Bussy Gower is the “Cockeyed Optimist” Nellie Forbush in Revival of World Famous Musical
Reviewed by Tom Jones
March 19, 2016
Bussy Gower is delightfully introduced as “A Cockeyed Optimist” early in the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse production of “South Pacific.” Gower portrays Nellie Forbush, a self-proclaimed hick from rural Arkansas. She is serving as an American nurse on a tiny Pacific Island during World War II, and is naively amazed with how different life can be from one part of the planet to another. Continue reading Candlelight Provides an Enchanted Evening of “South Pacific “→
Audience Meets Unhappy Young Boy Before He Became High-Flying “Peter Pan”
Reviewed by Tom Jones
March 18, 2016
A generation before Peter Pan flew into Wendy’s London bedroom window, he was a very sad young orphan, abused by the British system, with only a couple of orphan friends. Life was hard and un-relenting until he met the sassy and spirited Molly who was enroute on the Neverland ship to meet up with her father in Rundoon. After Molly and Peter meet on the ship, their two lives would never be the same. Continue reading Boulder Dinner Theatre Stage Introduces Young Orphan in the Highly-Imaginative “Peter and the Starcatcher”→
The 20th Anniversary World Tour, Photographer Rob McDougal
Buell Theatre Hosts 20th Anniversary Tour of famed “Riverdance
Reviewed by Tom Jones
March 9, 2016
Where to begin? What can be singled out to be the “best” of the show? Is it the opening “Reel Around the Sun”, which held the audience in awe? Or the flamenco “Firedance”? Probably the best-remembered number is “Riverdance” itself. No, the “best” has to be the “Russian Dervish.” Or the square dance take-off where partnered dancers were in a circle within a circle, with each circle rotating in different directions. There are just too many highlights to say one was the absolute “best.” Continue reading “Riverdance” Audience Gives Warm Welcome at Denver Center for the Performing Arts→
Rebecca Spafford is riveting as a not-so-dumb woman living on the fringes of society
Reviewed by Tom Jones
March 6, 2016
Tanya Shepke is a character to be reckoned with. She is a sassy gum-chewing barmaid in rural Missouri who ends up at the police station – turning herself in before she can be arrested for drunk driving. She is a wild woman, who is amazingly street savvy. Her education is minimal, as she talks as if she might have learned her “basic ABCs,” but needs to include “f bombs” in every sentence. Rebecca Spafford is a wonder as the wild woman who claims, among other things, that her husband tried to drown her in the bathtub. Continue reading “The North Plan” is a wild and thought-provoking tale of civil unrest and martial law possibilities.→
Mountain View High School Students Shine in Cole Porter Musical “Anything Goes”
Reviewed by Tom Jones, March 3. 2016
If you were in the Loveland area around 8:00 p.m. you may have heard an enormous roar. It wasn’t an explosion, nor a low flying airplane. It was the thunderous applause provided by the audience at the conclusion of the first act of Mountain View High School’s production of “Anything Goes!” The entire cast is on stage tap dancing their hearts out with a remarkable display of talent and exuberance! This is one of the most delightful first act finales of a show in recent memory. Continue reading “Anything Goes” Wows Audience at Mountain View High School Production in Loveland→
Bussy Gower is the “Cockeyed Optimist” Nellie Forbush in Revival of World Famous Musical
“The Fantasticks” is a Heartwarming Memory Piece of Young Love
Audience Meets Unhappy Young Boy Before He Became High-Flying “Peter Pan”
Rebecca Spafford is riveting as a not-so-dumb woman living on the fringes of society
Mountain View High School Students Shine in Cole Porter Musical “Anything Goes”