Entries by DCPA Press

The Creators of Mean Girls

To return to the DCPA Subscriber News Center, click here. Provided by Mean Girls. How do you take a movie that people know by heart and make something new out of it? Can you take established characters and open them up to go deeper? And what about phones, y’all?! What are we gonna do about phones?! […]

First Look: Theater of the Mind

IT’S ALL INSIDE YOUR HEAD. BUT IS ANY OF IT REAL? Co-created by Academy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning artist David Byrne and writer Mala Gaonkar, Theater of the Mind is a new theatrical experience you’ll see, feel, taste and hear. Inspired by both historical and current neuroscience research, the show takes you on an immersive […]

DCPA Broadway’s 2023/24 Season Announcement

Denver Center for the Performing Arts Broadway and Cabaret announce the new, bigger, brighter and bolder 2023/2024 season. Subscription shows include 1776, Jagged Little Pill, Beetlejuice, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, SIX, Message In A Bottle, MJ and Company, with Denver favorites:  The Book of Mormon, Disney’s Aladdin, Les Misérables, Wicked and many more as added attractions. “I couldn’t be happier to bring a brand-new season filled with award-winning productions direct from Broadway,” […]

Q&A with Seema Sueko, Director of The Chinese Lady

To return to the DCPA Subscriber News Center, click here. DCPA NEWSCENTER: How did you come to direct the DCPA Theatre Company’s production of The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh? SEEMA SUEKO: Artistic Director Chris Coleman reached out to me with the opportunity in March of this year. I had worked at DCPA in 2018, […]

DCPA Theatre Company and Education Announce Cast and Creative Teams for Fall Productions

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Theatre Company and Education departments are proud to announce the full casting and creative teams for the 2022/23 fall productions of The Chinese Lady, Much Ado About Nothing, LITTLE RED, and A Christmas Carol. “The DCPA is bustling with excitement this fall! From the world premiere immersive […]

Insight into Hadestown

To return to the DCPA Subscriber News Center, click here. Anaïs Mitchell, Hadestown writer and composer, & Rachel Chavkin, Broadway director of Hadestown Q&A Q: What inspired Hadestown? ANAÏS MITCHELL: I was just at the beginning of a career as a singer-songwriter and I was driving from one tip gig to another when the melody […]

Hadestown’s Hope and Healing Powers

The fact that Hadestown feels so relevant may seem surprising, considering that its composition started more than a decade ago. Mitchell conceived “Wait for Me,” a fiery declaration song at the center of the score, several years before Hadestown saw a Broadway stage, early in her singer-songwriter career. “I was driving from one tip gig […]

Diversity and the Dynamic Women Behind Hadestown

Creating a new benchmark for Broadway, Hadestown demanded that theater make space for diverse voices. The show’s modern premise reflects the values of our changing culture through a transformative musical experience that reimagines Greek mythology. In 2019, it garnered 14 Tony Award nominations, winning eight of them, including Best New Musical. Critics praised the show […]

Cap Off Your Visit to Theater of the Mind with The Neuro Nightcap

This fall, celebrate the Denver debut of the highly-anticipated Theater of the Mind immersive theater experience (Aug. 31-Dec.18) with its hotel partner, The Ramble Hotel, Death & Co Denver and their neuro cocktail experiences. Created by multi-award winning artist and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne (American Utopia, Talking Heads, Here Lies Love) and writer Mala […]