News + Reviews

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

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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

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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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18 Jul KSPN: Review: Theatre Aspen’s ‘Little Shop’ is bloody good fun

Posted at 16:54h 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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12 Jul ASPEN DAILY NEWS: Theatre Aspen unveils ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ tonight

Posted at 17:03h in News + Reviews

By Erica Robbie for the Aspen Daily News Squatting within the confines of a furry 6.5-foot green puppet, Travis Anderson tries to keep cool with ice packs on his shoulders as he maneuvers the more than 100-pound man-eating plant. If it sounds ridiculous, it’s because it is...

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06 Jul NATHAN GUNN: REVIEW: SOUTH PACIFIC AT ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL

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A new collaboration between the Aspen Music Festival, the one with the big tent for (mostly) classical music, and Theatre Aspen, whose little tent next to the John Denver Sanctuary puts on plays and musicals, paid big dividends Monday in Benedict Music Tent. The music festival...

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01 Jul ASPEN TIMES: Review: ‘Guys and Dolls’ at Theatre Aspen

Posted at 16:53h in News + Reviews

When “Guys and Dolls” opened on Broadway in 1950, it launched a theatrical juggernaut. The show ran for 1,200 performances, won the Tony Award for Best Musical, a New York Drama Critics Award and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama (which sadly went unbestowed because writer...

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19 Jun BROADWAY WORLD: Theatre Aspen Kicks-Off Summer Season With GUYS & DOLLS This Friday

Posted at 17:19h in News + Reviews

Theatre Aspen kicks-off performances for the company's 36th Season with Abe Burrows', Jo Swerling's, and Frank Loesser's Tony Award-winning musical Guys & Dolls, directed by Tony Award nominee Hunter Foster and choregraphed by Lisa Shriver this Friday, June 21 at 7:30pm at the Hurst Theatre in Rio Grande Park. The official Opening...

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09 Aug ASPEN DAILY NEWS: Theatre Aspen apprentices stage their talents in end-of-season showcase

Posted at 16:41h in News + Reviews

If you attended Theatre Aspen’s production of “Our Town” this summer, you may have been swept up by apprentice Blake Bojewski’s performance as all-American, sweet George. If you appreciate how the lighting in the cozy Hurst Theatre can completely intensify the mood of a piece,...

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