The 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. […]
Dr. 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 […]
Okay, he gushed. Ryan Fitzgerald had just seen Shucked at the invitation of the show’s writer, Robert Horn — or as the actor says only half-jokingly, “The man. The myth. The legend” — and, yup, now he was gushing. Fitzgerald, who is in the ensemble of the first national tour of Shucked, met the writer […]
DCPA Tickets for 35 Shows Now on Sale Tickets available for most shows including The Phantom of the Opera, The Outsiders, and Next to Normal DENVER — The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) announces today that tickets for most titles for its 2025/26 season programming are now on sale to the public. […]
By David Cote Along with baseball, rock ’n’ roll and jazz, the Broadway musical is uniquely American. And, like any cultural tradition, it didn’t just appear. Its origins lie in 19th-century European operetta, which emigrated to the New World, got mixed up with jazz, chorus girls and vaudeville comedy—and before you know it, you’ve got […]
This season, no fewer than 16 productions on Denver Center stages are based on or inspired by literature. From children’s books and memoirs to Greek myths and fantasy, here is your reading companion to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ 2025/26 season alphabetized by show title. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (playing […]
Designing the Spectacular World of Moulin Rouge! The Musical By David Cote Entering Moulin Rouge! The Musical, you encounter a world like no other: sensual, mysterious, decadent. A hypnotic dance loop plays as aristocratic men in top hats circle seductive women in lace and bustiers. You take your seat and gaze at rich, red […]
Before you head to the Buell Theatre for the Broadway tour of Some Like it Hot, enjoy an inside perspective from the creative team. Ruthie Fierberg sits down with these artists in her podcast series, “Why We Theatre,” as they explain the motivations, challenges, and design choices involved in bringing one of Hollywood’s greatest comedies […]
When you consider the greatest acting couples of all time, you think of Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks (Sleepless in Seattle), Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire (Swing Time), Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca), Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable (Gone With the Wind), Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (“I Love Lucy”), Carrie Fisher and Harrison […]
When you say you grew up in a “dry county” in the South, the retort is generally, “does that mean you don’t have indoor plumbing?” No, worse. It means alcohol isn’t sold in your county. Dry counties are reminiscent of Prohibition, a time in the United States spanning from January 17, 1920 through December 5, […]