It takes a lot of concentration to do live performances, and there are plenty of skills we can take home from those practices. Stop, breathe, crack your neck, now focus. Paying attention and focusing on another person, a task, an event, or even yourself is not always a natural reaction, or as simple […]
Join the Circle of Life
/in DCPA, Broadway, Events, General/by DCPA PressA Guide to the Amazing Opening Scene of The Lion King on Tour “Circle of Life,” The Lion King’s jaw-dropping, much-talked-about opening number, introduces a menagerie of animals who stride, leap, gallop and dance across the stage. A closer look reveals the creative magic at work behind this breathtaking bit of stagecraft. 1 LET’S GIVE […]
Specialty Nights Introduce Youth to Live Theatre
/in DCPA, Broadway, Community Engagement/by Suzanne YoeIt is likely no surprise that the performing arts industry was reshaped by COVID. Costs continue to outpace revenue, cuts to federal funding are forcing organizations to reprioritize, and, according to Theatre Facts 2023, national attendance at theatrical productions is down 22% since 2019. As concerning as the report is, a separate report by JCA […]
Finding Focus Through Classic Theatre Techniques
/in DCPA, Education, General/by Linnea CovingtonIt takes a lot of concentration to do live performances, and there are plenty of skills we can take home from those practices. Stop, breathe, crack your neck, now focus. Paying attention and focusing on another person, a task, an event, or even yourself is not always a natural reaction, or as simple […]
Discussion Guide: The Happiest Man on Earth
/in DCPA, Theatre Company, General/by DCPA PressBased on The New York Times best-selling memoir by Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth tells a remarkable story of survival, revealing a paradox of joy built on a foundation of grief. This Denver Center Theatre Company production is playing September 19 through November 2, 2025 in the Singleton Theatre. Character and Identity How […]
Cast and Creative Teams for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Happiest Man on Earth Announced
/in Press, Theatre Company, General, Meet the Cast/by DCPA PressThe Denver Center Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative teams for the two productions leading the 2025/26 Theatre Company season, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams and directed by Chris Coleman and The Happiest Man on Earth adapted by Mark St. Germain and directed by Ron Lagomarsino. […]
2025/26 Plays on Stage Along Colorado’s Front Range
/in Community Engagement, Events, General/by Lisa KennedyIn addition to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ 35 plays and musicals, the 2025/26 theatre season offers a plethora of options on stages along Colorado’s Front Range. Mark these on your calendar and be sure to support local theatre. SEPTEMBER 2025 Eureka Day Curious Theatre Company, Sep. 4-Oct. 5 Artists have […]
Between the Rails
/in DCPA, Off-Center, General, Uncategorized/by Bre ShortWhat is Third Rail Projects and Why Should Denver Audiences Care? Once upon a heady time, I walked over the third rail of the New York City subway. Donning a cocktail dress and heels, fueled by the kind of immortal delirium only your twenties can afford, I casually placed one foot after the other across […]
2025/26 Musical Theatre Preview Along Colorado’s Front Range
/in Community Engagement, Events, General, Uncategorized/by Lisa KennedyDim the lights. Unwrap that piece of candy. Cue the overture. Yes, fellow aisle-anders (okay, we’re working on that), the 2025/26 season is upon us with no shortage of musicals and plays that aim to please or perturb — sometimes both — and all the other feels. And as is the way with art […]
Robert Petkoff: Murder, Madness, and Moulin Rouge!
/in Broadway, General/by Suzanne YoeThe national tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical! is a bit of a homecoming for actor Robert Petkoff, or at least that’s what we at the Denver Center like to think. After all, his first play in Denver was the granddaddy of theatre — Tantalus — the 10-part, nine-hour play recounting the Trojan War. […]
Bringing the Story to Life
/in Broadway, General/by DCPA PressDr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical was originally commissioned by and produced at The Children’s Theater Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a theater recognized as North America’s flagship theatre for young people and families. The Grinch made his debut on the CTC stage in November of 1994, after special arrangements had been made […]