Full company performance scene from Jersey Boys featuring four performers in black suits center stage with raised arms, surrounded by dancers, musicians, and additional cast members beneath dramatic concert lighting and a large illuminated stage structure.

The Costume Design of Jersey Boys

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Music can certainly transport you to a different time and place, but if that time and place is before your time and place, you might need a bit more context. Enter the costume designer. This artist — along with the set, prop and lighting designers among others — helps to take an audience on a […]

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Four performers stand around a vintage studio microphone during a recording session scene from Jersey Boys. Wearing colorful patterned shirts, they sing together beside a music stand under warm stage lighting.

A Show for Everybody: Emphasizing friendship, Jersey Boys crosses generations and wins new fans

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By David Freeland Jersey Boys, the Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning Broadway musical about the spectacular rise of pop icons Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, has been seen worldwide by over 24 million people, all of them captivated by the dazzling recreations of classic 1960s hits such as “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” and “Can’t […]

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Three performers in light blue diner uniforms gather around a baking station in Waitress. Mixing bowls, measuring cups, ingredients, and a pie crust sit on the table as flour falls from above. Metal bakery racks filled with baking supplies are visible in the background.

Humble Origins, Proud Pies

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The Ten-Year Anniversary of Waitress A diner may seem ordinary, but step inside the doors of the right one and you may find yourself changing your life. That’s the simple beauty of Waitress, now on tour to celebrate its ten-year anniversary of gracing Broadway with its intimate story of friendship, work, and the desire for […]

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Four performers in matching dark suits stand at microphones onstage in a scene from Jersey Boys. Blue lighting and a large illuminated guitar outline frame the concert-style performance.

Test Your Knowledge: Jersey Boys Trivia

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Are you a Four Season fan? Do you love Jersey Boys? Then test your knowledge of the Broadway sensation before it returns to Denver in December 2026. OFFICIAL TICKETS: Visit the Jersey Boys show detail page for official tickets, seat maps, and pricing. What year did Jersey Boys win the Tony Award for Best Musical? […]

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Color lobby card for Singin’ in the Rain featuring three performers linked arm in arm in the center of the image. The design includes a yellow background, a blue umbrella graphic with the words “MGM’s Technicolor Musical Treasure!,” and prominent red title text reading “Singin’ in the Rain.” Cast and production credits appear along the sides and bottom of the promotional artwork.

A Who’s Who from Singin’ in the Rain

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The instant someone mentions Singin’ in the Rain (1952), you picture actor Gene Kelly with a lamppost in one hand and an unused umbrella in the other while he belts out the lyrics: I’m singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain What a glorious feelin’, I’m happy again Considered by many to be […]

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Art Deco–style infographic titled From Silent Films to Singin’ in the Rain showing a timeline of film history from 1895 to 1952. The graphic highlights the silent film era (1895–1931), the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927 as the first commercially successful feature film with synchronized dialogue, the transition period when silent films and talkies coexisted (1927–1931), and the effective end of the silent era in 1931. A separate marker shows that the story of Singin’ in the Rain is set in 1927–1928, while the film was written in 1950–1951, filmed in 1951, and premiered in 1952. Decorative film, microphone, spotlight, and movie-themed icons appear throughout the blue-and-gold design.

Spanning the Eras

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Staging a play set in the 1950s that’s about a film set in the 1920s   In 1951, as the classic movie musical An American in Paris was being released, director Stanley Donen and star Gene Kelly came together for a new film, now frequently named as the greatest movie musical of all time: Singin’ […]

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Three performers in dark suits perform at the front of the stage during a scene from Jersey Boys, with one singing into a handheld microphone and two playing electric guitars. A brass section performs on an elevated platform beneath a sign reading “Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.”

A Beginner’s Guide to Newark Slang

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Francesco Castelluccio, better known by his stage name, Frankie Valli, was born in the First Ward of Newark, New Jersey in 1934. A working-class neighborhood filled with immigrants, the world in which Frankie Valli grew up would have been a mashup of Italian and American culture.   The colorful language that has become synonymous with North […]

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Denver Arts Week 2026 promotional graphic featuring large white text on a blue background reading “Denver Arts Week 2026,” with “Presented by Visit Denver” below. Abstract shapes in orange, yellow, teal, navy, and cream frame the design.

Denver Arts Week 2026 Shines a Light on Cultural Capital of the West

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When Denver was a fledgling town, you were more likely to see brawls than ballet. Nevertheless, Denver boasted 13 legitimate theatres before it had a school or a hospital proving that, even then, culture had a prominent place alongside gold and silver. With approval of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District plus efforts to change […]

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A performer in a light blue diner uniform stands center stage while four ensemble members surround the performer, each holding up a different pie. The pies frame the central figure against a backdrop of diner windows, creating a theatrical tableau from Waitress.

Waitress-inspired Pie Recipes

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Yes, you will leave the Buell Theatre craving pie after seeing the return engagement of Waitress this November. No, these are not the exact recipes that Jenna serves customers in the diner, but we scoured the internet for scrumptious substitutes that we’re sure will curb your sweet tooth. While we’re listing the recipes here, you’re […]

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