There are certain associations with Christmas. The smell of pine trees. The taste of gingerbread. The feel of a crisp winter day. The sight of snowflakes. But when I think of the sound of Christmas, I think of Burl Ives. My parents had that old record player…you know the one I mean, the one that […]
This year marks the 30th anniversary of A Christmas Carol at the Denver Center! While this is an exciting milestone and a favorite local tradition, we want to take this opportunity to bring awareness to many other events that happen during this time of year too. Consider adding one of these shows or events to […]
This article was originally published on January 13, 2022 As Hamilton was gearing up for the road, the team went to see where the sausage gets made! Actually, they visited Mary Therese Creede and her team at Jerard Studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn where all of the Hamilton props are created. Mary Therese’s team knows […]
Forces unknown bonded Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko over their love of Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and other pop culture favorites at the Rhode Island School of Design. They knew they wanted to create something that integrated their love of fantasy, Japanese Anime, Kung-Fu cinema, and Eastern philosophy. Soon, their dream […]
Tartans, pine needles and bows have filled three decades in the memories of families who make A Christmas Carol part of their annual holiday tradition. Prominent in those memories is the sight and sound of the young children who have stepped onstage as Tiny Tim in the Denver Center Theatre Company production. As the company […]
In the mid-1990s, an official edition of MONOPOLY: Denver Edition featured some of the city’s most iconic locations. With the opening of MONOPOLY LIFESIZED: Travel Edition, DCPA Off-Center’s newest immersive experience at Broadway Park®, the NewsCenter team took a walk down memory lane to see if the nearly 30-year-old locations went boom or bust. BOOM […]
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 […]
Do you like to be on the cutting edge? First in line? At the epicenter of the next “new thing”? Then you need to be at the inaugural Denver Immersive Invitational. Described as an incubator for new art and immersive experiences, the Denver Immersive Invitational gives artists a chance to create without constraints and audiences […]
Whether you’re attending Theatre for Young Audiences, A Christmas Carol, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical, or another DCPA production – it’s fun to make a day of it and grab a bite to eat before or after the show with your kids. Finding the perfect family-friendly spot can be a struggle, especially when there […]
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 […]