2025/26 Plays on Stage Along Colorado’s Front Range

In addition to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ 35 plays and musicals, the 2025/26 theatre season offers a plethora of options on stages along Colorado’s Front Range. Mark these on your calendar and be sure to support local theatre.   SEPTEMBER 2025   Eureka Day Curious Theatre Company, Sep. 4-Oct. 5 Artists have […]

2025/26 Musical Theatre Preview Along Colorado’s Front Range

  Dim the lights. Unwrap that piece of candy. Cue the overture. Yes, fellow aisle-anders (okay, we’re working on that), the 2025/26 season is upon us with no shortage of musicals and plays that aim to please or perturb — sometimes both — and all the other feels. And as is the way with art […]

Annaleigh Ashford: From Waders to Wicked Tony Award winner to headline Saturday Night Alive

Labeled a “The Teen to Watch” (Rocky Mountain News) when she was only fourteen, Wheatridge-born Annaleigh Ashford was destined for greatness from an early age. Having studied at the Kit Andreé Dance studio, this hometown girl got her start at the age of nine playing Tina Denmark in Ruthless! at Denver’s Theatre on Broadway. Now […]

Robert & Judi Newman Receive 2024 Daniel L. Ritchie Spotlight Award

At the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ 2024 Saturday Night Alive gala, Robert & Judi Newman were presented with the Daniel L. Ritchie Spotlight Award. This award is given annually to an individual or organization who has made significant contributions to the DCPA. Watch the video below to hear from the Newmans.

One for the Record Books: 19th Anniversary of Women with Hattitude

The DCPA’s 2024 Women with Hattitude luncheon was the most successful in the event’s history – by a landslide. Tickets were sold out and the event received unprecedented support through sponsorships. Nearly 650 guests were in attendance who raised almost $110,000 by the event’s end. Women with Hattitude serves as a fundraiser for the Women’s […]

Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Returns with Free Community Performances

Originally published in 2024. Updated in fall 2025.   “Something [fantastic] this way comes!” Let’s face it. Shakespeare can be confusing. “Thee” and “thou” can often sound like a foreign language. But enter Shakespeare in the Parking Lot…stage right. DCPA’s Education and Community Engagement Department returns with its popular program for a seventh season. And […]

DCPA’s Newest Arrival, the Sustainable Catering Company Serendipity

If you have attended an event in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts since January 2022, chances are you sampled cuisine by one of our five our new culinary partners, Serendipity Catering. But it’s not just good meals owner Laura Zaspel is dishing out. It’s a dedication to making the food world a better, […]

A Spectacular Saturday Night Alive

Talk about a spectacular Spectacular! Saturday Night Alive 2022 transported 500 guests to the glamour and glitz of the Moulin Rouge. Held on June 25, the DCPA’s 41st annual fundraiser raised more than $830,000 for arts and education. Lynn & Kevin McDonald of the Genesee Mountain Foundation were honored with the Daniel L. Ritchie Spotlight […]