Denver Post: Ten plays to watch this winter

In last Sunday's Denver Post, theatre critic John Moore listed his "10 Plays to Watch" and include the Fine Arts Center Theatre Company's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, (which opens Jan. 22) writing in part:

The intrigue: The Fine Arts Center presents some of the biggest and best musicals in Colorado. "Sweeney Todd" follows ambitious stagings of "Into the Woods" and "Sunday in the Park with George." It stars Alan Osburn, who played Javert in Broadway's "Les Miserables."

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Westword previews ATOMICELROY'S HOMETOWN at the MODERN

"Atomic Elroy (aka Tom McElroy), a fixture in the Colorado Springs art community, isn’t an easy person to explain. A one-man artistic mover and shaker, he puts you in mind of a Phil Bender, but...a Phil Bender in Colorado Springs," says Denver entertainment weekly, Westword. In this preview, AE describes himself as a "lone voice in the forest" and an "artistic salmon floating up the stream."

He won't be alone this Friday, Feb. 6, for the Opening Celebration of ATOMICELROY'S HOMETOWN at the FAC MODERN in the Plaza of the Rockies as part of the First Friday Art Walk. Admission is free and the public is welcome from 5-8 p.m.

Gazette previews 'A Christmas Carol'

The Gazette interviewed director Alan Osburn for a piece entitled, "Christmas Carol stars will take flight at arts center," because in this year's FAC Theatre Company production you will see actors flying, but the show isn't just about special effects "You know, it's not about shopping. It's not about malls," says Osburn of the tale, which Dickens called "a whimsical sort of masque intended to awaken loving and forbearing thoughts. Dickens felt that Christmas was a time of rebirth," he says, "a time to gather together and figure out we did wrong and do it over. I think that's why (audiences) keep coming back. I think it's the rebirth factor." Tickets are available for this weekend.