News + Reviews

10 Sep BROADWAY WORLD: Theatre Aspen Presents THE LION KING JR. Beginning Tonight

Posted at 17:12h in News + Reviews

  Theatre Aspen presents Disney's The Lion King Jr., September 10-12 at the District Theatre. Disney's The Lion King has long captivated the imagination of audiences around the world. Theatre Aspen Education is bringing the savanna to life with Simba, Rafiki and an unforgettable cast of characters...

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21 Aug BROADWAY WORLD: Theatre Aspen Reflects on Altered ALL FOR ONE Season

Posted at 17:13h in News + Reviews

Theatre Aspen is presenting its All For One season, an altered lineup due to the health crisis. Soledad Hurst, chair of Theatre Aspen's board of trustees, chatted with The Aspen Times about what the process has been like. "Jed and the team were pretty extraordinary at coming up with...

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30 Jul BROADWAY WORLD: Theatre Aspen Adds Additional Performances of MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, and Beth Malone Will Reprise Concert

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Theatre Aspen has added additional performances to its "One For All" season. Beth Melone will reprise her show, which debuted on July 27, next week. The show will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 4, at the Hurst Theatre. In additional, the company has added two...

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22 Jan PLAYBILL.COM: Brian Stokes Mitchell to Perform at Theatre Aspen 2020 Gala

Posted at 17:11h in News + Reviews

Broadway favorite Brian Stokes Mitchell will perform during Theatre Aspen’s 2020 gala February 22 at the Hotel Jerome in Colorado. Mitchell is a two-time Tony recipient, winning Best Actor in a Musical in 2000 for his performance in Kiss Me, Kate and receiving the Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2016 for...

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08 Oct BROADWAY WORLD: Theatre Aspen’s One-Person Show Festival SOLO FLIGHTS Set for Return Next Year

Posted at 17:15h in News + Reviews

Theatre Aspen announced today that after a successful first year, the organization's developmental one-person show festival, Solo Flights, will return for year two, September 16 - 19, 2020 at the Hurst Theatre in Aspen, Colorado. Solo Flights is an annual week-long developmental festival of one-person shows...

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22 Sep ASPEN TIMES: Review: Theatre Aspen’s inaugural Solo Flights offered front row seats to new play development

Posted at 16:58h in News + Reviews

Theatre Aspen brought together artists from across the country to test the wings of their new plays at the inaugural Solo Flights festival of one-person shows. Three of the four featured pieces, running Sept. 18 to 21, were world premieres — never seen onstage prior to...

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18 Sep ASPEN TIMES: Review: In Theatre Aspen’s ‘Coach,’ Beau Bridges delivers inspirational pep talk for the game of life

Posted at 16:56h in News + Reviews

Theatre Aspen’s inaugural one-person show festival, Solo Flights, opened Wednesday night with the world premiere of “Coach: An Evening with John Wooden.” Written by acclaimed writer-producer John Wilder and starring multiple award-winning actor Beau Bridges, the play explores the exemplary life of coach John Wooden. Both Wilder...

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25 Jul ASPEN TIMES: Review: ‘God of Carnage’ at Theatre Aspen

Posted at 16:55h in News + Reviews

Playwright Yasmina Reza originally wrote “God of Carnage” in her native French in 2005. After a 2006 premiere in Germany and a successful run in France and the U.K., the Americanized version opened on Broadway in 2009. Translated by Christopher Hampton and set in Brooklyn, Reza’s sardonic...

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19 Jul ASPEN TIMES: Review: Theatre Aspen’s ‘Little Shop’ is bloody good fun

Posted at 17:00h in News + Reviews

Inspired by a cult film made in 1960, “Little Shop of Horrors” opened Off-Off-Broadway in 1982 with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken (of Disney fame). The production soon moved to the Orpheum Theatre where it ran for five years, winning a Drama Desk...

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18 Jul BROADWAY WORLD: GOD OF CARNAGE Opens Tomorrow July 19, 2019 At Theatre Aspen

Posted at 17:16h in News + Reviews

Theatre Aspen rounds out its 36th Season with Yasmina Reza's TONY Award-winning comedy God of Carnage, which marks its official opening night tomorrow Friday, July 19 at 8:00pm at the Hurst Theatre in Rio Grande Park (470 Rio Grande Place). The company of God of Carnage includes Christian...

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