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 […]
In 2024, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts published its five-year strategic plan, which set a course for the organization through its 2028/29 season. Among the goals was to modernize the organization’s use of technology to advance audience and donor relations. One major part of this goal was to implement a new ticketing system […]
Gutenberg! The Musical! opens at the Garner Galleria Theatre this week! Rodney Lizcano, the production’s director, is eager for this hit comedy to reach Denver audiences (and it runs through May – meaning you have time to get your tickets!). After spending 22 seasons as an actor and teaching artist, Lizcano is making his directorial […]
Moving backward through time – in a European epoch before Shakespeare, before Henry VIII and his six wives, before the Protestant Reformation – there was nothing at all. Kidding. But most people, apart from historians and scholars, aren’t as familiar with European history before the 16th century. This is due in part to the lack […]
Denver-bound one-woman show celebrates journalist and mother who turned spotlight on the American housewife
Iconic humorist was published in 900 newspapers around the world
When was The Second City founded? A. 1950 B. 1959 C. 1963 D. 1972 The Second City style is based improvisational created by? A. Sanford Meisner B. Stella Adler C. Kostantin Stanislavsky D. Viola Spolin Which of these celebrities did not perform with The Second City? A.Bill Murray B. John Belushi C. David Letterman D. […]
The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy revolution began. The small cabaret theater grew to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars. The Second City’s […]
In Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, the Garner Galleria’s upcoming improvised musical comedy show, a band of master improvisers create musical numbers based on audience suggestions. These spur-of-the-moment showstoppers then compete for the coveted Tony – ahem – Phony Awards. The winning song is then fleshed out into a full musical production with a plot, characters, […]