This Isn’t Your Grandma’s Dinner Theater
Forget what you think about dinner theaters. “This isn’t your grandmother’s dinner theater,” says Michael Duran. This is the BDT Stage, formerly the Boulder Dinner Theater. And while you do get food in a theater before a show (and yes, there is the ol’ chicken cordon bleu on the menu), Duran says, in true Boulder […]
BDT Show Gives Disney Princesses a New Voice
These aren’t your childhood Disney princesses. There’s no “happily ever after.” This isn’t some enchanted fairytale. It’s realer than that. It’s “Disenchanted,” the musical about Disney princesses — the way they might want to tell their stories, without the rose-colored glasses (or glass slippers, as it were). After selling out venues around the country, the fairytale […]
Expect the Unexpected at the Boulder International Fringe Fest
These are the stories you wouldn’t otherwise hear. This is life on the fringe — art on the edges. It’s the Boulder International Fringe Festival, a 12-day performing arts event that brings hundreds of artists from around the world to Boulder, to put on more than 150 events. This year’s fest runs Aug. 15-26. In […]
Your Guide to the Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Imagine watching a Shakespearean play, performed by one of the most reputable, longest-running Shakespeare festivals in the country, under an open summer sky while the sun sets behind the Flatiron Mountains. It’s a truly only-in-Boulder experience. “You’re not going to get that anywhere else,” says Joan Braun, executive director of CU Presents. “You might see […]
Boulder’s Local Lab: Watch a Play and Help Produce it, Too
This isn’t your average day trip to see a play. Pesha Rudnick calls it “creative tourism.” It’s the chance to not just see live theater, but also be involved in the creation of it, from the ground level. She’s talking about Boulder’s annual Local Lab New Play Festival, a three-day event that presents three absolutely […]