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The perils of opening for Jeff Tweedy in Kansas City

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Picture this. You’re Denver comedian Andrew Orvedahl, and you’re booked as the opening act for Jeff Tweedy — the frontman of Wilco. You’re the only thing between a crowd and a major music headliner. And you have 40 minutes to fill with jokes. Denver and Salt Lake ...

Battle royale

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The worlds of sports and theater may feel distinctly separate, but Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado's upcoming production of The Royale invites audiences to...

Christopher Titus is a loser

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Plenty of comics know that tragedy can make for some great comedy, but few have mastered it the way Christopher Titus has. After all, he’s got plenty of great material to work with: a dead, crazy mom; a dead, alcoholic dad; a dead marriage; and a dead television show...

Past and present

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Aaron Klass has been enthralled by the Civil War era since he was a kid. His interest in the decades surrounding the pivotal American...

The ones with the thin, bright faces

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Everyone knows of Neverland and Peter Pan, but far fewer people know Scottish playwright James Matthew Barrie’s other magical worlds and characters. Produced by...

‘A story of our time’

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When visiting professor Emily K. Harrison’s students at the southern liberal arts college of Sewanee in Tennessee suggested producing a play about climate change,...

Opposites attract

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During the mid-1960s when his soon-to-be-legendary career as a playwright was just taking off, Neil Simon decided to tweak the longstanding trope of the mismatched companions. Stretching back at least to the Mutt and Jeff comic strip in the early 1900s, this storied ...

Stage turner

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In an effort to raise the standard of living in Broomfield, the city and county surveyed residents in 2015 about their opinions on local...

Theater | Week of Feb. 19, 2015

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24 Hour Theater — presented by Bolder Acts. 7 p.m. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303- 443-7510. Feb. 21...

Theater | Week of Feb. 26, 2015

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Benediction. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through March 1...

A set of lies agreed upon

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Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw isn’t informed so much by the question “Is it better to lie than to hurt someone with the truth?” but rather by the statement, “Life is pain; lies and truth are mere tools to help one salve that pain.” Curious Theatre Company’s regional ...

Theater | Week of September 10, 2015

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Book of Mormon. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through Sept. 13...