Moriah and Isabel Curley-Clay Archives

Marcy Mallard in The Cake at Horizon Theatre

Supreme Court case inspires This Is Us writer’s play,The Cake

Jim FarmerJune 4, 2019

Inspired by the Colorado case of a baker who refused to make a cake for a gay male couple, Bekah Brunstetter’s The Cake sounds, at least on paper, like a play t...

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Review: Horizon’s “Freaky Friday” hits the high notes but doesn’t quite pull together

Jim FarmerMarch 21, 2018

In the 70s it was Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster, in the 90s (on TV) it was Shelley Long and Gaby Hoffmann and in 2003 it was Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Loha...

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Review: True Colors’ “Exit Strategy” is sound and solid, but yearns for a deeper commitment

Kelundra SmithMarch 2, 2017

The teacher’s lounge is traditionally a place that operates under the Vegas rule, but in Ike Holter’s play Exit Strategy, at True Colors Theatre through March 1...

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Review: Superb cast, sharp dialogue mark Horizon’s “City of Conversation”

Jim FarmerMay 25, 2016

Anthony Giardina’s The City of Conversation is a period piece not only for its era (the play starts in the late Seventies), but for its fond recollection of a t...

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Review: Horizon’s “The Toxic Avenger” is one of the unsung super heroes of this theater season

Jim FarmerFebruary 10, 2016

Leslie Bellair steals the show with dual roles in The Toxic Avenger. (Photos by Amanda Cantrell) Oftentimes theater gems can be found when least expected. It’...

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Review: Serenbe puts a rousing stamp on “Evita” for one of the best musicals of the season

Jim FarmerJuly 29, 2015

Serenbe's production of Evita is surprisingly good. (Photos courtesy Serenbe Playhouse.) If he hasn’t already, Brian Clowdus, the artistic director of Serenbe...

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