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Theater reviews in Denver: Denver Center’s “The 39 Steps” and Benchmark’s “A Great Wilderness”

Everybody has an outfit or two they love but don’t have the occasion or courage to pull out of the closest. Celebrating style like that — and providing an opportunity to bust out these gems — …

Everybody has an outfit or two they love but don’t have the occasion or courage to pull out of the closest. Celebrating style like that — and providing an opportunity to bust out these gems — …

Everybody has an outfit or two they love but don’t have the occasion or courage to pull out of the closest. Celebrating style like that — and providing an opportunity to bust out these gems — …

Everybody has an outfit or two they love but don’t have the occasion or courage to pull out of the closest. Celebrating style like that — and providing an opportunity to bust out these gems — …

Where there was once a bustling Denver theater scene becoming more interesting by the year — more experimentation, funkier musicals, explorations of race, sex and identity, immersive events featuring food and drink — there has been a long silence, despite some outdoor performances and a fair amount of video streaming. One of the most intriguing — and so far most silent — Front Range companies has been Benchmark Theatre. Rachel Rogers, co-founder with Haley Johnson, left in January. Joh...