By Claudia Carbone
Jesus Christ Superstar, the rock opera that shook up Broadway in its 1971 debut, currently is rocking the Arvada Center in a nearly flawless production. Director Rod Lansberry and his team meticulously researched the year 33 A.D for a realistic staging of the final days of Christ’s life. Add the cacophony of the 70s synthesizer-heavy rock music of a young (21) Andrew Lloyd Webber and punchy pop lyrics by 25-year-old Tim Rice, and it’s another spectacular hit musical for the Arvada Center. As an opera, there are no spoken words, only singing.
Alice Kramden was famously unimpressed when her husband Ralph regularly threatened to send her to the moon.
Two old but excitable miners rejoice at the prospect of future riches, even as their daily grind is full of hardship and ill-health. One, enjoying a smoke from his pipe, holds a gold nugget, too small to see, while regaling the other with tales of the many near misses of his long mining career. The man’s loyal but irascible burro brays its displeasure at hearing, yet again, tales of what might have been. The kneeling second miner pans away, fruitlessly continuing his search. 
The Nutcracker Ballet is a warm holiday tradition enjoyed by families every year, and mine is no exception. I went to opening day matinee with my oldest granddaughter Amanda, 29, my daughter Kathleen who lives here and her little girl, my youngest grandie Leona, a kindergartener at University Park School. Here’s how each generation reacted to Colorado Ballet’s 56th performance of the beloved classic.
The hit musical Jersey Boys returned to Denver November 9 for the fourth time. It will run through November 13. 
Temporary exhibition comes to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, one of only five stops on the U.S. tour