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 July 23, 2013 The new Denver Actors Fund is a… Continue reading Photos: Denver Actors Fund’s All-Theater Trivia Smackdown
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Video: Shout-outs to 2013 Henry Award nominees
By John Moore July 18, 2013 Members of the local theater community give their shout-outs to this year’s field of 2013 Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award nominees. One comes all the way from Poland. The ceremony is July 22 at the Arvada Center. Video by John Moore for www.CultureWest.Org. Running time: 7 minutes. Shouters and… Continue reading Video: Shout-outs to 2013 Henry Award nominees
Video: Step Up to the Mic: Denver Actors Fun-draiser highlights
By John Moore June 3, 2013 Watch video highlights from CultureWest’s evening of karaoke silliness to raise seed money for the new Denver Actors Fund, a modest source of immediate, situational relief when members of the local theater community find themselves in sudden medical need. The host was Kent Randell. Performers on this video include… Continue reading Video: Step Up to the Mic: Denver Actors Fun-draiser highlights
Moore on Moore: You can’t say ‘director’ without ‘dire’
How our overture looked and sounded to the audience (above) The photo above shows how we staged the climactic song, “True Love,” just after Patsy Cline’s death. You can see how Megan Van De Hey (Patsy) was silhouetted in Louise’s window, singing (live) while a grainy video recording of her singing the same song… Continue reading Moore on Moore: You can’t say ‘director’ without ‘dire’
‘Step Up to the Mic’: A special karaoke party fundraiser June 1
By John Moore May 5, 2013 This has been a time of extraordinary personal challenge for members of the Colorado theater community. Many of our friends have found themselves in great and sudden need, and with numbing regularity: Shelly Bordas’ terminal cancer prognosis. Frank Oteri and Max Peterson facing expensive colon surgeries. Robert Michael… Continue reading ‘Step Up to the Mic’: A special karaoke party fundraiser June 1
Photos: Opening weekend of ‘Always … Patsy Cline’
From left: Carla Kaiser Kotrc as Louise, music director Jalyn Courtenay Webb and Megan Van De Hey as Patsy Cline. By John Moore April 14, 2013 Opening No. 54: Starkey Theatrix’s “Always … Patsy Cline”: Photos from opening weekend, including an on-stage proposal! Starring Megan Van De Hey as Patsy Cline and Carla Kaiser… Continue reading Photos: Opening weekend of ‘Always … Patsy Cline’
Photos: Shelly Bordas benefit performances raise money, lift hearts
The video above is Part 2 from my ongoing video documentary, “The Shelly Bordas Story.” By John Moore March 4, 2013 Back-to-back benefits for Shelly Bordas on Sunday and Monday nights brought grassroots fundraising efforts to help the cancer-stricken Denver mother, teacher and actor to nearly $30,000. On Sunday, a concert organized by Mitch… Continue reading Photos: Shelly Bordas benefit performances raise money, lift hearts
2013 theater photo series: It’s Opening Night in Colorado
By John Moore Jan. 1, 2014 Welcome to my 2013 labor-of-love photo series bringing you iconic snapshots from behind the scenes on opening nights in Colorado theater. This series includes one representative shot from 151 of the performances we saw 2013. The intent was to allow the reader a window into a part of the… Continue reading 2013 theater photo series: It’s Opening Night in Colorado
Photos: My night at Performance Now’s ‘Once Upon a Mattress’
Laura Kimberlin brings beauty down to her fingertips to the orchestra pit at the Lakewood Cultural Center. She plays woodwinds as part of a seven-piece live orchestra for “Once Upon a Mattress.” By John Moore Feb. 11, 2013 “Once Upon a Mattress” is the classic musical retelling of “The Princess and the Pea,” in… Continue reading Photos: My night at Performance Now’s ‘Once Upon a Mattress’