Best Places to Experience Colorado’s Dark Skies and Stargazing If you’re looking at the Colorado sky, it may be increasingly difficult to pick out the namesake of Beetlejuice. Betelgeuse, the tenth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star that is part of the Orion constellation. As humans have progressed from the […]
The Power of the Pause The best public speakers aren’t born. Confidence at the podium is built through preparation, practice, and purposeful coaching. When Delanie Baumgartner enrolled in one-on-one public speaking coaching through the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), her goal was clear: become more confident speaking in front of groups. As a […]
Denver-based actress, choreographer, director, and teaching artist Diana Dresser was selected as one of ten individuals across the nation to participate in this year’s Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship, a prestigious week-long master class and retreat. Taking place July 12-19, the eight-day program included a daily master class with actress Phylicia Rashad. Held at Ten Chimneys, the estate […]
The moment a community stops asking to belong and claims it Phamaly Theatre Company has been “cripping” the theatrical canon for nearly four decades, reimagining what theatre looks like and who it’s built for. About Phamaly From its inaugural show, Guys and Dolls in 1990, to last year’s Pippin in partnership with the Denver Center […]
Who among us has eaten SPAM®? Now, come on. Be honest. Flavorable Varieties You can get a 12 ounce can of salty, spammy goodness for around $4. It comes in a variety of flavors — oven roasted turkey, hickory smoke, jalapeño, bacon, maple, hot and spicy, teriyaki, low sodium, lite, and good ol’ classic. That […]
Beetlejuice choreographer Connor Gallagher aims to please diehard devotees of the film – and welcome new ones into the fold. Connor Gallagher knew fans of Beetlejuice, Tim Burton’s over-the-top 1988 movie, would have high expectations of the musical adaptation. But the choreographer also knew there’d be audience members who’d never seen the source material, and […]
A Guide to Denver’s Gothic Haunts and Happenings Walking in downtown Denver, you’ll see young couples with dogs, old folks carrying Trader Joe’s grocery bags, and bicyclists racing down Broadway. You might not even be aware of the Gothic subculture living its best life in Denver. In case you’re confused, we aren’t talking about the […]
For die-hard fans of Beetlejuice (be it the film or the stage production), these fun facts may be commonly known, but they help explain the otherworldly success of Tim Burton and his most well-known character whom we shall not say three times — Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetle… OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit the Beetlejuice show detail page […]
There are many improv shows in Denver. This is not an article about improv shows. This is an article about improv theatre — a long-form type of improvisation wherein an entire plot of a performance is devised around a single audience suggestion. Denver audiences may recall the antics of The Improvised Shakespeare Company®, which appears […]
Cartoon superheros, talking cleaning bottles, instructional videos, the audiobook version of that best seller, and even some of the questions heard on the radio — these are all done by voiceover artists. “It can be so very broad. I think of voiceover as being anytime you hear a voice without the face of the person […]