The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Off-Center and The Path Entertainment Group — as part of their existing licensing agreement partnership with leading toy and game company, Hasbro — are proud to announce Denver as the U.S. tour launch of MONOPOLY LIFESIZED: Travel Edition. Following its three year, critically acclaimed run in London, […]
Described by The Denver Post’s Lisa Kennedy as “arguably the Big Kahuna of Drama,” the Denver Center Theatre Company prepares for William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Helmed by DCTC Artistic Director Coleman, this haunting psychological revenge thriller appears in the Wolf Theatre Sept. 13-Oct 6, 2024. But Hamlet isn’t the only classic by the Bard to fill […]
The witches of Oz are coming to Denver this summer; Wicked is flying into the Buell Theatre on July 24. In the interview below, Glinda and Elphaba, portrayed by Austen Danielle Bohmer and Lauren Samuels, talk about their roles, the impact of Wicked, and what they’re looking forward to during their stay in Denver. DCPA: […]
The Second City: Comedian Rhapsody will bring all the laughs and comedic antics to DCPA’s Garner Galleria Theatre from July 17 through August 11. The Second City is a feat of skits and sketches that make audience members snicker. Since 1975, this show has been the number one source of comedy and has fueled the careers of well-known […]
There’s a little bit of magic everywhere if you know how to look for it. Fall under the spell of THE WIZ, running until April 20 at the Buell Theatre. The production is a retelling of the classic Wizard of Oz, and features some beloved witches. Through the story we learn witches can have both […]
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ annual gala, Saturday Night Alive, was held on June 8, 2024. Saturday Night Alive serves as a fundraiser for DCPA theatre and education programs. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $23 million to support locally produced plays, onsite acting classes, and educational programs. Each year, […]
The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy revolution began. The small cabaret theater grew to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars. The Second City’s […]
Colorado is always bursting with new attractions, organizations, and events — and we’re fortunate that our citizens support them with attendance and enthusiasm. The miners, merchants and other settlers who streamed into Colorado quickly established centers of arts and culture, building an opera house in 1878 and forming a symphony in 1892. Many other institutions […]
In 1900, author L. Frank Baum, wrote a charming book called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that became a children’s classic. The book was turned into a stage musical a year later and begat another great classic: the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Judy Garland played a girl who, after a close encounter of […]
In Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, the Garner Galleria’s upcoming improvised musical comedy show, a band of master improvisers create musical numbers based on audience suggestions. These spur-of-the-moment showstoppers then compete for the coveted Tony – ahem – Phony Awards. The winning song is then fleshed out into a full musical production with a plot, characters, […]