The Denver Victorian Playhouse
"Every Coloradan deserves a night at The Vic" - John Moore, The Denver Post
Now Playing: Tomfoolery by Tom Lehrer
by Tom Lehrer
directed by Wade P. Wood
Jul. 23 - Sep. 11*
Fri - Sat 7:30pm, Sun 1:00pm
*Held over by popular demand!
2 additional weekends added

VIC NEWS AND EVENTS

Summer Ticket Special
Tomfoolery is a smash hit! By audience demand we've added 2 addtitional weekends, now running through Sat Sept 11. Reserve your seats today! As a summer treat to our patrons, we're offering a special discount for Tomfoolery, all seats are only $18. Call (303) 433-4343 for reservations or click here to buy tickets online.

The critic's love Tomfoolery!

"Tomfoolery" crammed with Lehrers of fun
"There was no American era quite as perfect as the 1950s and early '60s for a satirist such as Tom Lehrer (who) wielded his songs like a scalpel... The cast and director have treated Lehrer's work with love and enthusiasm, bringing to life the work of a beloved American humor icon in a show that will amuse old fans and new. "
Kurt Brighton - The Denver Post ***1/2 (out of 4)

Tireless satire: For Tomfoolery, don't leave your brain at home
Tomfoolery isn't a big, complicated show: just four charming performers...singing the brilliantly savage songs of Tom Lehrer...This is that rare event: a lighthearted good time that doesn't require you to leave your brain at home."
Juliet Wittman, Westword

"The Denver Victorian Playhouse is currently tickling the daylights out of its audience with a rollicking evening of joyously irreverent pandemonium. You may either hop skip or jump to see it, but see it you must! The cast of four is adorable, enthusiastic and milks Mr. Lehrer's irreverent lyrics to funny bone shattering perfection...a perfect fit for this intimate venue."
David Marlowe, Colorado Theatre Guild

'Tomfoolery' - A Clever, Foolish Time
"... it’s great for an evening of nostalgia (with a cynical edge)... some extraordinarily intelligent rhymes (and) real poignancy... The entire audience was laughing along to this quick and quirky show, and we think you’ll leave with a smile on your face and tune in your head"
Mile High Critics

Hat's off to our Henry Award nominees!
We are very pleased to have two of our favorite people nominated for the Colorado Theatre Guild 2010 Henry Awards. Boni and El have done so much to make our little theatre the success it is, thanks to both of you for your energy and creativity!

Nominee, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play
Boni McIntyre, London Suite

Nominee, Outstanding Sound Design
El Armstrong, Voices in the Dark

Congratulations to our 2009 Ovation Award Finalists
We had a very memorable season in 2009, and we are proud to have been nominated for the Denver Post Ovation Awards for the year. Congratulations to our finalists, and thanks to all the actors, artists, designers and builders that make our theater what it is.

Finalist, BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL ROLE:
Kelly Twedt, The Fantasticks

Finalist, BEST ACTRESS, COMIC ROLE:
Rita Broderick, Educating Rita

Finalist, BEST LIGHTING:
Karalyn Star Pytel, The Fantasticks

Vic put the home in "home theater"

Basement stage that brought Shakespeare to the West in the 1900s remains
Denver's intimate experience

By John Moore
Denver Post Theater critic 1/2/09

"There's no theater experience in Colorado like a night at the Victorian Playhouse, carved in 1911 out of the basement of a hallowed home in northwest Denver."
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to read the full article

The Vic announces online ticketing!
We've teamed up with OvationTix to provide fast and easy online ticketing for all our shows here at the Denver Victorian Playhouse. Online tickets are available now, click here to see the calendar.

Online tickets now available, click here

Westword's Best of Denver
Westword "Best of Denver" 2006
BEST THEATRICAL RESURRECTION
Denver Victorian Playhouse
The story of this theater, like much of Denver's history, was shaped by tuberculosis. At the turn of the previous century, George Swartz, a tuberculosis patient and Shakespeare aficionado, moved to the area for its dry, sunny climate and bought a house. He built a theater into his basement and presented all of Shakespeare's plays there. During its existence, the theater has gone through periods of use and periods of darkness. Paul Willet ran it from 1964 to shortly before his death in 1984, using the quaintly old-fashioned setting to present uncompromising plays. Wade and Lorraine Wood purchased the Victorian this year and are presenting an interesting and eclectic roster of plays. True to the gracious spirit of the place -- and the ghost of Paul Willet -- they serve tea, coffee and cookies during intermissions.

BEST PRODUCTION BASED ON PRINCIPLE
Dead Man Walking Denver Victorian Playhouse
The men on America's death rows, their lingering, useless days, the terror of the hours until countdown: Most of us rarely think about them, but like the mad aunt in the attic, they are always there, haunting the fringes of consciousness. University of Denver's Sturm College of Law, in conjunction with Alliance Stage, brought the issue into the daylight recently, staging Tim Robbins's Dead Man Walking, based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean. The book and the play make the inhumanity of state-sanctioned execution clear while taking into account the rage and grief of victims' families. Dead Man Walking is, in part, agitprop, but it's agitprop in the most thoughtful and honorable tradition. The production at the Victorian was effective, sustained in large part by the beautiful and committed work of Terry Ann Watts as Sister Helen and Michael Richman's understated, passionate performance as convicted killer Matt Poncelet.

 

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