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Emily Hahn and Mya Schaffer 2019 Scenesters

January 20, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Scenesters: DCPA announces 2019 class of student playwriting finalists

Tomorrow, DCPA Education will reveal the three scripts to be presented at next month's Colorado New Play Summit

January 15, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Video: Remembering Carol Channing’s 2010 visit to Fort Collins

LastNight-HandGames-instrustions-board-HR

January 14, 2019/by Lynde Rosario

Lynde Rosario on the history of hand games

January 14, 2019/by Genevieve Miller Holt

‘Rock of Ages’ at 10: Still nothin’ but a good time

'The Whistleblower' cast at first rehearsal. Photo by John Moore.

January 11, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

The truth hurts: What happens when you blow the whistle on your loved ones

January 15, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Video: Remembering Carol Channing’s 2010 visit to Fort Collins

The Broadway legend and tireless advocate's message: 'When you cut funding for the arts, you are creating the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.'

January 14, 2019/by Genevieve Miller Holt

‘Rock of Ages’ at 10: Still nothin’ but a good time

The cast of Cirque Eloize 'Hotel.' Photo by Pierre Manning.

December 15, 2018/by DCPA Press

Meet the characters who are checking into Cirque Éloize – ‘Hotel’

From left: Sean Bell, Joseph Sammour, Frankie Leoni and Joshua Michael Burrage in the national touring production of 'A Bronx Tale.' Photo by Joan Marcus.

December 15, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Palminteri finds a new musical audience for his timeless ‘A Bronx Tale’

Betty Buckley with the Denver-bound national touring company of 'Hello, Dolly!' Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes.

December 10, 2018/by DCPA Press

Tickets to see ‘Hello Dolly!’ starring Betty Buckley now on sale

Emily Hahn and Mya Schaffer 2019 Scenesters

January 20, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Scenesters: DCPA announces 2019 class of student playwriting finalists

Tomorrow, DCPA Education will reveal the three scripts to be presented at next month's Colorado New Play Summit

December 28, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Art and Artist, Jessica Austgen: Cult Following, Academy Instructor … Total Nerd

December 10, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Video: A conversation with the cast of DCPA Education’s ‘Corduroy’

Angels in America Master Class. Andrew Covin and Lilia Vassileva-Eheart. Photo by John Moore

November 29, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

DCPA Master Classes give students chance to reach the unreachable story

Vanessa Williams. Photo by Rod Spicer

October 19, 2018/by DCPA Press

Drum roll … Vanessa Williams to headline 2019 ‘Saturday Night Alive’

Powered by Off-Center playwrights

November 30, 2018/by DCPA Press

DCPA selects first two projects for new artist residency program

The Denver Center's new development initiative, called Powered By Off-Center, drew 56 submissions from local artists

SantaLand BETC Michael Bouchard

November 13, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Stephen Weitz on 10 years of seasonal ‘SantaLand’ sarcasm

Rakeem Lawrence in 'Toxoplasmosis (or) High Strangeness,' by Sean Michael Cummings. Photos by Adams VisCom.

October 26, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Video, photos: Your first look at Bite-Size: An Evening of Micro Theatre

October 24, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Jeffrey Neuman on finding life after death in the margins of a book

HOLY COUCH BITE-SIZE PHOTO BY JOHN MOORE

October 22, 2018/by Edith Weiss

Edith Weiss on the wise words of Jesus and Mr. Rogers

LastNight-HandGames-instrustions-board-HR

January 14, 2019/by Lynde Rosario

Lynde Rosario on the history of hand games

An essential part of the play 'Last Night and the Night Before' was also a vital part of DCPA Literary Manager's childhood

'The Whistleblower' cast at first rehearsal. Photo by John Moore.

January 11, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

The truth hurts: What happens when you blow the whistle on your loved ones

QUOTE ANNA KARENINA

January 10, 2019/by Sylvie Drake

From Russia with love: Bringing ‘Anna Karenina’ to life on the stage

'The Whistleblower' has its first performance on February 8. Photo by John Moore for the DCPA NewsCenter.

January 10, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

‘The Whistleblower’ and the comic danger of radical honesty

Zaria Kelley and Bianca Laverne Jones play a hand game at the first rehearsal for 'Last Night and the Night Before.' Photo by John Moore for the DCPA NewsCenter.

January 2, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

‘Last Night’ and the story you’ve never heard before

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Metamorphoses. Avenue Theater.

January 17, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Breaking news: The Avenue Theater, as we know it, is no more

After 34 years of laughs, chills, songs and comedy sketches, Denver also could be losing one of its precious few remaining downtown theater spaces

January 15, 2019/by DCPA Press

DCPA reports $193.4 million economic impact in 2017-18 ticket sales

Read more about 'Come From Away. Photo by John Moore

January 3, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Our 10 favorite NewsCenter stories of 2018

January 3, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

January: When local theatre digs deeper

True West Awards 2018 Jessica Austgen

December 28, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

True West Awards: 2018 Colorado Theatre Person of the Year Jessica Austgen

May 24, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

2018 Bobby G Awards: DSA reaches the heights with ‘In the Heights’

Awards celebrating achievements in Colorado high-school musical theatre are spread over a record 13 schools

May 24, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Photos: The buildup to tonight's Bobby G Awards

May 23, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Bobby G Awards Outstanding Chorus nominee: Regis Jesuit High School

May 22, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Bobby G Awards Outstanding Chorus nominee: Chaparral High School

May 20, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Bobby G Awards Outstanding Chorus nominee: ThunderRidge High School

Metamorphoses. Avenue Theater.

January 17, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Breaking news: The Avenue Theater, as we know it, is no more

After 34 years of laughs, chills, songs and comedy sketches, Denver also could be losing one of its precious few remaining downtown theater spaces

January 15, 2019/by DCPA Press

DCPA reports $193.4 million economic impact in 2017-18 ticket sales

Read more about 'Come From Away. Photo by John Moore

January 3, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Our 10 favorite NewsCenter stories of 2018

January 3, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

January: When local theatre digs deeper

True West Awards 2018 Jessica Austgen

December 28, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

True West Awards: 2018 Colorado Theatre Person of the Year Jessica Austgen

Harmony Livingston, who plays Katherine Plumber in Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s regional premiere of Disney’s Newsies through Aug. 26, will next play Mary Poppins. Garland Photography

July 16, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Meet Harmony Livingston

Harmony Livingston, who plays Katherine Plumber in Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s regional premiere of Disney’s Newsies in Johnstown through Aug. 26, has performed regionally including Off-Broadway and in the San Francisco area.

July 10, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

‘Corduroy’ cast will include multiple Henry Award nominees

May 25, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

To bee or to beetle? For Tristan C. Regini, that is the question

May 23, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Corbin Payne of 'The Who's Tommy' on the future state of your eardrums

May 16, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Owen Zitek on standing up for those who are thought of as lesser

January 3, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

January: When local theatre digs deeper

From 'Hooded' to 'Gloria' to American Prom,' substantive new plays tackle issue of race at theatres from Aurora to Denver to Colorado Springs

September 14, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

New Colorado Springs artistic leader on closing the empathy gap

September 6, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

September in Colorado theatre: The fall season begins

September 5, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

‘Mamma Mia’ marks Devine’s hair-raising return to the stage

August 31, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Retrospective: Christopher Willard leaves Breckenridge Backstage

National and breaking stories

Metamorphoses. Avenue Theater.

January 17, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Breaking news: The Avenue Theater, as we know it, is no more

Kate MacCluggage in Noises Off.

December 14, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Casting announced: ‘Anna Karenina’ brings Kate MacCluggage back to Denver Center

Bill Christ in 'Cyrano,' left starring in Cyrano, and Leslie O'Carroll, right in 'A Christmas Carol,' will be reunited in 'The Whistleblower.' Photos by Terry Shapiro and Adams VisCom.

December 11, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Casts announced for ‘The Whistleblower’ and ‘Last Night and the Night Before’

Betty Buckley with the Denver-bound national touring company of 'Hello, Dolly!' Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes.

December 10, 2018/by DCPA Press

Tickets to see ‘Hello Dolly!’ starring Betty Buckley now on sale

October 26, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Breaking news on Breakin’ Convention: Local acts named to join headliners

Latest Posts

Emily Hahn and Mya Schaffer 2019 Scenesters

January 20, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Scenesters: DCPA announces 2019 class of student playwriting finalists

Metamorphoses. Avenue Theater.

January 17, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Breaking news: The Avenue Theater, as we know it, is no more

January 15, 2019/by DCPA Press

DCPA reports $193.4 million economic impact in 2017-18 ticket sales

January 15, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Video: Remembering Carol Channing’s 2010 visit to Fort Collins

LastNight-HandGames-instrustions-board-HR

January 14, 2019/by Lynde Rosario

Lynde Rosario on the history of hand games

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