Okay, he gushed. Ryan Fitzgerald had just seen Shucked at the invitation of the show’s writer, Robert Horn — or as the actor says only half-jokingly, “The man. The myth. The legend” — and, yup, now he was gushing. Fitzgerald, who is in the ensemble of the first national tour of Shucked, met the writer […]
Robert Petkoff: Murder, Madness, and Moulin Rouge!
/in Broadway, General/by Suzanne YoeThe national tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical! is a bit of a homecoming for actor Robert Petkoff, or at least that’s what we at the Denver Center like to think. After all, his first play in Denver was the granddaddy of theatre — Tantalus — the 10-part, nine-hour play recounting the Trojan War. […]
Bringing the Story to Life
/in Broadway/by DCPA PressDr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical was originally commissioned by and produced at The Children’s Theater Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a theater recognized as North America’s flagship theatre for young people and families. The Grinch made his debut on the CTC stage in November of 1994, after special arrangements had been made […]
A Blueprint for Happiness
/in Theatre Company/by Lisa KennedyWith his wavy white hair, his dapper blue-gray suit and gold-rimmed eyeglasses, the nonagenarian did not look a day over 80. Standing at a podium at a 2019 Ted Talk, 99-year-old Eddie Jaku looked out at the audience before he began recounting his experiences of Kristallnacht and the five concentration camps he survived. “My dear […]
Tennessee Williams Looms Large with Cat by a Hot Tin Roof
/in Theatre Company/by Lisa KennedyTennessee Williams might not be the biggest daddy in American theater — there is Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, August Wilson — but the Mississippi-born playwright comes awfully close. His early plays became a string of Broadway hits: The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sweet Bird of Youth, and Night […]
The Sweet Taste of Cornquest: A DSA Grad’s Journey to Shucked
/in DCPA, Broadway/by Lisa KennedyOkay, he gushed. Ryan Fitzgerald had just seen Shucked at the invitation of the show’s writer, Robert Horn — or as the actor says only half-jokingly, “The man. The myth. The legend” — and, yup, now he was gushing. Fitzgerald, who is in the ensemble of the first national tour of Shucked, met the writer […]
From Antique to Vintage: Broadway Promises a Blast from the Past
/in DCPA, Off-Center, Community Engagement, General/by Suzanne YoeOnce upon a time in the not-too-distant past, a stretch along Broadway was called Antique Row. Spanning seven long blocks from 1100 to 1800 Broadway, the area boasted more than 100 antique and novelty stores. Antique Row is now something of an artifact itself having been largely displaced by new development and replaced by trendier […]
DCPA Tickets for 35 Shows Now on Sale
/in DCPA, Press, Broadway, Theatre Company, Off-Center, Education, Cabaret/by DCPA PressDCPA Tickets for 35 Shows Now on Sale Tickets available for most shows including The Phantom of the Opera, The Outsiders, and Next to Normal DENVER — The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) announces today that tickets for most titles for its 2025/26 season programming are now on sale to the public. […]
Sweet & Lucky: A Retrospective
/in Off-Center/by Joanne OstrowIn 2016, the original Sweet & Lucky immersive theater experience opened in a 16,000-square-foot RiNo warehouse, commissioned by the DCPA’s Off-Center in collaboration with New York-based Third Rail Projects. No two audience members had exactly the same experience: only 72 people were admitted per night, with 25 cast and crew. Led in small groups […]
Sweet & Lucky returns with Echo
/in Off-Center/by Joanne OstrowSweet & Lucky, the 360-degree, dream-like dance-theater experience that catapulted Denver, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and Off-Center to the forefront of the immersive theater world in 2016, returns with Sweet & Lucky: Echo. Neither sequel nor prequel, Echo has been incubating for years and aims to be similar enough but different enough […]
Cirque du Soliel ECHO: We are the Architects of Our World
/in General/by Suzanne YoeIt took some doing and a leap of faith, but, finally, Cirque du Soliel chose to make its Denver debut in 1995 with Saltimbanco. But what’s a little showbiz without a lot of risk? The company which formed in 1982 from a talented bunch of street performers had two things in common. Vision and […]