Entries by DCPA Press

Beyond the Script: Denver Public Library’s Guide to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Thanks to the Denver Public Library, we’re delighted to provide these library resources to enhance your theatre experience of Denver Center Theatre Company’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. READ    Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr This excellent biography of Williams that was a best book of 2014 highlights his Southern […]

Daring Dance

By Valerie Gladstone Big corporations usually stay with the tried and true. Risk isn’t their game. But in 1997, in an inspired act of hiring, Disney asked the choreographer Garth Fagan to take on The Lion King. Until that point, Fagan had choreographed on two other theatre works, the Duke Ellington opera, Queenie Pie, in […]

Activity Central: Disney’s The Lion King

  As one of the most beloved films and musicals of all times, Disney’s The Lion King has charmed the child in all of us. To complement our Denver engagement, Disney Theatrical Productions has provided coloring sheets, a family activity packet, a study guide, trivia, fun facts, and more. Make the most of your experience at The […]

Discussion Guide: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

If Tennessee Willliams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play had been a book, it would have been a sure-fire best-seller. Instead, it was inspired by his 1952 short story, Three Players of a Summer Game. Raw, turbulent, and riveting from start to finish, this American classic unfolds one sweltering night on the Pollitt family estate, where betrayals and unburied […]

Un-shuck Your Creativity

Puns can be so corny, but a-maize-ingly they continue to pop up regularly in conversation. In fact, I just delivered three…all at the expense of Shucked, a Broadway tour about — of all things — corn. Described as a “corn-fed, corn-bred American musical,” Shucked plays the Buell Theatre Oct. 7-19, 2025. Make sure to get […]

A Conversation with Julie Taymor

Excerpted from The Lion King: Pride Rock on Broadway by Julie Taymor   Julie Taymor on the Challenges of Translating the Film Version to the Stage “To maintain the integrity of my own style, while incorporating it into one of the most beloved stories in recent history, was the first challenge to contemplate. With preconceptions […]

Join the Circle of Life

A Guide to the Amazing Opening Scene of The Lion King on Tour “Circle of Life,” The Lion King’s jaw-dropping, much-talked-about opening number, introduces a menagerie of animals who stride, leap, gallop and dance across the stage. A closer look reveals the creative magic at work behind this breathtaking bit of stagecraft. 1 LET’S GIVE […]

Discussion Guide: The Happiest Man on Earth

Based on The New York Times best-selling memoir by Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth tells a remarkable story of survival, revealing a paradox of joy built on a foundation of grief. This Denver Center Theatre Company production is playing September 19 through November 2, 2025 in the Singleton Theatre.     Character and Identity How […]

Bringing the Story to Life

Dr. 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 […]