Tag Archive for: Buell Theatre

Bread Worth Stealing in Denver

Please note: Restaurant hours, locations, and menus are subject change, so please visit the restaurant website or call in advance of visiting. For those who have not seen Les Misérables yet, we don’t want to spoil anything, but let’s just say that a loaf of bread is crucial to the entire story. Is there bread […]

The Les Mis Quiz

CATEGORY 1: SHOW TRIVIA The title of this musical is correctly pronounced: Lay Miz-Ah-Rob Less Miserabels Lace Miserah-blays Jean Valjean attempts to elude Inspector Javert by disappearing: Across the lake below the Paris Opera Into the sewers of Paris Into the tavern run by the Thénardiers What is the significance of the number 24601? It […]

Riverdance: The thrill that never stops

Twenty-two years later, the worldwide phenomenon of Riverdance continues to play to enthusiastic audiences across the globe.

Redesigning Les Misérables & Rediscovering Victor Hugo — The Artist

This article is reprinted with permission from Les Misérables. Written by Set & Image Designer Matt Kinley. I had already worked on several original productions of Les Misérables for John Napier when I was asked by producer Cameron Mackintosh to start looking at other ideas for a tour of Les Misérables. Having been involved in […]

Alan Menken: The Musical Maestro Behind Aladdin

Earning a staggering number of accolades for his work on The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and the film version of Aladdin, amongst many others, Alan Menken is an undisputed master of the stage and film musical. For this stage version of Aladdin, he reveals that he had a very particular vision. “It’s always […]

Ahrens, Flaherty and Anastasia: Legendary songwriters revisit legendary tale

What they came up with ‘is a story that is just as transporting as the source film, but in a more grown-up way’

Dear Les Misérables: You should cast me as Gavroche

An urchin-like, thirtysomething Denver actress makes her pitch to play the boy who gets shot at the barricade in the touring production of ‘Les Misérables.’

Les Miz: Once more, with feeling

Hugo’s epic masterpiece returns to Denver bringing larger-than-life characters that are becoming more and more uncommon in our modern world

Darko Tresnjak on how Anastasia teaches men to be better men

‘The hope that one of them survived, this magical child, is very appealing’