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 […]
Cast and Creative Teams for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Happiest Man on Earth Announced
/in Press, Theatre Company, General, Meet the Cast/by Suzanne YoeThe Denver Center Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative teams for the two productions leading the 2025/26 Theatre Company season, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams and directed by Chris Coleman and The Happiest Man on Earth adapted by Mark St. Germain and directed by Ron Lagomarsino. […]
2025/26 Plays on Stage Along Colorado’s Front Range
/in Community Engagement, Events, General/by Lisa KennedyIn addition to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ 35 plays and musicals, the 2025/26 theatre season offers a plethora of options on stages along Colorado’s Front Range. Mark these on your calendar and be sure to support local theatre. SEPTEMBER 2025 Eureka Day Curious Theatre Company, Sep. 4-Oct. 5 Artists have […]
Between the Rails
/in DCPA, Off-Center, General, Uncategorized/by Bre ShortWhat is Third Rail Projects and Why Should Denver Audiences Care? Once upon a heady time, I walked over the third rail of the New York City subway. Donning a cocktail dress and heels, fueled by the kind of immortal delirium only your twenties can afford, I casually placed one foot after the other across […]
2025/26 Musical Theatre Preview Along Colorado’s Front Range
/in Community Engagement, Events, General, Uncategorized/by Lisa KennedyDim the lights. Unwrap that piece of candy. Cue the overture. Yes, fellow aisle-anders (okay, we’re working on that), the 2025/26 season is upon us with no shortage of musicals and plays that aim to please or perturb — sometimes both — and all the other feels. And as is the way with art […]
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, General/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 […]