Superior performing arts events

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)

Wednesday, Jun 19 1:00p

Colorado Shakespeare Festival A hilarious homage for Shakespeare lovers, haters and everyone in between as three actors frantically attempt to perform the entire canon (37 plays!) in a couple hour...

Richard II

Thursday, Jul 18 7:30p

University Theatre, Boulder

Colorado Shakespeare Festival Richard II opens Shakespeare’s epic four-play Henriad, the backstory to England’s bloody Wars of the Roses — the saga that ends with Richard III...

Macbeth

Friday, Jun 28 8:00p

Mary Rippon Theatre, Boulder

Colorado Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare’s great tragedy explores the darkest corners of the human heart as the infamous Scottish general schemes and murders in his raw, ambitious quest for the t...

The Book Of Mormon

Tuesday, Oct 22 7:30p

Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre, Denver

Ben Brantley of The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” Entertainment Weekly says it’s “the funniest musical of all time...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Saturday, Jun 22 8:00p

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, Boulder

Colorado Shakespeare Festival Dream a little dream of love and laughter as Shakespeare's most beloved comedy casts its spell on the enchanting Mary Rippon stage...

Women of Will: The Overview

Friday, Jul 12 7:30p

University Theatre, Boulder

Following critically acclaimed runs in Boulder, Prague and New York City, Tina Packer brings her fresh, funny, brilliant exploration of Shakespeare’s women back to Boulder with the incomparable Nig...

Eagle Rock Theatre presents "In The Blood"

Saturday, Jun 22 1:00p

Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder

In the playwright’s spin on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hester, persecuted for having five children out of wedlock, must fight to make her children’s lives better in an unfriendly wor...

UP|Rise by Rabble Dance Collective

Friday, Jun 28 7:00p

ATLAS Building, Black Box Theater, Boulder

UP|rise combines cirque-style aerial performance with dance, acrobatics, physical theater and a live, original score by Denver-based band The Courtship Proper...

Bruce Kawin -- "Selected Film Essays and Interviews"

Wednesday, Jun 19 7:30p

Boulder Book Store, Boulder

"Readers who care sincerely about movies will learn from and be challenged by the work of Bruce Kawin...

Khaled Hosseini -- "And the Mountains Echoed"

Thursday, Jun 27 7:30p

First Congregational Church, Boulder

Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations...

An Evening Under the Stars with Colorado Ballet

Thursday, Aug 29 7:30p

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities Outdoor Amphitheater, Arvada

Join the stars of Colorado Ballet under the stars on at 7:30 p.m...

Session 2: Mulan

Wednesday, Jun 19 8:30a

Magic Playhouse, Boulder

TRAVEL TO ANCIENT CHINA! June 3 - 21 (3 weeks) Performance: Thurs, June 20 at 6PM Travel back to the legendary days of ancient China with the action-packed Mulan...