Photos: My night at the Arvada Center’s ‘The Man of La Mancha’

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 A look from above at Brian Mallgrave’s quite incredible Inquisition-era prison set.

 

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Assistant stage manager Lisa Cook.

 

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Sue Leiser (the Housekeeper) gets down and dirty eight times a week.

 

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 Rob Costigan (the Barber) proves that sometimes, eyes-closed photographs are … just right.

 

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A visit backstage offers a sneak peek at the Clare Henkel’s costume design for the Arvada Center’s next production, “Dividing the Estate,” opening April 30.

 

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Ben Dicke’s NCAA Tournament bracket still looks like a potential winner.

 

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 Each actor’s backstage spot is marked with a chair – and character breakdown.

 

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By John Moore

Award-winning arts journalist John Moore was named one of the 12 most influential theater critics in the United States by American Theatre Magazine during has 12 years at The Denver Post. Hen then created a groundbreaking new media outlet covering Colorado arts an culture as an in-house, multimedia journalist for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He also founded The Denver Actors Fund, a nonprofit that has raised more than $600,000 for theatre artists in medical need. He is now a journalist for hire as the founder of Moore Media Colorado. You can find samples of his work at MooreJohn.Com. Contact him at culturewestjohn@gmail.com