Reprinted by permission of MJ The Musical MJ The Musical invites Denver audiences into the world of one of the greatest entertainers in history, Michael Jackson. The show is a journey through the life, career, and legacy of a man who forever transformed the landscape of music and dance. Written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner […]
It can’t be easy playing the bad guy opposite a vivacious 17-year-old in a musical about her coming of age. The better your portrayal, the more likely people will give you the cold shoulder at the stage door or cast a sideways glance at the grocery store. Not that the character Davis in Alicia Keys’ […]
Few place names have as much impact as “Hell’s Kitchen.” It catches the attention and immediately demands an origin story. A quintessential melting pot, its rich and vivid history has — at times — simmered and boiled over, yet today blends into a rich stew of culture, identity, and resilience. OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit the Hell’s […]
MJ The Musical is a Broadway show that gives audiences an unprecedented look into the life and career of one of the most influential artists in music history, Michael Jackson. The show brings to life the King of Pop’s journey, starting from his early days as part of the Jackson 5 to his meteoric rise […]
Octogenerian is nearing 200 performances of Webber’s masterpiece over 31 years
Hell’s Kitchen shares a very different west side story A city. A neighborhood. A building. These are the geographies that feed 17-year-old Ali, our guide in Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen, book by Kristoffer Diaz. Hell’s Kitchen is the piquant —and for decades, the rightly earned — name of the West Side Manhattan neighborhood where Ali […]
by Hal Prince The following article by director Harold Prince (1928-2019) was published in Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Applause magazine in November 1991 for the first Broadway engagement in the newly opened Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre — The Phantom of the Opera. It is republished here to commemorate the 35th anniversary of that […]
35 years after being the first Broadway show to christen the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre, The Phantom of the Opera returns It started out as an addition to the 1908 Denver Municipal Auditorium and became the highest grossing theatre of its size in the nation. The former Denver Auditorium Arena (1940-1989) was added adjacent […]
Local musicians are tapped to step into the orchestra pits of Broadway shows as they tour across the country. A Denver Orchestra With Deep Roots Most national Broadway tours travel with only a small core of musicians; the remaining artists are hired locally. It is a model built on trust — trust that a city will […]
35 Years After Opening Denver’s Buell Theatre, The Phantom of the Opera Returns in an All-New Production Maybe you saw the original performance on Broadway. Maybe you heard the music on a cassette or CD or through streaming — ripped a track to a mixtape or playlist to sing along to in your car. Or […]