the past eight games, dating back to Jan. 5, 2006.
Denver (11-14, 6-8 SBC) also received double digit scoring efforts from redshirt freshman forward Andrew Hooper (Lakewood, Colo.) with 11 points, and 10 points each from freshman guard Brian Stafford (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and junior guard Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.), who just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine assists in 35 minutes of play.
“We had to grind it out and be pretty gritty,” head coach Joe Scott said. “This time of year, for a young team to do that says a lot about how much our guys have grown up.”
The Pioneers finished the game shooting 20-for-53 (37.6 percent) from the field compared to 20-for-42 (47.2 percent) by the Privateers, who received 20 points from Kyndall Dykes. Denver also had 32 rebounds to 28 by UNO, marking just the second time DU out-rebounded an opponent this season.
After New Orleans (10-16, 5-10) took their only lead of the game with 15:40 remaining in the first half, Rob Lewis sparked a 10-point run while holding UNO scoreless for seven minutes.
Rob Lewis sank a three-pointer with less than a minute remaining in the first half to send Denver to the break with a 30-19 advantage.
In the second half, UNO cut Denver’s lead to five with a 9-2 run that was halted by a Rob Lewis dunk at 16:32.
New Orleans cut the DU lead to 51-47 with 3:25 remaining, but Stafford nailed a three, and Rob Lewis sealed the victory with a backdoor layup and three free throws in the final minute.
The Pioneers return to the Magness Arena court on Thursday at 7 p.m., Feb. 18, when Denver takes on Louisiana-Lafayette in another SBC match-up. The game will also be televised live on FSN Rocky Mountain, as DU women’s basketball head coach Erik Johnson will join Tom Helmer and Alanna Rizzo calling the action.
Friday, February 13, 2009
University of Denver Basketball Game Tomorrow!
Denver (10-14, 5-8 SBC) vs. New Orleans (10-15, 5-9 SBC)
Saturday, February 14, 2009 • 4 p.m. MT
Magness Arena (7,200) • Denver, Colo.
TV: None • Radio: AM 1510 • Web: www.DenverPioneers.com
The Pioneers have won their last four home games, including Western Kentucky, South Alabama and Middle Tennessee. Denver is in a three-way tie for third place in the SBC West Division, a half game behind North Texas for second. DU is led by Nate Rohnert’s 15.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Rob Lewis is second on the team with 11.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 50.8 from the field.
The Owls are 10-15 overall and 5-9 in the SBC under second year head coach Joe Pasternack this season. UNO has lost six of its last nine games, including the last two. T.J. Worley leads the Privateers with 16.8 points per game, while preseason All-SBC third team selection Kyndall Dykes is just behind him with 16.5 points per game.
New Orleans holds a 20-4 lead in the all-time series with the Pioneers, including a 6-4 mark in Denver. UNO has won the past seven meetings between the teams, 54-52 nail biter in New Orleans on Jan. 1. The Privateers ended DU’s season last year with a 65-60 win in the first round of the SBC Tournament in New Orleans.
Denver is 9-2 at home this year with both losses coming in overtime. Since Joe Scott took over as head coach prior to the 2007-08 season, the Pioneers are 18-5 (.783) at Magness Arena.
Denver (10-14, 5-8 SBC) vs. New Orleans (10-15, 5-9 SBC)
Saturday, February 14, 2009 • 4 p.m. MT
Magness Arena (7,200) • Denver, Colo.
TV: None • Radio: AM 1510 • Web: www.DenverPioneers.com
The Pioneers have won their last four home games, including Western Kentucky, South Alabama and Middle Tennessee. Denver is in a three-way tie for third place in the SBC West Division, a half game behind North Texas for second. DU is led by Nate Rohnert’s 15.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Rob Lewis is second on the team with 11.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 50.8 from the field.
The Owls are 10-15 overall and 5-9 in the SBC under second year head coach Joe Pasternack this season. UNO has lost six of its last nine games, including the last two. T.J. Worley leads the Privateers with 16.8 points per game, while preseason All-SBC third team selection Kyndall Dykes is just behind him with 16.5 points per game.
New Orleans holds a 20-4 lead in the all-time series with the Pioneers, including a 6-4 mark in Denver. UNO has won the past seven meetings between the teams, 54-52 nail biter in New Orleans on Jan. 1. The Privateers ended DU’s season last year with a 65-60 win in the first round of the SBC Tournament in New Orleans.
Denver is 9-2 at home this year with both losses coming in overtime. Since Joe Scott took over as head coach prior to the 2007-08 season, the Pioneers are 18-5 (.783) at Magness Arena.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
DU Pioneers Fall 67-61 at Florida Atlantic
Brian Stafford scores a team-high 17 points for Denver
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Freshman guard Brian Stafford (Walnut Hills, Calif.) had 17 points, but the University of Denver men’s basketball fell 67-61 to Florida Atlantic at FAU Arena on Thursday night.
Denver (10-14, 5-8 SBC) also got 15 points and five rebounds from junior guard Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.), while sophomore Rob Lewis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) had 10 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Redshirt freshman Andrew Hooper (Lakewood, Colo.) chipped in 13 points.
FAU (6-20, 2-12 SBC) was led by Paul Graham’s 25 points. The Owls went 18-for-20 from the free throw line in the game.
FAU started off quickly, as Paul Graham scored 14 points in the first four minutes of the game to give the Owls an eight-point advantage. However, Stafford sparked a comeback with a pair of three-pointers, as DU went on a 13-2 run to put the Pioneers on top 19-16 with 11:48 remaining.
The Owls used a 14-6 run in the final six minutes of the half to take a 40-32 lead into the break. Denver shot 44 percent (11-fo-25) from the field and 53.3 percent (8-of-15) from beyond the arc in the first half, while FAU was 14-of-28 (50 percent) from the field and 4-of-10 (40 percent) from three-point range.
The Pioneers stormed back to open the second half, ripping off an 11-0 run to take a 43-42 lead with 13:42 remaining in the contest. FAU responded a few minutes later with 11 straight points to stretch the lead back to 55-45 with 8:50 left.
The Pioneers return home to take on New Orleans at Magness Arena on Saturday at 4 p.m. MT.
Brian Stafford scores a team-high 17 points for Denver
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Freshman guard Brian Stafford (Walnut Hills, Calif.) had 17 points, but the University of Denver men’s basketball fell 67-61 to Florida Atlantic at FAU Arena on Thursday night.
Denver (10-14, 5-8 SBC) also got 15 points and five rebounds from junior guard Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.), while sophomore Rob Lewis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) had 10 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Redshirt freshman Andrew Hooper (Lakewood, Colo.) chipped in 13 points.
FAU (6-20, 2-12 SBC) was led by Paul Graham’s 25 points. The Owls went 18-for-20 from the free throw line in the game.
FAU started off quickly, as Paul Graham scored 14 points in the first four minutes of the game to give the Owls an eight-point advantage. However, Stafford sparked a comeback with a pair of three-pointers, as DU went on a 13-2 run to put the Pioneers on top 19-16 with 11:48 remaining.
The Owls used a 14-6 run in the final six minutes of the half to take a 40-32 lead into the break. Denver shot 44 percent (11-fo-25) from the field and 53.3 percent (8-of-15) from beyond the arc in the first half, while FAU was 14-of-28 (50 percent) from the field and 4-of-10 (40 percent) from three-point range.
The Pioneers stormed back to open the second half, ripping off an 11-0 run to take a 43-42 lead with 13:42 remaining in the contest. FAU responded a few minutes later with 11 straight points to stretch the lead back to 55-45 with 8:50 left.
The Pioneers return home to take on New Orleans at Magness Arena on Saturday at 4 p.m. MT.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
University of Denver (10-13, 5-7 SBC) vs. Florida Atlantic (5-20, 1-12 SBC), Thursday, February 12, 2009 • 5 p.m. MT
FAU Arena (5,000) • Boca Raton, Fla.
TV: None • Radio: AM 1510 • Web: www.DenverPioneers.com
The Pioneers won three of their last five games, all against the top teams in the SBC. Denver is in a three-way tie for third place in the SBC West Division, a half game behind North Texas for second.
The Owls are 5-20 overall and 1-12 in the SBC under first year head coach Mike Jarvis this season. FAU has lost 15 of its last 16 games, including a 13-game losing streak that started with a trip to Denver on Dec. 16.
The Match-up: DU and Florida Atlantic are meeting for the fourth time with each team winning at home since the Owls joined the Sun Belt Conference in the 2006-07 season.
Fountain of Youth: The average age of the Pioneers is 18.9 years old, making DU the youngest team in the country. Denver has no seniors, two juniors, three sophomores and eight freshmen on its roster.
FAU Arena (5,000) • Boca Raton, Fla.
TV: None • Radio: AM 1510 • Web: www.DenverPioneers.com
The Pioneers won three of their last five games, all against the top teams in the SBC. Denver is in a three-way tie for third place in the SBC West Division, a half game behind North Texas for second.
The Owls are 5-20 overall and 1-12 in the SBC under first year head coach Mike Jarvis this season. FAU has lost 15 of its last 16 games, including a 13-game losing streak that started with a trip to Denver on Dec. 16.
The Match-up: DU and Florida Atlantic are meeting for the fourth time with each team winning at home since the Owls joined the Sun Belt Conference in the 2006-07 season.
Fountain of Youth: The average age of the Pioneers is 18.9 years old, making DU the youngest team in the country. Denver has no seniors, two juniors, three sophomores and eight freshmen on its roster.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
If you want to see Jersey Boys you'd better get your tickets TODAY, it's about to sell out!
Mary and I saw it last night, and it's really true big songs don't die!
Dramatic spectacle shows both the strength and character flaws of 4 New Jersey boys who decide to get out of the neighborhood, "Back then there were three ways to get out: join the military, get mobbed up, or become a star-- up and out!"
Strong emotions are on display from start to dramatic finish. "Sell 100 million records and see how you handle it." There is never one drowsey moment in the electric musical story.
Song after song, 27 in all, we're shown the 45 year career, how Frankie Vally became Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons with a brass section! From Sherry and Big Girls Don't Cry, to Working My Way Back to You and Rag Doll, each song is a brush stroke that paints the story: "You can't buy this, it's from the people."
Josh Franklin (Bob Gaudio), Joseph Leo Bwari (Frankie Valli), Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) and Erik Bates (Tommy DeVito) are too good to be true.
Mary and I saw it last night, and it's really true big songs don't die!
Dramatic spectacle shows both the strength and character flaws of 4 New Jersey boys who decide to get out of the neighborhood, "Back then there were three ways to get out: join the military, get mobbed up, or become a star-- up and out!"
Strong emotions are on display from start to dramatic finish. "Sell 100 million records and see how you handle it." There is never one drowsey moment in the electric musical story.
Song after song, 27 in all, we're shown the 45 year career, how Frankie Vally became Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons with a brass section! From Sherry and Big Girls Don't Cry, to Working My Way Back to You and Rag Doll, each song is a brush stroke that paints the story: "You can't buy this, it's from the people."
Josh Franklin (Bob Gaudio), Joseph Leo Bwari (Frankie Valli), Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi) and Erik Bates (Tommy DeVito) are too good to be true.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Get your tickets now, Mary and I will be there for the opening December 12!
Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Buell Theatre presents JERSEY BOYS, the Tony Award®-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons.
This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide – all before they were 30!
Features The Four Seasons hit songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Oh What a Night” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.”
Time Magazine says “IT WILL RUN FOR CENTURIES!”
Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Buell Theatre presents JERSEY BOYS, the Tony Award®-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons.
This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide – all before they were 30!
Features The Four Seasons hit songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Oh What a Night” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.”
Time Magazine says “IT WILL RUN FOR CENTURIES!”
Friday, November 21, 2008
Wow. Don’t miss this extraordinary production!
Get your tickets and mark your calendar now!
The Miracle Worker opened at the (click here) Denver Center for the Performing Arts last night with a dazzling performance by 13 year old Daria LeGrand, an already accomplished actress who was brought in from Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Helen Keller was originally played on Broadway and in the movie by Patty Duke.
The role of Annie Sullivan, opposite 13-year old Patty Duke by young Anne Bancroft is Kate Hurster from the National Theatre Conservatory with a phenominal performance that might have even outshone the Keller performance, with two such brilliant stars it is all but impossible to know for sure.
The staging, music, and moving performances by the entire cast results in inspiration that is so much needed in these difficult times. What’s a financial crisis compared to what Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller faced and overcame?
Anyone with a family member facing a difficult trial will find powerful medicine: Hope.
You’ll leave the theatre looking forward to tomorrow!
Mark Twain originally called Annie Sullivan the miracle worker, and Annie was connected to the Keller family by Alexander Graham Bell I learned from the very useful InsideOUT which is available for free at the Patron Services desk.
The Bible gives me a deep, comforting sense that ‘things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal.’ Helen Keller
To love and succeed is a fine thing, to love and fail is the next best, and the best of all is to fail and yet keep on loving. Annie Sullivan
Get your tickets and mark your calendar now!
The Miracle Worker opened at the (click here) Denver Center for the Performing Arts last night with a dazzling performance by 13 year old Daria LeGrand, an already accomplished actress who was brought in from Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Helen Keller was originally played on Broadway and in the movie by Patty Duke.
The role of Annie Sullivan, opposite 13-year old Patty Duke by young Anne Bancroft is Kate Hurster from the National Theatre Conservatory with a phenominal performance that might have even outshone the Keller performance, with two such brilliant stars it is all but impossible to know for sure.
The staging, music, and moving performances by the entire cast results in inspiration that is so much needed in these difficult times. What’s a financial crisis compared to what Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller faced and overcame?
Anyone with a family member facing a difficult trial will find powerful medicine: Hope.
You’ll leave the theatre looking forward to tomorrow!
Mark Twain originally called Annie Sullivan the miracle worker, and Annie was connected to the Keller family by Alexander Graham Bell I learned from the very useful InsideOUT which is available for free at the Patron Services desk.
The Bible gives me a deep, comforting sense that ‘things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal.’ Helen Keller
To love and succeed is a fine thing, to love and fail is the next best, and the best of all is to fail and yet keep on loving. Annie Sullivan
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Jack’s Back!
Jack, star of the television show 24, who’s Batman, James Bond, and Superman rolled into one, will be back on the Fox Network, Sunday, Nov. 23rd. Check your local listings for times. It’s a “don’t miss.” http://www.fox.com/24/redemption/
Quantum of Solace
Well, this movie doesn’t fall into the “don’t miss” category.
While the movie follows suit with the handsome, take no prisoners, new James Bond character Daniel Craig, the quantum of solace story never surfaces in the movie. It’s buried underneath all of the rubble of bombed out buildings, cars, bridges, and sour expressions.
The movie needed a shaken—not—stirred martini.
http://www.007.com/
Mary Clement
Jack, star of the television show 24, who’s Batman, James Bond, and Superman rolled into one, will be back on the Fox Network, Sunday, Nov. 23rd. Check your local listings for times. It’s a “don’t miss.” http://www.fox.com/24/redemption/
Quantum of Solace
Well, this movie doesn’t fall into the “don’t miss” category.
While the movie follows suit with the handsome, take no prisoners, new James Bond character Daniel Craig, the quantum of solace story never surfaces in the movie. It’s buried underneath all of the rubble of bombed out buildings, cars, bridges, and sour expressions.
The movie needed a shaken—not—stirred martini.
http://www.007.com/
Mary Clement
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
After a year away, Mary and I are back with Denver When & Where!
The Miracle Worker opens this Thursday at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. I'll be there and you can look here for a complete report the next morning.
What movie, play, or musical event have you attended recently? How was it? Post your comments here. Life is too short for any of us to go to everything!
John Wren
The Miracle Worker opens this Thursday at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. I'll be there and you can look here for a complete report the next morning.
What movie, play, or musical event have you attended recently? How was it? Post your comments here. Life is too short for any of us to go to everything!
John Wren
Monday, September 17, 2007
Fall Season Opens at DCPA
Third opens the theatre season this week at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Originally produced by Lincoln Center Theatre in New York City, this is the story of
Laurie Jameson, a feminist Literature professor, has settled into her life at a small, New England college when Woodson Bull III, known simply as “Third,” challenges her long-held beliefs. Against the political backdrop of the impending Iraq War, Laurie and Third engage in a blue state versus red state confrontation that leaves both shaken and changed forever. The final play by Wendy Wasserstein, critically-acclaimed author of The Heidi Chronicles and The Sisters Rosensweig, was described by the New York Times as “a gentle breath of autumn.”
September 14, 2007 -- October 20, 2007
by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Wendy C. Goldberg
The Space Theatre
Curtain Times
Mon-Thur at 6:30pm
Fri & Sat evening at 7:30pm
Sat matinee at 1:30pm
Run Time: 1 hour 56 minutes
ASL/Audio Described performance is scheduled for Sat, Oct 20 at 1:30pm. Please contact Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100, 1.800.641.1222 or TTY at 303.893.9582 for assistance or specific need ticketing.
Originally produced by Lincoln Center Theatre in New York City, this is the story of
Laurie Jameson, a feminist Literature professor, has settled into her life at a small, New England college when Woodson Bull III, known simply as “Third,” challenges her long-held beliefs. Against the political backdrop of the impending Iraq War, Laurie and Third engage in a blue state versus red state confrontation that leaves both shaken and changed forever. The final play by Wendy Wasserstein, critically-acclaimed author of The Heidi Chronicles and The Sisters Rosensweig, was described by the New York Times as “a gentle breath of autumn.”
September 14, 2007 -- October 20, 2007
by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Wendy C. Goldberg
The Space Theatre
Curtain Times
Mon-Thur at 6:30pm
Fri & Sat evening at 7:30pm
Sat matinee at 1:30pm
Run Time: 1 hour 56 minutes
ASL/Audio Described performance is scheduled for Sat, Oct 20 at 1:30pm. Please contact Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100, 1.800.641.1222 or TTY at 303.893.9582 for assistance or specific need ticketing.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Opens Friday at Playwright Theatre
Friday, Sept 14. Don't miss this incredible production! Mary and I were blown away by Annawyn, Ellen, and Tessa's outstanding performances, order tickets now, should be SRO! The script is powerful, this is a poetry perfect play for a jewel of theatre.
Line after line is etched into our minds in a story that rivits our attention from start to life-affirming finish. Here's a small sample, like butterflies pinned on cork, a faint image of hearing them delivered live by these skilled actors:
"A smart girl can hide what she knows so there is still a chance for happiness." "This one will fly." "Life is a long appology." "She chose to be an eccentric like others choose to be a Lutheran." "She dedicated her life to theories that are hard to prove." "It's a terrible desire to want to know everything." "There are words I'd give my life for."
My old neighbor Annawyn Shamas, her daughter Ellen Shamas-Wright and Tessa Nelson, star in this funny, poignant production about three generations of intelligent women and the actions they take when their personal desires conflict with external expectations.
Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing opened Friday, September 14, at the Playwright Theatre, 2119 E. 17th Ave. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $20, $18 for students and seniors, and $15 for groups of five or more. For reservations and more information contact 303-499-0383 or go online to www.playwrighttheatre.com.
The play probes the delicate relationship between Dorothea, the grandmother, who has sought to assert her independence through strong-will eccentricity; her brilliant daughter, Artie, who has fled the stifling domination of her mother; and Artie’s daughter, Echo, a child of exceptional intellect and sensitivity, whom Artie has abandoned to an upbringing by Dorothea.
Don't miss this! And pass the word to your friends that enjoy good theatre. It would be a shame for one seat to go unfilled.
Line after line is etched into our minds in a story that rivits our attention from start to life-affirming finish. Here's a small sample, like butterflies pinned on cork, a faint image of hearing them delivered live by these skilled actors:
"A smart girl can hide what she knows so there is still a chance for happiness." "This one will fly." "Life is a long appology." "She chose to be an eccentric like others choose to be a Lutheran." "She dedicated her life to theories that are hard to prove." "It's a terrible desire to want to know everything." "There are words I'd give my life for."
My old neighbor Annawyn Shamas, her daughter Ellen Shamas-Wright and Tessa Nelson, star in this funny, poignant production about three generations of intelligent women and the actions they take when their personal desires conflict with external expectations.
Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing opened Friday, September 14, at the Playwright Theatre, 2119 E. 17th Ave. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $20, $18 for students and seniors, and $15 for groups of five or more. For reservations and more information contact 303-499-0383 or go online to www.playwrighttheatre.com.
The play probes the delicate relationship between Dorothea, the grandmother, who has sought to assert her independence through strong-will eccentricity; her brilliant daughter, Artie, who has fled the stifling domination of her mother; and Artie’s daughter, Echo, a child of exceptional intellect and sensitivity, whom Artie has abandoned to an upbringing by Dorothea.
Don't miss this! And pass the word to your friends that enjoy good theatre. It would be a shame for one seat to go unfilled.
Friday, September 7, 2007
New Film Fest in Leadville
This weekend is the inaugural Independence Film Festival in Leadville.
Victoria Paige Meyerink tells me that after attending hundreds of film festivals worldwide, she and Lawrence David Foldes were inspired to create this new film festival by their passion and love for the art and craft of visual storytelling. Lots of stars in attendance, should become an annual event.
Mary and I are going to try and stop by Sunday afternoon, join us!
Most events are free (see schedule at http://www.independencefilmfest.com/
, tickets for fee events at:
Silver King Inn, Leadville
2020 North Poplar Street
(719) 486-2610 / (800) 871-2610
Victoria Paige Meyerink tells me that after attending hundreds of film festivals worldwide, she and Lawrence David Foldes were inspired to create this new film festival by their passion and love for the art and craft of visual storytelling. Lots of stars in attendance, should become an annual event.
Mary and I are going to try and stop by Sunday afternoon, join us!
Most events are free (see schedule at http://www.independencefilmfest.com/
, tickets for fee events at:
Silver King Inn, Leadville
2020 North Poplar Street
(719) 486-2610 / (800) 871-2610
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Celebrate America!
AFTER THE CONCERT: Dispite the rain, we had a fun time. Bright music under the tent as the rain came down. America the Beautiful, Herb Alpert Tribute, lots of others, closed with Armed Forces Salute, with those who served standing as their song was play. Great way to spend a Colorado Saturday evening.
Join me and Mary Saturday (August 4) for this exciting event! We'll be there at 5:30 for the tour and picnic, don't miss this rare treat!
More than just a concert! “Goose Bumps Guaranteed,” is the tag line for The Denver Brass. This Saturday they are having a concert and picnic in the breath-taking Cherokee Ranch setting in Daniels Park above Sedalia, looking out over the mountains to the West.
From Sea to Shining Sea
The Denver Brass – Family Concert & Picnic
Saturday August 4
5:30pm – tours and picnic
7:00pm – Concert
8:00 pm – Dessert/coffee reception with performers
Cherokee Ranch & Castle
6113 N Daniels Park Rd
Sedalia CO 80135
Tickets – Adults $45 Students $20
To reserve call: 303-688-5555
http://www.denverbrass.org
Join me and Mary Saturday (August 4) for this exciting event! We'll be there at 5:30 for the tour and picnic, don't miss this rare treat!
More than just a concert! “Goose Bumps Guaranteed,” is the tag line for The Denver Brass. This Saturday they are having a concert and picnic in the breath-taking Cherokee Ranch setting in Daniels Park above Sedalia, looking out over the mountains to the West.
From Sea to Shining Sea
The Denver Brass – Family Concert & Picnic
Saturday August 4
5:30pm – tours and picnic
7:00pm – Concert
8:00 pm – Dessert/coffee reception with performers
Cherokee Ranch & Castle
6113 N Daniels Park Rd
Sedalia CO 80135
Tickets – Adults $45 Students $20
To reserve call: 303-688-5555
http://www.denverbrass.org
Friday, July 27, 2007
Barefoot in the Park / Denver Victorian (July 27 - Sept 1)
10:30 p.m. What a great show! Acting is terrific, fun small theatre, don't miss this summer treat! John
Join Mary and me tonight for:
The Denver Victorian Playhouse presents
Barefoot in the Park
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Sarah Roshan
In August Denver’s Victorian Playhouse, hailed by Westword as the “Best Resurrection of a Theatre” resurrects Neil Simon’s first major hit, “Barefoot in the Park.” This romantic comedy follows Corie and Paul, fresh off their honeymoon at the Plaza as they begin married life in a tiny 5th floor walkup. Paul is a strait-laced attorney, Corie a far more spontaneous free spirit. The two must contend with a lack of heat, a skylight with a gaping hole, several long flights of stairs, oddball neighbor Victor Velasco, and Corie's well-meaning mother, make adjusting to married life a little more complicated.
Like most of Simon's best work, “Barefoot” is a kvetchy valentine to New York City. The first act of Barefoot dramatizes a making of a new life, and its second builds to a near-breakup of this fragile, transient domestic arrangement.
The cast includes Hannah Middleton as Corie, Andrew Lacerte as Paul, Anne Myers as Mrs. Banks, Wade P Wood as Velasco, Luke Allen Terry as Harry Pepper and Peter Burghart as the Delivery Man
Denver’s Victorian Playhouse presents
“Barefoot in the Park”
Neil Simon's best romantic comedy.
July 27 - Sept 1 (*please note date change)
Thu/Fri/Sat. 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 2:00 p.m.
Denver Victorian Playhouse, 4201 Hooker St.
Tickets $18-$20
Call 303-433-4343
Join Mary and me tonight for:
The Denver Victorian Playhouse presents
Barefoot in the Park
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Sarah Roshan
In August Denver’s Victorian Playhouse, hailed by Westword as the “Best Resurrection of a Theatre” resurrects Neil Simon’s first major hit, “Barefoot in the Park.” This romantic comedy follows Corie and Paul, fresh off their honeymoon at the Plaza as they begin married life in a tiny 5th floor walkup. Paul is a strait-laced attorney, Corie a far more spontaneous free spirit. The two must contend with a lack of heat, a skylight with a gaping hole, several long flights of stairs, oddball neighbor Victor Velasco, and Corie's well-meaning mother, make adjusting to married life a little more complicated.
Like most of Simon's best work, “Barefoot” is a kvetchy valentine to New York City. The first act of Barefoot dramatizes a making of a new life, and its second builds to a near-breakup of this fragile, transient domestic arrangement.
The cast includes Hannah Middleton as Corie, Andrew Lacerte as Paul, Anne Myers as Mrs. Banks, Wade P Wood as Velasco, Luke Allen Terry as Harry Pepper and Peter Burghart as the Delivery Man
Denver’s Victorian Playhouse presents
“Barefoot in the Park”
Neil Simon's best romantic comedy.
July 27 - Sept 1 (*please note date change)
Thu/Fri/Sat. 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 2:00 p.m.
Denver Victorian Playhouse, 4201 Hooker St.
Tickets $18-$20
Call 303-433-4343
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