MANITOU SPRINGS — After centuries of swashbuckling ribaldry, the art of melodrama ... is up against a villain far more insidious than a rotund, bellicose man who twirls his mustache.

"I've been the villain for the ... They met while doing the melodrama. Finally, when you're at the show, get a good look at Sullivan's curling and properly villainous moustache.

All that's missing is a mustache on the big, bad villain. Revenge of the Land (CBC ... Havana, Mi Amor is an affirmation of the enduring appeal of melodrama, but if you watch Revenge of the ...

You likely haven’t seen a show like the ones The Black Mustache Old-Fashioned Melodrama Company has cooked up. “Melodrama is all about audience participation. Participants boo the villain ...

The melodrama first act is followed with another ... the format shifted from the stereotypical handlebar mustache-twirling villain, virtuous heroine and gallant hero to a more fun and looser ...