Celebrating Women in Theatre: Women’s History Month

Theatre has come a long way from its origins in Ancient Greece. Women have pushed forward to break barriers and create lasting change in the theatre industry – though there is still more work to be done, especially for women from marginalized communities. In honor of Women’s History Month, we would like to celebrate some […]

Gumbo, Hush Puppies, Fried Chicken and More of Denver’s Southern Food

Please note: Restaurant hours, locations, and menus are subject change, so please visit the restaurant website or call in advance of visiting. If you’re salivating for a taste of the South—grits, fried chicken, Creole spice, crawfish, catfish, and other classics–Denver has a surprising abundance of Southern cuisine to choose from so you can decide how […]

Ahrens, Flaherty and Anastasia: Legendary songwriters revisit legendary tale

What they came up with ‘is a story that is just as transporting as the source film, but in a more grown-up way’

Dear Les Misérables: You should cast me as Gavroche

An urchin-like, thirtysomething Denver actress makes her pitch to play the boy who gets shot at the barricade in the touring production of ‘Les Misérables.’

Les Miz: Once more, with feeling

Hugo’s epic masterpiece returns to Denver bringing larger-than-life characters that are becoming more and more uncommon in our modern world

Darko Tresnjak on how Anastasia teaches men to be better men

‘The hope that one of them survived, this magical child, is very appealing’

From Pookiesnackenberger to Beer to Trash: The journey to STOMP

STOMP is the product of the long-time collaboration between two men, Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas. Though the show group was developed in Brighton, England (1991), its history begins ten years earlier when the two first worked together. Prior to STOMP, Luke and Steve met in 1981 when they were members of the street band […]

From the archives: How Fiddler on the Roof turned rags into riches

The story, deeply embedded in Jewish DNA, tells a universal story about determination and survival

1776: Redefining a Moment in History

Acclaimed director Diane Paulus’ personal mantra as an artist is to always expand the boundaries of theater – or why even bother? She did that when she reimagined the classic Broadway musicals Hair, Porgy & Bess and Pippin; the films Finding Neverland and Waitress, and even Alanis Morissette’s platinum-selling album Jagged Little Pill. And she’s done […]