…or How I Got To Watch Pete Townshend Play Air Guitar By Constance Harvey Constance Harvey was the press rep at the La Jolla Playhouse when The Who’s TOMMY premiered there in 1992. She was on staff at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts two years later when the first national tour came to […]
Writer Linda Woolverton and director-choreographer Matt West describe the evolution of Beauty and the Beast from the screen to the stage — plus what’s new for this tour. By Ruthie Fierberg, Broadway News When Disney’s animated film Beauty and the Beast landed on silver screens in 1991, it changed the cinematic paradigm. “[Executive producer and […]
Compiled from material by Center Theatre Group How is it possible that The Four Seasons have been part of American culture for four-and-a-half decades, and who they are has remained a mystery? Why is it that we have known their songs by heart while knowing or learning little about the singers? OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit Jersey […]
The Denver Public Library recommends these library resources to enhance your theater experience at The Outsiders READ When We Ride by Rex Ogle Why we recommend it: Diego faces deadly consequences when his friend starts using him for transportation to sell weed, then harder drugs. This gritty novel-in-verse uses sparse, tense language to explore […]
Bluey’s Big Play is returning to Denver, but it’s not just kids excited for the occasion, parents too love that Blue Heeler puppy and her family just as much. “It’s one of the only shows everyone, meaning us adults, can enjoy in our house,” said parent Jessica Marquis, who is far from alone in the […]
What better way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month than looking forward to two signature productions coming to downtown Denver’s Arts Complex in the 2026/27 theatre season. First up, Destiny of Desire: A Telenovela Play with Music playing the Wolf Theatre September 11 through October 4. Audiences will remember playwright Karen Zacarías from the Denver Center […]
Nearly 60 years ago, The Who released its fourth studio album – and blew up the entire concept of an album with the first commercially successful rock opera, a song cycle tracing the life and experiences of the “deaf, dumb and blind kid” Tommy, who goes from tortured childhood to becoming a godlike figure – […]
Long before Twilight, Divergent, and The Hunger Games, a teenage girl in Tulsa, Oklahoma invented the young adult genre. Susie Hinton was 16 when she wrote The Outsiders, which she sold to Viking Press under the name S.E. Hinton, so she wouldn’t be dismissed as just another girl. “There was only a handful of books […]
If The Tempest makes you want to try your hand at sorcery, discover the many magical offerings throughout Colorado. From magic shows to classes and stores, we’ll have you saying “abracadabra” like a pro. OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit The Tempest show detail page for verified tickets, seat maps, and pricing. MAGIC SHOWS Cosmo’s Magic Theater 1045 Garden of […]
In the indie movie Once, a girl and a guy sit at a piano in a musical instruments store in Dublin. He’s a busker and vacuum repairman. She’s a talented pianist and Czech immigrant. When these near strangers’ voices find their way to a lovely harmony in writer-director John Carney’s hushed yet rousing film (“Take […]