More and more often, Colorado is producing top notch talent headed to Broadway. Case in point, Overland High School (Class of 2020) graduate Gabriella Shead who we caught between shows as she transitioned from Company Management Production Assistant on THE WIZ tour launch to Assistant Company Manager on THE BOOK OF MORMON tour. “Truly, my […]
Coloradan Christy Oberndorf is proudly touring the country with Hairspray, and it all started when her elementary school took a trip to the former Country Dinner Playhouse to see Frosty the Snowman. Christy grew up in Aurora, Colorado and did not come from a family of performers, so it really was a student matinee that […]
The title of the show is Annie, but it is no secret that the dogs that play Sandy have their own spotlight. Since 1976 Bill Berloni has been training the rescue dogs playing Sandy. The dog, according to the script by Charles Strouse, Thomas Meehan and Martin Charnin, is described as medium-sized, sandy color of […]
From May 6 through October 22 (extended by popular demand) the company of the world premiere Miss Rhythm – The Legend of Ruth Brown by Sheryl McCallum and David Nehls rocked The Garner Galleria Theatre for 141 fantastic performances. The intimate cabaret experience, based on the book Miss Rhythm by Ruth Brown with Andrew Yule, […]
Cydney Kutcipal (They/Them), from Loveland, Colorado, is making their professional debut in Jagged Little Pill appearing in the ensemble and understudying the role of Jo, a debut they landed at the end of their junior year of college at Shenandoah University. For the past year Cydney has been performing in the show eight times a […]
A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! For nearly 25 years, people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story, and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show. Now, the much-loved hit musical is back, and Denver will […]
How is my story a part of American history? In creating the Declaration of Independence, what mattered? How can we hold this history as a predicament versus an affirming myth? How does an honest reckoning with our past help us move forward together? In preparation for the pre-Broadway engagement of American Repertory Theater at Harvard […]
Your first word is opportunity. How do you spell opportunity? For Jeremy Geller it is H-E-A-V-Y-W-E-I-G-H-T-S, a company he created to give plus size actors the opportunity to play roles they may not otherwise be cast in. “THE HEAVYWEIGHTS take the shows that you know and love and cast them with three fat actors,” says […]
Hometown girl Mehry Eslaminia just made her Broadway debut in the revival of 1776. We caught up with Mehry about her journey from Cherry Hills Elementary School to Broadway, and her relationship with the DCPA. DCPA: How did you catch the acting bug? Mehry Eslaminia: My father is from Iran and my mother is from […]
Forbidden Broadway returns to the Garner Galleria Theatre with Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation, roasting more than 30 Broadway hits. A New York sensation for 35 years, the talented quintet of comic chameleons throws out pointed parodies at a dizzying pace with outrageous costumes, silly spoofs of the songs you know by heart and madcap […]