Off Limits  Far, far out!  It doesn't have the Hollywood hook of
The Lion King, the critical acclaim of Tantalus or the Big Apple
bite of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!, but Almost
Heaven: Songs and Stories of John Denver-- the story of the late
John Denver's life and work, told in song -- has something else:
hometown appeal. "It's so Colorado-specific," says Chris Wiger,
spokesman for the Denver Center Theatre Company, which is
producing the musical. "I can't imagine it opening somewhere
else. People are embracing it simply because he was so
Colorado."  (Even if he was born Henry John Deutschendorf in
Roswell, New Mexico, on December 31, 1943.)  But Almost Heaven
has also generated a huge advance buzz in Europe, where there
are almost as many fan clubs devoted to JD as there are in the
United States. "We have at least six fan clubs that are flying
in from outside of Denver to see the show, one from Copenhagen,"
Wiger says. "There are ten people in that group. They are
staying here three days and see