Entries by DCPA Press
Spotify
Follow the Denver Center for the Performing Arts on Spotify featuring podcasts, performances and music that complements our upcoming plays, musicals and immersive experiences. Check back regularly for updates. Enjoy! A CHRISTMAS CAROL [Related] Dickensian Christmas BEETLEJUICE Broadway Cast Album CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Song by Charles Cave. Spoken by Amanda Seyfried. Inspired […]
Hip Hop Terminology
Hip Hop Nutcracker Live at Dolby Theatre on November 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Photos by Timothy Norris See if you can recognize these core elements of hip hop. Back Spin A technique used by DJs to rewind the record to a particular place or to intentionally make a sound. B-Boy or B-Girl […]
Two passions, one purpose: The intersection of sustainability and theatre
In 2017, the DCPA Theatre Company produced the world premiere of Two Degrees by Tira Palmquist. The Denver Post explains: “The play gets its title from the notion that, according to some scientists, 2 degrees Celsius is the threshold that, once exceeded, will lead us to irreversible environmental upheaval.” Those concerns were underscored by Colorado’s […]
Land Acknowledgement: Honoring Indigenous Peoples
A land acknowledgement is a traditional practice of many Native nations that has been used for centuries. Land acknowledgements are increasingly used by Native and non-Native individuals and groups to recognize Indigenous Peoples as the original stewards of the lands upon which we now reside.
The Lion King Trivia
Test your Disney’s The Lion King knowledge with trivia.
Is this Shakespeare which I see before me?
This season is all about returning favorites — A Christmas Carol, Camp Christmas, Hip Hop Nutcracker and Shakespeare!?! While Romeo and Juliet isn’t on the season lineup, it returned — for free — as part of DCPA Education’s Shakespeare in the Parking Lot program.
A grand reopening to a long-awaited theatre season
New Year’s Eve 1979 was not just the birth of a new year. It was the beginning of professional theatre in Denver.
How Dickens Inspired Charity at Christmas
Charles Dickens probably had more influence on the way that Christians celebrate Christmas today than any single individual in human history except Jesus Christ.
A Q&A with Kurtis Blow, the rap legend who puts the “hip” in The Hip Hop Nutcracker
Anyone who knows rap or hip hop knows Kurtis Blow. As the first rapper to be signed by a major label, Blow has been blowing up the charts since 1979 with 10 albums in 11 years including the self-titled “Kurtis Blow,” “Deuce,” “Party Time,” “Ego Trip” and “America.”