Company and Creative Team Announced for What a Glorious Feeling!

Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) announces the company and creative team for What a Glorious Feeling!. Produced by DCPA Cabaret, this fictional account of what might have taken place behind the scenes during the making of the classic film Singin’ in the Rain, plays the Garner Galleria Theatre Nov. 7, 2026 – Apr. […]

Screen-to-Stage Adaptions in DCPA’s 2026/27 Season

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 […]

Life Finds a Play

Parody and Paleontology in Hold On To Your Butts In Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park (1993), scientists manage to clone the T. rex, Triceratops, and other long-gone dinosaurs by recovering fragments of dino DNA from the bodies of ancient mosquitoes preserved in amber. The origins of Hold On To Your Butts, another clone of sorts, are […]

Strap in for Hold On To Your Butts with these Jurassic Park Fun Facts

In 1993, we faced our own extinction…and never looked at a tiny mosquito the same way again. The novel-to-film adaptation of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg assembled an all-star cast — Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, and Samuel L. Jackson. They gathered on a remote island intended to be […]

Where to Find Dinosaurs in Colorado

While dinosaurs no longer roam the earth, there are several exhibits and attractions across the Centennial State that will get you ready for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ upcoming cabaret show, Hold On To Your Butts — a parody of the classic film and Michael Crichton novel, Jurassic Park. OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit the […]

DCPA Tip: How to See Great Theatre in Denver on a Budget

Tips, tricks, and ways to score deals and bargains on live shows While catching a Broadway show or award-winning play may be an invaluable experience, seeing great theatre can be more accessible than you might think. Whether you’re hoping to attend more often or make the most of your entertainment budget, there are plenty of […]

Getting Spooky In Denver

A Guide to Denver’s Gothic Haunts and Happenings Walking in downtown Denver, you’ll see young couples with dogs, old folks carrying Trader Joe’s grocery bags, and bicyclists racing down Broadway. You might not even be aware of the Gothic subculture living its best life in Denver. In case you’re confused, we aren’t talking about the […]

Get to Know the Improvisers in The Improvised Shakespeare Company®

Meet the five improvisers who make a new Shakespearean masterpiece each night. Founded in Chicago in 2005, The Improvised Shakespeare Company® has become one of the most acclaimed improv troupes in the world. Based on a single audience suggestion — the title of a play that has never been written — the company creates a […]

The Improvised Shakespeare Company’s “Ode to Denver”

In advance of the sixth engagement of The Improvised Shakespeare Company® to visit the Garner Galleria Theatre (May 27-July 26), founder Blain Swen extolled the virtues of our very own Mile High City in “Ode to Denver.” The humor is but a glimpse of what’s in store at this improvisational show that takes suggestions from […]

DCPA Announces All Public On-Sale and Subscriber Pre-Sale Dates

  The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) announces both the Subscriber pre-sale and public on-sale dates for 2026/27. Subscriptions are available now at denvercenter.org.   OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit the Subscription detail page for package options, seat maps, and pricing. “Planning ahead makes it easier for our audiences to say ‘yes’ to the experiences they love,” said […]