With the return of summer comes the return of Forbidden Broadway – this time with an entirely new show: Merrily We Stole a Song. From Frozen to Phantom to Wicked, this fall-down funny, satirical roast of over 30 Broadway hits features outrageous costumes, silly spoofs of the songs you know by heart, and madcap impressions […]
From the archives: this article was originally published on November 17, 2022 Forbidden Broadway returns to the Garner Galleria Theatre with Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song, roasting more than 30 Broadway hits. A New York sensation for over 35 years, the talented quintet of comic chameleons throws out pointed parodies at a dizzying […]
Meet the team of four behind Bluebird Improv, coming to the Garner Galleria Theatre for one weekend only: May 16-18.
Bluebird Improv is coming to the Garner Galleria Theatre for a limited time – May 16-18. Don’t miss your chance to see these hilarious comedians in action, including Tim Meadows, Matt Walsh, Brad Morris, and Joe Canale. We had the opportunity to sit down with Tim Meadows and Brad Morris for a closer look at […]
Gutenberg! The Musical!, the Garner Galleria’s current production, is filled with humor, flexible truth telling, and…choreography? Piper Lindsay Arpan, a frequent DCPA collaborator (Xanadu, The Other Josh Cohen), works as the Assistant Director and Choreographer of Gutenberg! The Musical!. “It’s two acts of non-stop singing, dancing, and acting that leaves each performer drenched with sweat […]
Gutenberg! The Musical! – showing at the Garner Galleria Theatre through May 4 – is the meta spoof story of two playwrights auditioning a play about German inventor Johannes Gutenberg and his printing press, hoping to get a Broadway debut. Speaking of German inventors and inventions, we use numerous everyday inventions that you probably didn’t […]
Meet the cast of DCPA Cabaret’s Gutenberg! The Musical!. And yes, there are supposed to be that many exclamation points in the title, because the cast is so delighted to share this show with Denver audiences. In this musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers’ audition for their new, ill-advised project – […]
With February comes a month of love. Or at least one specific day for it: February 14. At the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, we love to uplift all kinds of stories. While Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, we want to highlight the different kinds of love that can be seen on our stages […]
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ current cabaret comedy, Gutenberg! The Musical!, is a play about inventor Johannes Gutenberg within a play about two would-be theatre composers attempting to raise some cash to produce their show. Two actors play a whole cast of characters including the famed inventor who created the first moveable-type press, […]
Ask any historian to name the most significant invention in history and many would say the printing press. Created by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, the moveable-type printing press revolutionized the publishing industry. Previously, the limited number of books in Europe were largely written by hand on a type of parchment called vellum. The work was […]