Stage

Every audience member experiences every play — or movie, or performance art piece, or symphony, or puppet show — through their unique lens. A...

Shrek the Musical. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303- 449-6000. Through Sept. 6...

Normal Heights...

Plutonium: Permanent Problem at Rocky Flats...

A Tuna Christmas. Miner’s Alley Theatre, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through Dec. 20...

Sitting down to watch a performance of The Nutcracker whisks you off into a land of graceful ballerinas wearing intricate costumes dancing to music in the magical Land of the Sweets. As all the elements come together, it’s easy to forget the intensive labor it takes ...

A Christmas Carol. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865- 4239, Through Dec. 27...

Absolute! Fabulous! Gorgeous...

Ain’t Misbehavin’. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-856- 7830. Through April 26...

The Vagina Monologues are not for the squeamish. During the annual performance at the University of Colorado Boulder you’ll see women rip the covers off and lay bare the wondrous mysteries of an oft-ignored region...

Even if you are a Dawkins-lovin’, God-mockin’, card-carryin’ atheist, the odds are that during your youth you spent some time in and around a church or synagogue. Be you current or lapsed Catholic, Protestant, Lutheran, Methodist, Jew or any other God-fearing flavor...

Central to any theatrical production is suspension of disbelief. A weak plot point, an actor dropping a line, even bad lighting can be enough to break the illusion, pulling the audience mentally back from the world of the play and into the world at large...