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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
More than 65 DCPA team members, volunteers and friends joined together to walk in the 2022 Pride Parade along Colfax Avenue. Over the two-day event, organizers estimated attendance at more than 525,000 — all of whom appeared to line the parade route and cheer on the DCPA truck and our enthusiastic group. When the emcee […]
Thomas Beeker, Best Actor winner at the 2022 Bobby G’s, made it to the Top Eight at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards®, also known as the Jimmy Awards®. The Jimmy Awards® took place on June 27 at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City. After a week of workshops, coaching, and training with theatre […]
Denver Center for the Performing Arts elevates Off-Center programming line and promotes Charlie Miller to Executive Director & Curator In 2010, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) announced the creation of Off-Center, a subset of its Tony-winning Theatre Company. Now, after being experienced by nearly 320,500 people, Off-Center will be elevated to a […]
Talk about a spectacular Spectacular! Saturday Night Alive 2022 transported 500 guests to the glamour and glitz of the Moulin Rouge. Held on June 25, the DCPA’s 41st annual fundraiser raised more than $830,000 for arts and education. Lynn & Kevin McDonald of the Genesee Mountain Foundation were honored with the Daniel L. Ritchie Spotlight […]