Strong mentorship can change the trajectory of a young person’s life. Across metro Denver, numerous organizations are working every day to provide supportive relationships, leadership opportunities, and safe spaces for youth to grow. Whether offering arts enrichment, career exploration, character development, or one‑on‑one mentoring, these programs help young people discover who they are and who […]
Mentorship Matters: Youth Programs Strengthening the Metro Denver Community
/in Community Engagement, General, Uncategorized/by DCPA PressStrong mentorship can change the trajectory of a young person’s life. Across metro Denver, numerous organizations are working every day to provide supportive relationships, leadership opportunities, and safe spaces for youth to grow. Whether offering arts enrichment, career exploration, character development, or one‑on‑one mentoring, these programs help young people discover who they are and who […]
Michael’s Moves: The Choreography of MJ The Musical
/in Broadway, General/by DCPA PressReprinted by permission of MJ The Musical MJ The Musical invites Denver audiences into the world of one of the greatest entertainers in history, Michael Jackson. The show is a journey through the life, career, and legacy of a man who forever transformed the landscape of music and dance. Written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner […]
Finding the Humanity in a Villain in Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen
/in Broadway, General/by Lisa KennedyIt can’t be easy playing the bad guy opposite a vivacious 17-year-old in a musical about her coming of age. The better your portrayal, the more likely people will give you the cold shoulder at the stage door or cast a sideways glance at the grocery store. Not that the character Davis in Alicia Keys’ […]
The Continual Renewal of Hell’s Kitchen
/in Broadway, General/by Suzanne YoeFew place names have as much impact as “Hell’s Kitchen.” It catches the attention and immediately demands an origin story. A quintessential melting pot, its rich and vivid history has — at times — simmered and boiled over, yet today blends into a rich stew of culture, identity, and resilience. OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit the Hell’s […]
DCTC Announces Full Cast and Creative Teams for English and Somewhere
/in Press, Theatre Company, General/by DCPA PressThe Denver Center Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the full cast and creative teams for the final two productions of the 2025/26 Theatre Company Season: English by Sanaz Toossi (TIME magazine’s TIME 100, Wish You Were Here) and Somewhere by Matthew López (The Legend of Georgia McBride, “Red, White, and Royal Blue”). Performances for English and Somewhere will begin in the Spring. OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit the English or Somewhere show detail pages for verified […]
Sneak Peek: What to Expect from MJ The Musical
/in Broadway, General, Uncategorized/by DCPA PressMJ The Musical is a Broadway show that gives audiences an unprecedented look into the life and career of one of the most influential artists in music history, Michael Jackson. The show brings to life the King of Pop’s journey, starting from his early days as part of the Jackson 5 to his meteoric rise […]
A Big Stage for Big Emotions in Next to Normal
/in Theatre Company, Events, General/by Collin Van SonDirector Nancy Keystone Brings Denver Center Theatre Company’s Next to Normal to the Wolf Theatre There are many things in life that we want to be normal. Morning commutes. Dental exams. Parents when they first meet our significant others. But there are also certain contexts where we like to be surprised — the theatre being […]
Meet Denver’s legendary ‘Phantom Phan’
/in Broadway, General/by John MooreOctogenerian is nearing 200 performances of Webber’s masterpiece over 31 years
Alicia Keys’ Celebration of Place
/in Broadway, General, Uncategorized/by Lisa KennedyHell’s Kitchen shares a very different west side story A city. A neighborhood. A building. These are the geographies that feed 17-year-old Ali, our guide in Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen, book by Kristoffer Diaz. Hell’s Kitchen is the piquant —and for decades, the rightly earned — name of the West Side Manhattan neighborhood where Ali […]
From the Archives: Recreating The Phantom
/in Broadway, General/by DCPA Pressby Hal Prince The following article by director Harold Prince (1928-2019) was published in Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Applause magazine in November 1991 for the first Broadway engagement in the newly opened Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre — The Phantom of the Opera. It is republished here to commemorate the 35th anniversary of that […]