The Best Brothers Are Not Best Of Friends

Bas Bleu Explores The Lunacy Of Burying A Loved One

Reviewed by Tom Jones
January 26, 2020

Bunny Best has taken her beloved dog out for a walk in time to see the Gay Day Parade. A probably drunk chanteuse on one of the floats reaches out to the dog, tipping over the 500-pound amplifier and herself on top of Bunny Best, who does not survive. The dog survived as did the chanteuse who has named herself “Pina Colada.”
Bunny’s two adult sons, Hamilton and Kyle, take the news with very different responses. Hamilton appears to be heartbroken. The more practical Kyle, a realtor, is too busy trying to sell a condo to concern himself with much else. And perhaps he is not so grief stricken as his mother has confided in him alone that her health is deteriorating. Thus we meet the Best Brothers, Hamilton portrayed by Jeffrey Bigger and Kyle, played by Kevin Crowe.
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One-Armed Explorer Takes his Expedition to Western Rivers – By Way Of OpenStage In Fort Collins

Wild Tale Of John Wesley Powell And His Men Makes For Intriguing Theatre

Reviewed by Tom Jones,

January 24, 2020

Men on Boats?  Nope.  The OpenStage theatre program for this show wisely notes that the show’s title is not right.  There is neither a man nor a boat in sight.  The “Men on Boats” take the audience on a fascinating journey down the Green and Colorado rivers to the western edge of that “Big” Canyon – the “Grand.”   

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