Tag Archive for: Broadway

From Dog-eared Book to Best Musical: The Outsiders Stays Gold

Long before Twilight, Divergent, and The Hunger Games, a teenage girl in Tulsa, Oklahoma invented the young adult genre. Susie Hinton was 16 when she wrote The Outsiders, which she sold to Viking Press under the name S.E. Hinton, so she wouldn’t be dismissed as just another girl. “There was only a handful of books […]

Affordable French Restaurants in Denver

Please note: Restaurant hours, locations, and menus are subject change, so please visit the restaurant website or call in advance of visiting. Thanks to everyone’s favorite candelabra in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, we have classic French food on the brain. Think coq au vin, escargot, steak frites, beef Bourguignon, onion soup, delicate pastries and […]

Finding Magic in Denver

If The Tempest makes you want to try your hand at sorcery, discover the many magical offerings throughout Colorado. From magic shows to classes and stores, we’ll have you saying “abracadabra” like a pro. OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit The Tempest show detail page for verified tickets, seat maps, and pricing. MAGIC SHOWS Cosmo’s Magic Theater 1045 Garden of […]

Screen-to-Stage Adaptions in DCPA’s 2026/27 Season

In the indie movie Once, a girl and a guy sit at a piano in a musical instruments store in Dublin. He’s a busker and vacuum repairman. She’s a talented pianist and Czech immigrant. When these near strangers’ voices find their way to a lovely harmony in writer-director John Carney’s hushed yet rousing film (“Take […]

Designing The Outsiders

Inside The Outsiders with the Creative Team Get a glimpse inside the creative process of The Outsiders with Tatiana Kahvegian (Set Design), Brian MacDevitt (Lighting Design), Sarafina Bush (Costume Design), Cody Spencer (Sound Design), Hana Sooyeon Kim (Projection Design), and Lillis Meeh (Special Effects Design). OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit The Outsiders show detail page for official […]

The Outsiders: Inside the Music and Lyrics

In Conversation with Book Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Music Supervisor, Orchestrator, and Arranger Justin Levine   You wear a lot of hats on The Outsiders. Can you talk a little bit about all those roles and how they come together on this production? I often tend to be a multihyphenate on shows that I work on. […]

The Outsiders: Storytelling Through Movement

In Conversation with Choreographers Rick and Jeff Kuperman   What is your process for developing movement and choreography for a musical? JEFF: One of the first things we do is read the script and listen to the music, and we do that a few times until it is bouncing around our head. Then we’ll create […]

Authentic Storytelling in The Outsiders

In Conversation with Anthropologist Dr. Michael Ralph   What is the work of an anthropologist? Anthropology in the simplest sense is the study of human society — anthropos is from the Greek meaning human or mankind and logos meaning science. It can be the study of ancient civilizations or of a specific group of people […]

The Outsiders: Directing the Story

In Conversation with Director Danya Taymor Broadway musicals, even those that are being adapted from existing stories, can take years to create. At what point did you get involved and what has been your role in the development process? The development process for The Outsiders began about 8 years ago, but I didn’t join the […]

The Outsiders: Adapting the Story

In Conversation with Book Writer Adam Rapp This is your first musical and first stage adaptation, what has that been like for you and how has your process been different from the way in which you usually work? It was difficult for me. First, I never studied the form of musical theatre. My brother was […]