This evening, Springs Ensemble Theatre–our city’s newest theater company–held their official launch party at the Business of Art Center in Manitou Springs. And at it, they announced their inaugural season. Though it includes only three plays, it promises to shake up the local theater community. The works are not only fresh–none of them have ever been performed in this area–but they’re refreshingly edgy.
REVIEW: ‘MacHomer’ rewards ‘Simpsons’ fans with hyperactive humor
November 6th, 2009, 4:16 pm by twallinger
Rick Miller IS MacHomer (and, oh, 50 others)
“MACHOMER”
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7 through Sunday, Nov. 8
Where: Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Tickets: $12.50-$35, 255-3232.
Grade: B+
And some people think Robin Williams needs medication…
Rick Miller brings “MacHomer”–his wildly acclaimed, one-man mashup of Shakespeare and the Simpsons–to the Bon Vivant this weekend. And before I get any further, I have to admit that I haven’t seen an episode of “The Simpsons” in my life (yeah, I know, I’ve missed one of the great sitcoms in TV history but, in my defense, I don’t watch much of the tube at all).
TheatreWorks’ Murray Ross on the solo performance
November 6th, 2009, 10:15 am by tmobleymartinezThis week Murray Ross, artistic director of TheatreWorks, posted a blog on the joys of the one-person show.
In the course of the blog, he mentions Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain as well as a surprisingly long list of one-man pieces at TheatreWorks. Of course, his commentary was triggered by “MacHomer,” a touring production which was created and performed by Rick Miller. It runs through Sunday at TheatreWorks. Click here for a downloadable trailer for “MacHomer.”
“Some of the bravest and most peculiar theatre artists in the world these days belong to genre of the one person show,” he starts. Check out the rest of Ross’ thoughts on the one-man circus that is the solo performance as well as his accessment of a solo piece of former Colorado Springs resident Thaddeus Phillips.
Denver launches Arts Week today
November 6th, 2009, 9:21 am by wepsteinThis arts bonanza actually can’t be contained in a week. It’s nine days long. Expect plenty of opera, art, concerts, plays … You can read The Denver Post’s overview here.
FRIDAY MORNING LINKS
November 6th, 2009, 8:29 am by wepsteinTracy Mobley-Martinez did a terrific Q&A with Brad Sherwood, the “Whose Line Is It Anyway” guy who’s coming to the Pikes Peak Center with Colin Mochrie. Unfortunately, we were tight for space in GO! this week, so her story got sliced. Read the whole thing here.
Bill Reed did a preview of a guy playing at the Studio Bee Showcase on Thursday, and his interview will dissuade you from ever considering a career in music.
Lauren Arnest (yes, wife of that guy who used to set next to me) wrote brief previews of a show at Smokebrush and a Chamber Orchestra concert.
Noel Black does our cover story, an overview of the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, which is more than stereotypical chick flicks.
R. Scott Rappold does enviable research for his story about the All Colorado Beer Festival.
Nathaniel Glen waxes poetic about La Casita.
And Brandon tells you why you should tolerate Jim Carrey this season.
Lance Green show at Rubbish
November 5th, 2009, 3:51 pm by tmobleymartinez
A detail from Lance Green's "Out of Egypt"
“ENTITIES: REFLECTIONS OF A BYSTANDER PAINTER”
When: 5:17 p.m. to 12:17 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13
Where: Rubbish Gallery, 17 b Bijou St.
Admission: Free
Contact: 440-5638, 388-3623, rubbishgallery.com
You’ve probably seen Lance Green’s work around. A little painting at the BAC maybe or at a restaurant in town. The work, I think, is typically pretty interesting, a figure usually that vague and often menacing. The kind of thing you might glimpse in the background of a really cool ghost film.
Check it out at ”Entities: Reflections of a BystanderPainter” opens Friday at Rubbish Gallery. Musician Jeff Sampson will perform. Also this month at Rubbish:
- 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. Nov. 20 — Poetry and music by DragonsWing
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Dec. 5 — J9 Glass Presents MAGNIFY
Improv team in Springs for more punishment
November 5th, 2009, 2:57 pm by tmobleymartinez 
“COLIN MOCHERIE & BRAD SHERWOOD: THE THIRD FAREWELL TOUR”
What: Improv by two stars of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”
When: 7 p.m. Sunday
Where: Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, 190 S. Cascade Ave.
Tickets: $29.50-$44.50; 520-7469, 1-866-464-2626, ticketswest.com and TicketsWest outlets.
It’s painful to watch, really. Two men on a stage with more than 100 primed rodent traps. Did I mention they’re blindfolded, barefoot and wearing tuxedoes?
“Rat traps,” Brad Sherwood informs the audience. Then he removes a large zucchini from his pants and demonstrates how it neatly slices the vegetable in half.
The audience “ooohs” trepidatiously. Sherwood nods, completely deadpan.
Sherwood and Colin Mochrie (”From ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’” their touring posters say) call it the mousetrap game, and they’ll be doing a version of it when they play the Pikes Peak Center on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
REVIEW: ‘The Wedding Singer’ a bland but tuneful retelling of 1998 Sandler film
November 4th, 2009, 11:08 am by twallinger
“THE WEDDING SINGER”
When: 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4
Where: Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave.
Tickets: $30-$50, 520-7469, 1-866-464-2626, ticketswest.com and TicketsWest outlets.
Grade: C+
Screen-to-stage adaptations are all the rage on Broadway these days. It takes a lot of money to mount a production and producers, of course, want to limit their risk by offering the theatergoing public stories they’re already familiar with.
Central City Opera program to perform in Colorado Springs
November 3rd, 2009, 10:19 am by tmobleymartinez
A scene from Britten's "Paul Bunyan" performed by students of the Central City Opera's 2004 Bonfils-Station Foundation Artists Training Program. / Photo credit Mark Kiryluk
“OPERA ROCKS THE ROCKIES”
When: 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6
Where: Colorado Springs Conservatory, 1600 N. Union Boulevard
Admission: Free; 577-4556, centralcityopera.org
So you missed the summer season at Central City Opera.
On Nov. 6, the company is coming to the Colorado Springs Conservatory as part of ”Opera Rocks the Rockies,” a week-plus tour of the state. In its 13th year, they perform for more than 100 communities and about 100,000 people.
The award-winning program features Bonfils-Station Foundation Artists Training Program students Claire Kuttler, Amanda Russo, James Baumgardner and Jonathan Cole as well as graduate and doctoral level students in Colorado State University’s opera theatre program, including Margaret Higginson, Wei Wu and accompaniest Beth Nielsen.
They will perform the “Flower Duet” from Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” as well as vignettes from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld,” Ned Rorem’s “Our Town” and other works.
New art writer on the Web
November 2nd, 2009, 10:56 am by tmobleymartinez
Rhonda Van Pelt
Rhonda Van Pelt is now writing about the Colorado Springs art scene for examiner.com. She’s a former Gazette reporter and until recently, represented Nirvana, a gallery on West Colorado. Van Pelt’s aim is to create in-depth visual art reporting for the area. Check out her blog.
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