Author: T.D. Mobley-Martinez

In the pantheon of the world’s most beloved novels, a haloed corner most surely is occupied by “Pride and Prejudice,” Jane Austen’s 1813 masterpiece of misunderstandings and love nearly lost. Janeites, as fans are called, are so devoted that multiple big screen films and TV miniseries have been made. Plays have been produced. Spin-off novels…

Last week, Funky Little Theater Co.’s Chris Medina told a half-filled house something that was a first for me. “Do remember it is a comedy,” said Medina before A.R. Gurney’s “Sylvia” began. “Just remember if things are funny, you can laugh. No one will judge you.” It was an understandable encouragement, but Medina, who directed,…

Click here to see the 2017 Best of the Springs winners. THE MUSICAL THAT HAD IT ALL “PETER AND THE STARCATCHER” Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., 634-5581, csfineartscenter.org Director Joye Cook-Levy’s production of this Tony winner gleefully offered the theatrical kitchen sink and then some: a Rube Goldberg mash-up of set,…

They say that the odds of being struck by lightning are one in more than a million. This April, the Fine Arts Center’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie” greatly increases your chances with two-plus hours of high energy singing and dancing, as well as electric performances by a large and talented cast. The 1961 Tony…

It doesn’t seem to matter what party you align with: Americans are wound pretty tight these days. A Feb. 15 poll by the American Psychological Association revealed, in fact, that we are more stressed out than we’ve been for a decade. The Springs Ensemble Theatre offers a respite from the headlines with “The Heir Apparent,”…

As the first TheatreWorks production since founder Murray Ross’ death in January, “The Hairy Ape” proves to be a profound tribute to Murray and the company’s dedication to theater – specifically, classic plays and the people who wrote them. It runs through Feb. 26. The Eugene O’Neill work is handled respectfully – and without a…

Despite all the obstacles that real life provides, we all seem to be looking for our personal piece of happily ever after. The Fine Arts Center production of “Shrek: The Musical” can’t promise a full-blown life transformation. But it delivers the hope that such things are possible – and that everyone deserves them. This is…

Opera isn’t for everyone. Bugs Bunny didn’t cotton to it. Even Mark Twain, who did rhapsodize on the power of the aria, described the no man’s land between those dramatic interludes as “incoherent noise which always so reminds me of the time the orphan asylum burned down.” Babette Matdiva (Birgitta De Pree) begs to differ.…

Put aside most traditional notions about an evening of theater when you settle in for “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.” “Do you have a nametag,” asks the gal at the entrance of the Fine Arts Center’s second-floor Music Room. Despite sharing my name, my sticker reads “Polka.” It’s almost curtain on opening…