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Senior Arts Journalist @DenverGazette ... formerly @denverpost … and I founded @DenverActorsFun and @theums .
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The
@CityofDenver
’s solution to encampments is to place gigantic, ugly rocks on public sidewalks to discourage
#homeless
from pitching tents there. These boulders are now the distinguishing characteristic of any walking tour of
#Denver
. It’s not only hideous. It’s embarrassing.
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Today,
@taylorswift13
sent
@FoodBank
of the Rockies a cash gift big enough to provide more than 75,000 meals.
#GoodNews
@DenverGazette
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Colorado's new Poet Laureate is
@AndreaGibson
, a four-time Denver Grand Slam Champion who focuses on LGBTQIA+ issues, spirituality, feminism, mental health and dismantling oppressive systems -->
@jaredpolis
@Andreagibson
@DenverGazette
@BobbyLefebre
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When
#HannahWaddingham
led hundreds of (mostly) women in a demonstration of the Rebecca Welton Power Pose at
@DenverArtMuseum
, the moment summed up every aspect of why
@DenverFilm
Women+Film program exists -->
@DenverGazette
@Kelly_OnTV
@CBSNewsColorado
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.
@DannyElfman
was once a rock star with the new-wave band
#OingoBoingo
. More than 100 film and TV scores later, he is one again — of the composing world. Elfman comes to
#Denver
this weekend to play from his
#TimBurton
film scores with
@CO_Symphony
-->
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3. Broadway legend
@IdinaMenzel
drops into a school in Erie to read children’s book she wrote with her Colorado author/teacher sister,
#CaraWentzel
,
#LoudMouse
. In the
@DenverFilm
—>
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@otter_714
@CityofDenver
At what point does having boulders covering your sidewalks become embarrassing? Are the Ballpark/RiNo neighborhoods not enough blight to be troubled by the common sense of this?
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Stage and screen star
@andymientus
performing a special acoustic song from
#TheWhosTommy
last night for my
@denveractorsfun
nonprofit at
@alamodenver
. Andy is starring in
@DenverCenter
's upcoming stage production opening next month. VIDEO COMING UP!
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Here's a little video taste of Hannah Waddingham receiving
@DenverFilm
's Women+Film Inspiration Award today at
@DenverArtMuseum
from my cultural conspirator, Tom Hellauer of the
@DenverGazette
-->
#TedLasso
#TheFallGuy
#WomenInFilm
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“My gut says there is a way of standing firm and making your presence felt, but always with kindness and honesty." Hannah Waddingham in
@DenverGazette
—>
@DenverFilm
@DenverArtMuseum
@GameOfThrones
@UniversalPics
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What are your favorite play TITLES? Not necessarily favorite plays. Looking for great titles (and why). (And separately wondering why so many plays have boring one-word titles anymore.) Go! ...
@AmericanTheatre
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Exclusive interview: Hannah Waddingham talks about accepting
@DenverFilm
's inspiration award Thursday,
@TheFallGuyMovie
, gender inequity in film, always leading with kindness and why she actually hates
#karaoke
(!). My Sunday column for
@DenverGazette
—>
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@LeveragedHonky
@CityofDenver
That’s not grass but again, that’s not the point. The point is the rocks. Note … the ROCKS.
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1. Annabella Sciorra &
#JamieDornan
were at
@DenverFilm
Festival to talk about movies that show just how far we have — and not — come in terms of human tribalism: A 30th anniversary screening of
#JungleFever
and new
@BelfastFilm
-->
@DenverGazette
#DFF44
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Today marks the
#FreedomForum
’s annual
#WithoutNews
campaign to raise awareness of threats to journalists around the world. Eleven journalists were killed while reporting the news in 2019. Let’s hope we never have to imagine a world
#WithoutNews
.
@FreedomofPress
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A newspaper …. with a reason to celebrate. Imagine that! Congrats to my
@denvergazette
family.
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I have
#OneBurningQuestion
for
@HandmaidsOnHulu
: What happened to the
@Cubs
logo on June’s hat between the episode that aired and the post-show recap??
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That was a pretty happy room when the den mother of the statehouse, Marianne Goodland, was named Keeper of the Flame
@SPJCOLO
Top of the Rockies awards. She's
@colo_politics
,
@DenverGazette
,
@csgazette
and now boss of
@DenverPressClub
. (Sorry, bad light).
@MGoodland
@ldelpuerto
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So theatre doesn't get any better than seeing the drama kids from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School singing
#SeasonsOfLove
from
#Rent
at
@TheTonyAwards
It just doesn't.
#TonyAwards
.
@ForParkland
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With my cat on borrowed time, I make a point once a week to stroll her down to the nearby park for a small sense of the life in the wild she’s been denied. A lake, cattails, infinite birds, geese and plenty of bemused onlookers? This is my happy new normal!!!
#LunaStar
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I just had to tell the sad 8-year-old
@miamiheat
fan in front of me, “Sorry, kid. I’ve been waiting for this a lot longer than you have.”
@nba
@nuggets
#NBAFinals
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To all the dunderheads now saying the
@nuggets
would be the worst
@nba
champion in history because it only beat two 8s and a 4: You only get to play 8s when you earn the 1 in an 82-game season. So shut it. Read
@woodypaige
—>
#Basketball101
@DenverGazette
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Today is going to be a good day and here's why: I have been taking my niece to live theatre with me since before she could walk, and I am pretty sure
@DearEvanHansen
tonight is going to touch her heart and blow her mind like nothing has before.
#DEHTour
@DenverCenter
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Breaking:
@MinersAlleyPlay
, which has operated in the heart of
#Golden
since 2003, is buying nearby Meyer Hardware for $4.95 million will turn it into
#Golden
's first-ever performing arts center. Read about it in
@DenverGazette
-->
@AmericanTheatre
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Colorado Gov.
@jaredpolis
and his mother, Susan Polis Schutz, are separately promoting mutual understanding in highly divisive times. He through the bipartisan
#DisagreeBetter
campaign. She through her new documentary,
#BridgingDivides
-->
@DenverGazette
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The most outrageous part of this is not that the
#Colorado
@GOP
would credential then (whoops) revoke said cred from veteran
@ColoradoSun
reporter
@fishnette
. It’s that
@PuebloCountySO
would enforce a clear violation of the constitution in removing her —>
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You had the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. We had the Modfather, the Witch and Dancin' Harry. On growing up
@Nuggets
with the first
#DenverNuggets
beat writer for a father. My Sunday column for
@DenverGazette
-->
@NBA
@Pacers
@woodypaige
@VBenedetto
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@Bill_Roldan2022
@wbaltv11
What part of "DNA test results have excluded Syed from the DNA recovered from evidence" do you not understand?
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The news that
@RodMackey
is moving from
@9NEWS
to
@CBSNewsColorado
has me thinking back on Denver’s roster of sports broadcasting legends. Who was your fave? It's my Sunday column for
@DenverGazette
-->
@VicLombardi
@mikeklis
@lionelbienvenu
@ronzappolo
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Hahah.
@woodypaige
calls the
@sixers
without
@JoelEmbiid
“The 38ers.” That’s why he’s
@woodypaige
. —>
@DenverGazette
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Fans of
@theavettbros
know first-hand of Scott Avett's ample songwriting talents. But Denverites were allowed a rare glimpse into his skills as a visual artist. My column for
@DenverGazette
-->
@mcadenver
@RedRocksCO
@DenverArts
@AvettNation
@SweptAwayFans
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I'm very grateful! Thanks especially for spreading the good word of the
@denveractorsfun
and the
@DenverCenter
's
#NewsCenter
mission as a shared journalism resource for Colorado theatre.
The Lucy Jordan Award is given to those who demonstrate “a lifetime commitment to the theatre and especially, helping other theatre artists.”
Recipient
@MooreTheatre
, an Arts Journalist/Advocate in Denver, is seen here receiving his award to a standing ovation. Congratulations!
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Colorado’s Jason Veasey will perform with the cast of
@StrangeLoopBway
on next Sunday’s
@TheTonyAwards
, and he hopes many watching are heartland Black queer kids looking for hope, a role model, or even survival -->
@CBSDenver
@AmericanTheatre
@Veaseyville
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@chrisvanderveen
Are we taking Trump out of context when we point out that, in the same speech, he cast migrants as less than human, saying: “In some cases, they're not people, in my opinion.”?
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@cprwarner
I read a great comment advising people not to make too much out of who is checking in with you and who isn't right now. We're all undergoing varying degrees of stress and loss (human and job), so now isn't the time to draw any conclusions about who is there for you and who isn't.
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Never thought I'd have to include “No acts of ‘lewd physical intimacy’ during
@BeetlejuiceBway
, thank you,
@laurenboebert
" in my handy primer on proper theater etiquette. But, here we are. My column for
@DenverGazette
-->
@AmericanTheatre
#LaurenBoebert
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Congrats to Denver's
@MrJCLynch
, winner of "Best First Feature Film" for
@LuckyFilm2017
by the International Press Academy's
#SatelliteAwards
. Best Actor: Harry Dean Stanton (other nominees included Daniel Day-Lewis, James Franco, Jake Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Jeremy Renner).
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1. Have there been two more colossal back-to-back beatings by visiting teams in the
@nba
playoffs???
2. Our blowout beat their blowout by 1.
3. That’s a 53-point swing in one game, people.
@dlynch_esq
@DNVR_Nuggets
@nuggets
@Wolves
@caseyrandree
@VBenedetto
@CarolAMcKinley
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Best Supporting Actor in a Play winner Brandon Uranowitz
@BranUran
: 'When your child tells you who they are ... believe them.'
#TonyAwards
@TheTonyAwards
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For those who care to follow, I again will be live-Tweeting the results of tonight's
#HenryAwards
from
@arvadacenter
. There are now 33 categories, so ...
#YouHaveBeenWarned
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Humbled. Thank you, (no longer a) stranger, for the nomination!
I’m very glad to have co-presented the
@ActorsEquity
Lucy Jordan (Humanitarian) Award to Denver’s
@MooreTheatre
@denveractorsfun
John Moore tonight. So well deserved, & John I hope you felt the love from so many personally connected by all you do for our community. Congrats.
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I met
@woodypaige
when I was 10. If I hadn’t seen it myself, I wouldn’t believe this (bleep), either. My Sunday column for the
@DenverGazette
-->
@SusieWargin
@PeggyFlemingUSA
@LedeMeOn
@denverpost
@nuggets
@espn
@AroundtheHorn
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There is no question the zeitgeist moment of
#Oscars24
was Ryan Gosling's "I’m Just Ken” dance number. And, once again, it turns out that the maker of that indelible moment was
#Colorado
choreographer Mandy Moore. In the
@DenverGazette
-->
@ABCNetwork
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.
@GrawlixComedy
is furthering
#Denver
’s reputation as a comedy capital with their podcast "The Grawlix Saves the World." (Producer Ron Doyle calls it “friendship porn.”) My Sunday column for
@DenverGazette
-->
@CaytonHolland
@TheOrvedahl
@ComedyWorks
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“This is a major loss to
#Denver
, and to the world of music.” My look back at the life of
#jazz
legend
#RonMiles
, who has died at 58. Thank you,
@donniebetts
,
@Bretontheradio
and others.
@COMusicHallFame
@msudenver
@UofDenver
-->
@DenverGazette
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I've not met
@ArielleOrsuto
but, having pioneered the Denver Post's huge (and long gone) commitment to ongoing women's sports coverage in '90s, I've always felt a journalistic kinship. Her place in Colo broadcasting history is secure.
@DenverGazette
@9NEWS
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“I wouldn’t be surprised if she died confronting the motherf*cker who did this, to be honest with you.” My story on actor and
#KingSoopers
shooting victim
#SuzanneFountain
for
@DenverGazette
. We've lost one of our own -->
@DenverCenter
@AmericanTheatre
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Not that it wasn’t already settled law, but for the record:
@emmyrossum
can do anything. Everything.
@AppleTV
#TheCrowdedRoom
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What a pleasure to witness
@CarolAMcKinley
being named Colorado Journalist of the Year by
@SPJCOLO
last night. She’s the motor of the
@DenverGazette
.
@denmanh
@ldelpuerto
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2021
#TRUEWESTAWARDS
Colorado Theatre Person of the Year: Everyone who kept a company afloat
If you run a Colorado theatre company and you survived 2021, you deserve an award. And this is the best one I’ve got.
#30Days30Bouquets
@americantheatremag
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2. “There’s just something about standing shoulder-to-shoulder with women. I feel it from my toes up like a fizz.” – Hannah Waddingham. My column for
@DenverGazette
. With video -->
@DenverFilm
@Kelly_OnTV
@CBSNewsColorado
@TedLasso
@TheFallGuyMovie
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"A piece of Phamaly's heart has been lost.” My look back at the remarkable life of
@LucyRoucis
, who has died at age 61.
@Phamaly_theatre
@AmericanTheatre
@MichaelJFoxOrg
@arvadacenter
@ReganLinton
-->
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Dozens of supporters of
@suteatro
, the nation’s third-oldest
#ChicanoTheater
company, cheered, sang and toasted the ceremonial burning of the mortgage on its home at 721 Santa Fe Drive. With video and photos -->
@DenverGazette
@AmericanTheatre
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Congratulations for this latest great shot,
@jerileebennett
of
@DenverGazette
.
@nuggets
@NBA
#jamalmurray
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Here's my look back at Tom Robinson, a legendary – and legendarily laid back – athlete, educator, coach, referee, administrator – and my high-school math teacher. -->
@DenverGazette
@CHSAA
@RhondaCHSAA
@RegisJesuitHS
@Big12Conference
@pac12
@CPRDance
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Breaking news: It’s official. With Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s decision tonight to cancel all remaining performances of “Jekyll & Hyde,” there is no currently running live theatre anywhere in Colorado at this time. What a world.
#covid19
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Dusty Saunders is believed to have written more stories than anyone in the nearly 150-year history of the Rocky Mountain News. My report on the end of a golden era in Colorado journalism for
@DenverGazette
—>
@MayorHancock
@joanneostrow
@psaundersdp
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Arts attendance has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. I set out to quantify just how hard it's been for local arts orgs to bounce all the way back – and it's looking like they never will -->
@ArvadaCenter
@DenverArtMuseum
@DenverCenter
@americantheatre
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1. Six weeks after
@CityCastDenver
launched, it was named “Best Podcast” by
@DenverWestword
—>
@CocoDavies
@PaulKarolyi
@XandraMcMahon
@CityCastPod
@DenverGazette
@davidplotz
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It's been a minute since I was on the cover of the sports section. Love the treatment the fine folks from the
@DenverGazette
sports and design departments gave my little
@nuggets
nostalgia piece -->
@DNVR_Nuggets
@NBA
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How are you feeling this morning,
@Nuggets
Nation? 📸 by my
@DenverGazette
colleague
@jerileebennett
.
@Ballin25Braun
@lisaBra44116227
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I’ve gone two days without having anything to say about the
@nuggets
, and it’s left me feeling cold and empty.
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Today,
@MinersAlleyPlay
announced the cast for the play I will be directing there, “The Treasurer,” by Colorado’s Mac Posner. Honored to be joined by Billie McBride, Jasmine Jackson, Peter Trinh and Augie Truhn for one wild bike ride to hell. Opens 7/16.
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The
@CBCA
recently asked me to lead a talk on the overall state of local arts journalism. Distilled to one sentence: "Everyone hates a critic – until there are no more critics." It’s my Sunday column for the
@DenverGazette
-->
@Theatre_Critics
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Hellllo??? Anybody still here? Hang in there. Search parties are on their way!
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When Denver’s Jeff Neuman lost his hearing, he found his voice as a playwright. This year, he will have three plays staged by three companies, starting with
@CCreekTheatre
's “The Headliners,” opening 5/5 -->
@DenverGazette
@thecatamounts
@AmericanTheatre
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Friday fun:
@nbcsnl
alumna
#LeslieJones
talks about her night as a
@ColoradoStateU
student that changed the rest of her life -->
@Lesdoggg
@fckrypodcast
#FortCollins
@DenverGazette
@ConanOBrien
@TeamCoco
#comedy
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@amymbrothers
@denverpost
I wish we had been at The Post at the same time. I feel like we’d be kindred spirits. I’m with you now in job elimination. Here’s to rising from the ashes.
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The greatest gift someone who has lost a parent can ever receive is a photo you've never seen or a story you've never heard. But a message reminding you that your parent has not been forgotten ranks right up there. Thank you,
@toddspehr35
.
@nuggets
@denverpost
@NBA
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1. Despite a new lawsuit, we need to keep staging
#TheLaramieProject
in high schools "because this is our last chance to teach our students what it means to be a compassionate human being.” My column for
@DenverGazette
-->
@AmericanTheatre
@MattShepardFDN
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.
@ColoradoAcademy
graduate Shane Boris has pulled off an extraordinary feat: He is a producer of record for two of the five films nominated for Best Documentary:
@Navalny
and
#FireOfLove
-->
@DenverFilm
@DenverGazette
@sundancefest
#Oscars
#ColoradoFilm
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B+ is our ongoing series offering positive responses to
#COVID19
from around the Colorado theatre community. Here:
@MrJasonRBrown
gave these kids the OK to sing a quarantined version of his song to raise money for
@denveractorsfun
-->
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Three
@denverpost
theater critics walk into a new-play summit …
#CNPS24
@denvercenter
@AmericanTheatre
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I’m guessing
#NathanielRateliff
is getting ready to
#nationalanthem
the hell out of Ball Arena.
@nuggets
@NRateliff
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Hey,
@nuggets
, you have been killing it on playoff
#anthem
singers. How about pulling out all the stops and inviting India.arie, daughter of my fave Nugget, Ralph Simpson? Are you with me,
@indiaariefans_
?
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This is online now, which sort of makes it real, but still … not really. Mind still kablooey. 🤯 Thank you,
@readartdesk
and
@nytimes
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I’m a lifelong journalist who wrote a pilot for
#DirtyLittleWar
, a comedy about the waning days of the newspaper war in Denver. A lead character is G.P. (Grammar Psycho), an etymology terrorist who corrects bad grammar wherever she sees it - even in neon signs.
#WGAStaffingBoost
Scribes! If you're a writer looking to staff this season, I want to help you out. Reply with a few sentences about what kind of writer you are & why showrunners should give you a shot, and I'll give you a
#WGAStaffingBoost
.
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Ali Stroker, who became the first actor who uses a wheelchair to win a
#TonyAward
for
@OklahomaBway
, headlines
@EastersealsCO
's 100th anniversary gala in Denver Friday. My exclusive interview -->
@TheTonyAwards
@Phamaly_theatre
@drunkhistory
@ALISTROKER
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ACTOR IN A MUSICAL, TIER 2 (TIE)
• Miracle Myles
@miraclexmyles
• Jeremy Rill
@rillportraits
Both from
#Footloose
Give 5 Productions and
@ParkerArtsCO
#HenryAwards
@CTGGuild
@denvergazette
@julia_tobey
#CTGHenryAwards2023
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Watching LeBron and A.D. and the rest of the
@Lakers
cry about the
@NBA
#officiating
is maybe the most delicious part of tonight’s game outside of the
#HolyMurray
shot itself. Oh, the irony.
@nuggets
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2. More news including
@DenverArtMuseum
featured on
@SmithsonianChan
(but the artist who made that massive dustpan has died) ...
@DenverFilm
lands
@colmandomingo
for
#CinemaQ
fest.
@CO_Creatives
@CoCandlelight
@ElitchTheatre
-->
@DenverGazette
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My fave pod
@centuriespod
often manages to combine my love of both
#TrueCrime
and musical theater. Yes, you read that right. Case in point: The story behind the “Not Guilty” cell-block siren immigrant from
@ChicagoMusical
—>
@ReporterAmber
@AmericanTheatre
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No one had told us our new college intern had a profound stutter. “This poor bastard,” I thought. “How is he ever going to conduct an interview?” Ten years later, John Hendrickson was interviewing
@JoeBiden
for
@TheAtlantic
—>
@JohnGHendy
@AAKnopf
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@ULTRAGLOSS
@a_anderson64
Good news! The decade ends with 2020, so you actually have 53 more chances!
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I spoke with
@PhilipBaileyEWF
about Wednesday's
@EarthWindFire
concert with
@SantanaCarlos
at
@BallArenaDenver
, the recent death of
@DenverEastHS
classmate Andrew Woolfolk (and band member through 1993), his
#MusicIsUnity
and more for
@DenverGazette
-->
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First of two stories in tomorrow's
@DenverGazette
with the latest on the Chez Artiste closing. No. 1: The loss of 5 screens dedicated to indie films in 3 weeks has movie fans wondering: Are we in the final reel of the true arthouse cinema in Denver? -->
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@TGreenDenver
@nuggets
It’s true. Once again, between the altitude and the crooked refs and the creating of Jokic in a Serbian lab, the
@nba
has conspired for yet another heartland, flyover, mid-sized market that will produce just middling TV ratings to win it all. … Hey, wait a minute!
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I just saw
@dannyelfman
of
#OingoBoingo
do the
#OogieBoogie
(from ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’). So THAT’s kind of cool.
@CO_Symphony
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