Don Seawell: A ‘singular vision’ to build the DCPA for Denver

The founder who built the largest non-profit theatre organization in America has died at age 103

‘The Legend of Georgia McBride’ charms New York critics

Charles Isherwood of The New York Times praised Matthew Lopez’s heartfelt comedy as “first-rate” and called the direction “totally flawless.”

Largest metro arts organizations offer major concession for good of SCFD

The region’s largest cultural institutions would voluntarily give up about 5.78 percent of their share of the annual art-tax pie. “It’s the right thing to…

DeVotchKa frontman promises a ‘Sweeney Todd’ that’s ‘loud and proud’

Local band DeVotchKa will adapt Stephen Sondheim’s classic “Sweeney Todd” score for a fresh new staging by the DCPA Theatre Company. Frontman Nick Urata promises…

Scott Shiller becomes second CEO in DCPA’s history: ‘Theatre is in my bones’

Shiller, who comes to Denver from the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, replaces Daniel Ritchie, who remains as Chairman of the…

Kent Haruf: The complete final interview

In his final interview, with the DCPA’s John Moore, Kent Haruf said of his new book: “In some ways it felt as if it was…

Kent Haruf, Author of ‘Plainsong’ Trilogy, Dies at Age 71

Kent Haruf, who authored “The Plainsong Trilogy” brought to the stge by the DCPA, died Sunday morning of lung disease. He gave his final interview…

Colorado New Play Summit expands to two weekends; playwrights announced for 2015

2015 lineup will include works by Theresa Rebeck, Tanya Saracho, Catherine Trieschmann and Jason Gray Platt.