Kidney update: Rollman’s gift saved nine lives

By John Moore Sept. 27, 2013 On Sept. 8, we told you in a Denver Post story all about how Buntport Theater’s Erin Rollman set off a life-saving chain by volunteering to give up one of her kidneys to a stranger. What we didn’t know then was just how many lives her sacrifice would eventually… Continue reading Kidney update: Rollman’s gift saved nine lives

Photos: My night at The Wit Theatre’s ‘Edges: A Song Cycle’

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Photos: My night at the Arvada Center’s ‘Camelot’

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Photos: My night at Firehouse’s ‘Next Fall’

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Photos: My night at Curious Theatre’s ‘After the Revolution’

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Photos: My night at “Evil Dead, the Musical”

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Denver Center launches statewide high-school playwriting initiative

By John Moore Sept. 12, 2013 When Kent Thompson was the artistic director of the Alabama Shakepseare Festival, he saw what can happen when you put pens where young people’s minds are. By the fifth year of the young playwriting program he started in Alabama, he was receiving 1,200 submissions annually from around the state.… Continue reading Denver Center launches statewide high-school playwriting initiative

Buntport’s Erin Rollman: Kidney donation starts “a beautiful chain”

“I feel like I raised a gem,” says Erin Rollman’s mother, Georgianne. Photo by Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post. By John Moore Sept. 10, 2013 Last Sunday, I wrote my final freelance piece for The Denver Post, my home off and on for the past 24 years. It was about Denver actor Erin Rollman,… Continue reading Buntport’s Erin Rollman: Kidney donation starts “a beautiful chain”

Video podcast: “Priscilla” opening night is also Drag Night in Denver

By John Moore Sept. 9, 2013 Sept. 3 wasn’t just opening night of the national touring production of “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” in Denver. It was also Drag Night at the Buell Theatre, with many of Denver’s top entertainers in attendance. They brought both vibrant color and the same air of freedom and tolerance… Continue reading Video podcast: “Priscilla” opening night is also Drag Night in Denver

Photos: Edge Theatre’s “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”

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My Night at Screw Tooth’s “Some Kind of Fun”

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Photos: My night at the Aurora Fox’s “Metamorphoses”

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Video podcast: The final performance at Germinal-Stage Denver

“Offending the Audience” was the final play staged by Germinal Stage-Denver at its 26-year home in northwest Denver. Here’s my video podcast capturing the emotion of the closing-night performance on Aug. 25, 2013. Video by John Moore. Running time: 9 minutes. Direct link to the video By John Moore Sept. 1, 2013 People have been… Continue reading Video podcast: The final performance at Germinal-Stage Denver

As others fold, Colorado Shakespeare Festival comes back strong

Interim artistic director Timothy Orr addresses a sold-out opening-night crowd at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in July. Photo by John Moore. By John Moore Aug. 29, 2013 An ill wind has blown from North Carolina to California this month as two major Shakespearean festivals have announced they are either closing or… Continue reading As others fold, Colorado Shakespeare Festival comes back strong

Video: “The Kid” Joey McIntyre takes on disgraced Yankees star Alex Rodriguez

By John Moore Aug. 28, 2013 Joey McIntyre, The Kid from The New Kids on the Block, is a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan, so we had to ask him what he thought of the brouhaha when Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster beaned New York Yankees nemesis Alex Rodriguez with a pitch on Aug. 18.… Continue reading Video: “The Kid” Joey McIntyre takes on disgraced Yankees star Alex Rodriguez

Video: Denver native Nancy Gibbs: From T.J. High to Broadway

By John Moore Aug. 28, 2013 Denver native Nancy Gibbs tells how she went from Thomas Jefferson High School to Broadway. Gibbs, producer of the Tony Award-winning “Peter and the Starcatcher,” playing in Denver through Sept. 1. She also produced “Bat Boy the Musical” and is the worldwide General Manager for all things “Wicked.” Her… Continue reading Video: Denver native Nancy Gibbs: From T.J. High to Broadway

Video: Black Stache on Denver Tony Award-winner Gabe Ebert

By John Moore Aug. 26, 2013 John Sanders, who plays the comic villain Black Stache in “Peter and the Starcatcher,” talks about Denver’s own Tony-winner Gabriel Ebert, his former co-star in Broadway’s “Matilda, the Musical.” “Everything I know I learned from Gabe Ebert,” Sanders says. Just not the ukulele. “Peter and the Starcatcher” plays through… Continue reading Video: Black Stache on Denver Tony Award-winner Gabe Ebert

Video: Starstuff: Opening night of “Peter and the Starcatcher” in Denver

By John Moore Aug. 25, 2013 On Aug. 21, Denver hosted the launch of the “Peter and the Starcatcher” national touring production at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, and CultureWest.Org was there to capture the “starstuff” of the evening. Guests include actors Joey deBettencourt, Megan Stern and John Sanders; Denver TV host Eden Lane; Disney’s… Continue reading Video: Starstuff: Opening night of “Peter and the Starcatcher” in Denver

Photos: Opening night of “Peter and the Starcatcher” national tour launch in Denver

To see caption information for any photo above, or to see the gallery if watching on a mobile phone, click here. (The information is posted on the lower-left corner of each photo.) Or just click the “show info” option on any photo. By John Moore Aug. 22, 2013 For the second straight year, Denver was… Continue reading Photos: Opening night of “Peter and the Starcatcher” national tour launch in Denver

Photos: Kids’ Night on Broadway, “Peter and the Starcatcher”

To see this photo gallery on a mobile phone, click here. By John Moore Aug. 21, 2013 The Denver Center for the Performing Arts hosted “Kids’ Night on Broadway” on Aug. 20, 2013, in conjunction with the launch of the national touring production of “Peter and the Starcatcher” at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Kids… Continue reading Photos: Kids’ Night on Broadway, “Peter and the Starcatcher”

Photos: Traci Kern Comes of Age

To see this photo gallery on a mobile phone, click here. By John Moore Aug. 16, 2013 Photos from Traci Kern’s birthday concert Aug. 12, 2013, at the Vintage Theatre. She performed with Donna Debreceni on keyboards, Larry Ziehl on drums, Jason Tyler Vaughn on guitar, Scott Alan Smith on bass, and singers Jalyn Courtenay… Continue reading Photos: Traci Kern Comes of Age

Countdown to Closure: Original cast member on marrow and forgotten riots

Director Ed Baierlein made up a placard for every one of his expected 45-plus actors who were to perform in “Offending the Audience.” Kenny Burt, who joined Germinal in its first season, had to drop out for a transplant. By John Moore Aug. 15, 2013 One of the many interesting aspects of embedding myself in… Continue reading Countdown to Closure: Original cast member on marrow and forgotten riots

John Moore, former Denver Post Theater Critic, joins DCPA

John Moore. Photo by Brian Landis Folkins

The cat has vacated the bag: I am going back to work — for pay! Alexandra Griesmer, P.R. and Promotions Manager for the Denver Center Theatre Company, made the announcement this morning: “John Moore, former theater critic of The Denver Post and founder of www.CultureWest.org, has been named to The Denver Center for the Performing… Continue reading John Moore, former Denver Post Theater Critic, joins DCPA

Bas Bleu’s “Magical Thinking” wins top festival prize

Bas Bleu Theatre artistic director Wendy Ishii, left, and production manager Tricia Navarre hold up the Fort Collins company’s booty from the 2013 Colorado Theatre Festival in Denver, including outstanding actress (Ishii) and play (“The Year of Magical Thinking”). By John Moore Aug. 11, 2013 The Colorado Community Theatre Coalition has announced the winners from… Continue reading Bas Bleu’s “Magical Thinking” wins top festival prize

Photo essay: At the “Terminal Germinal,” these walls CAN talk

To see these photos on a mobile device, click here. By John Moore Aug. 11, 2013 At the Germinal Stage-Denver, which I’ve taken to calling the “Terminal Germinal,” these walls CAN talk. For 26 years, actors have been reading the writing on the walls there. And they put it there. They have filled most every… Continue reading Photo essay: At the “Terminal Germinal,” these walls CAN talk

Photos: My night at The Edge’s “The House of Blue Leaves”

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Photos: My night at “Steel Magnolias”

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Video: Five Minutes With … Ellen Kaye of “Showboat”

By John Moore Aug. 8, 2013 Here’s our video conversation with Boulder native Ellen Kaye, who is playing Ellie Mae Shipley in Central City Opera’s mammoth “Showboat,” as well as director Ray Roderick. It’s playing at the Buell Theatre only through Aug. 11, 2013. The cast features Broadway bigwigs, opera superstars … and Kaye playing… Continue reading Video: Five Minutes With … Ellen Kaye of “Showboat”

“Offending the Audience”: What the hell is this play?

“Offending the Audience” will be the final play staged by Germinal Stage-Denver at its longtime home at 2450 W. 44th Ave. It runs Aug. 9-25, 2013. Call 303-455-7108 or go to www.germinalstage.com. Video by John Moore for www.CultureWest.Org. Running time: 1 minute. By John Moore Aug. 6, 2013 “Offending the Audience,” by Austrian Peter Handke,… Continue reading “Offending the Audience”: What the hell is this play?

Why dozens of Denver actors are oh so eager to offend you

By John Moore Aug. 5, 2013 If you think sitting through 80 minutes of a play called “Offending the Audience” might be tough on you … pshaw. You’re getting off easy. Think of the more than 40 veteran actors who have subjected themselves to more than a month of nightly lingual gymnastics; to brain-numbing, contradictory,… Continue reading Why dozens of Denver actors are oh so eager to offend you