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Colorado Shakespeare Festival favorite Rodney Lizcano will soon have something in common with great actors Ian McKellen, Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh and Benedict Cumberbatch: having played the role of Richard III.
The festival's 2018 season kicks off with a lighthearted homage to its academic surroundings in a play about a king and three of his noblemen who make a pact to sequester themselves, concentrate only on learning and swear off love.
Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer will return to develop "If I Were You," a contemporary Faustian tale, resulting in performances June 15 and June 17 that are free and open to the public.
The new program connecting artists and scholars will host a performance May 13 at Old Main Chapel and presentations by the inaugural residency cohort May 17 at the Boulder Public Library.
"The Show" features integrated, responsive lighted costumes that change pattern, color and brightness based on sensor data to tell relatable stories about personal relationships.
The Boulder Chamber Orchestra will once again bring a special performance to Macky Auditorium, this time, in a concert titled "May the 4th (Be With You)" featuring the music of "Star Wars."
The production, running April 26鈥�29, illuminates the plot from a feminist point of view and considers the banality of capital punishment cast upon women charged with being unchaste.
The Grammy Award-winning string quartet has been moving audiences and selling out concerts for three decades at CU Boulder, with this month's performances already sold out.
