Stage and Comedy

WORTHWHILE ONE-NIGHT STAND: Vintage’s ‘Whorehouse’ is a raucous romp through old tale

WORTHWHILE ONE-NIGHT STAND: Vintage’s ‘Whorehouse’ is a raucous romp through old tale

Amid all of the off-color jokes, innuendos and raunchy tunes, the Vintage production of “Whorehouse” remains rooted in characters.

(From left to right) Actors De Thomas, Krisangela Washington and SuCh kick off dress rehearsal of "The Color Purple" starts up April 10 at Fox Theatre. The musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel will be showing from April 12 through May 12 at Aurora's Fox Theatre.  (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

‘Purple’ paints powerful message at Fox

Fox’s presentation of dramatic slave tale offers new lessons for actors, audience

Blue Man Group

Blue tube: A conversation with a Blue Man veteran and newbie

We’ll throw in some pretty hard rocking stuff, and depending on how the Blue Men relate to the audience, it’s a real back and forth thing.

Q&A: Denver poet Ken Arkind

Q&A: Denver poet Ken Arkind

Poet keeps roots in Denver despite growing popularity

Tracy Weil, an artist and co-founder of the RINO Arts District in Denver, will start as the new managing director of the Aurora Cultural Arts District this week. Weil’s newly formed position in his hometown is just one of many recent change-ups at the Aurora Cultural Arts District, shifts that ACAD leaders and local business managers say hint at a new era for the neighborhood.  (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

New Colfax district head says future of arts district will come in accessibility

“I can actually see stuff happening,” said Charles Packard, executive producer at the Aurora Fox theater. “This is the first time that I’m involved in the push, and just being closer to it gives me more optimism ... For me, having been here for 13 years, this feels like the real deal.”

Arvada Center makes the impossible possible with ‘La Mancha’

Arvada Center makes the impossible possible with ‘La Mancha’

There’s something impossible about the Arvada Center’s production of the nearly 50-year-old musical “Man of La Mancha.” For any devoted theater fan, the 1964 musical …

Q&A with Herbert Siguenza, ‘A Weekend with Pablo Picasso’

Q&A with Herbert Siguenza, ‘A Weekend with Pablo Picasso’

AURORA | It took more than 40 years for Herbert Siguenza to fully connect with Pablo Picasso. Siguenza, a California-based artist and actor, said his concept of a one-man show exploring the personal life of the Spanish artist stretches back to his childhood, when he saw a book devoted to Picasso’s home life in a dentist’s office.

Q&A with ‘Spamalot’ cast member Thomas DeMarcus

Q&A with ‘Spamalot’ cast member Thomas DeMarcus

Thomas DeMarcus was a kid growing up in Tennessee when he first came across the work of Monty Python. DeMarcus, who’s been a company member …

Female-only festival looks to spotlight local women playwrights, artists, painters and designers

Female-only festival looks to spotlight local women playwrights, artists, painters and designers

“It’s very frustrating to me that as a local artist, I have a better chance of being hired here if I move to New York,” Astle said. “Women make up over 60 percent of the theater audience, but their voices are not necessarily represented on stage ... We’re looking for voices and stories that wouldn’t have otherwise been told.”

Plans for the new performing arts center, March 18 at Regis Jesuit High School. Later this month, Regis Jesuit High School officials will break ground on a $13.2-million performing arts center and student commons at the Aurora campus. The 44,000-square-foot, two-story building is set to house a 490-seat amphitheater, as well as practice rooms for music and theater students. The new building will also be the center of the school’s student journalism program, and it will include a student snack bar and a college counseling center. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

A new place to play at Regis

Regis Jesuit High School breaks ground on new theater, music rooms and common area