Janice Sinden: Eliminating NEA would be bad for our economy
The President and CEO of the DCPA makes the case that the arts are not a subsidy. They are an economic engine.
Guest column: Judy Craymer on the origins of ‘Mamma Mia!’
After 18 years, the ABBA musical ‘Mamma Mia!’ says its farewell on a final national tour that comes to Denver next week.
TED Talk: The danger of a single story
Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
America: Hal Holbrook would like to have a little talk
Hal Holbrook, at age 92, has announced he will no longer play the role of Mark Twain live onstage after 63 years. Here is our…
Off-Center throwing a ‘Wild Party’ at Stanley Marketplace this fall
Its next off-site collaboration will be its first full-scale musical production: An immersive, 360-degree staging of Michael John LaChiusa’s jazz musical.
After Albee: America’s 10 leading, living playwriting voices
A panel of 36 local and national theatre experts places Tony Kushner at the top of the list but signals a major shift in the landscape
Summit stands in thanks to departing founder Kent Thompson
“I think he’s done an incredible job, and he has offered a lot of people a home. He offered me a home.”
Summit Spotlight: Robert Schenkkan on the danger of denial
The Pulitzer-winner examines Hitler’s mentalist and hears uncomfortable echoes from history that reverberate today.
Summit Spotlight: Lauren Yee lays it all on the free-throw line
Inspired by her father, the playwright explores sport as a metaphor for how countries rub up against each other in terms of strategy, styles and…
Summit Spotlight: Rogelio Martinez on when world leaders collide
‘Blind Date’ centers on the odd-couple meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev’s at the Geneva Summit in 1985.