Toulouse-Lautrec: His work epitomizes the Moulin Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) was a French artist during the post-impressionist movement who produced the original iconic imagery of the Moulin Rouge. Despite being born into one of the oldest noble families in the country, he spent his adult life amid dancers, actors and artists enjoying a rather bohemian lifestyle. As The Art Story describes: […]

Stephen Christopher Anthony: Denver’s Evan Hansen

Dear Evan Hansen launched its first national tour in Denver in 2018. Cast as the alternate Evan Hansen, Stephen Christopher Anthony performed the groundbreaking, Tony Award® winning musical for rapt audiences. As the current tour makes its way through the country, audiences will see Anthony again as the full-time Evan Hansen. The Denver Center for […]

Early Arts Education to Broadway: Costume and Set Design for Moulin Rouge! The Musical

At the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), we provide arts education for children through our year-round acting classes. A signature DCPA summer experience? The Musical Madness, Musical Mayhem, and Musical Mania courses where children create original ten-minute musicals.   These classes have been a longstanding trademark of the DCPA summer sessions since their inception […]

First Look: Quixote Nuevo

¡Que viva el Quixote! Set in the fictional modern-day Texas border town of La Plancha, Quixote and his luckless but trusty sidekick, Sancho, embark on a fantastical quest in search of long-lost love. Infused with imagination, comedy, and Tejano music, Quixote Nuevo reveals the joys and perils of facing down Death and becoming the hero […]

Eye for Scenery: Dear Evan Hansen

If there is a triple threat in scenic design, it may be David Korins. Known for an illustrious career in Broadway, TV and music, Korins was tapped to bring Dear Evan Hansen to visual life on stage. His resumé includes Tony nominations for Hamilton and War Paint as well as designs for Bandstand, Misery, Motown, […]

Cats of the Cats Cast

Say “cats of the Cats cast” three times fast and you might be chasing your own tail. Andrew Lloyd Webber filled his alley with more than two dozen cats, but they aren’t the only beloved felines around. Meet the cats (and dogs) of Cats cast members as well as some local Cats-inspired pets. PETS OF […]

Denver’s Own Chicano, Latiné and Mexican Heroes

From the archives: this article was originally published on May 17, 2022 By Rowena Alegría, Chief Storyteller for the City and County of Denver From Denver’s earliest years – when the land that would become the Mile High City was better known as a gathering place for Ute, Cheyenne, Arapaho and other Native nations – […]

Intro to Acting: A First-Hand Account

I hadn’t stepped foot in a classroom since my senior year of college. And even then – my last class was my Senior Seminar, where my classmates and I laughed and talked while procrastinating submitting our theses.   But I’ve always been interested in learning and exercising my brain. Life can get boring if you’re not […]

Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Jeff Hovorka receives The Broadway League’s 2022 Touring Broadway Award for Outstanding Achievement in Road Marketing & Press

The Broadway League congratulates the honorees of the League Awards, which were announced today during the League’s 2022 Spring Road Conference, celebrating industry professionals whose outstanding achievements contribute to the success of Broadway on the Road. Since 1992, the League Awards recognize those who have displayed exemplary service to the Touring Broadway industry and are […]

Denver Center for the Performing Arts completes $17 million “A Grander Opening” Capital Campaign

In 2010, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) embarked on a $57 million renovation of the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex. The project was broken into three phases, the second of which required the DCPA to embark on its first-ever capital campaign. “A Grander Opening” launched on June 5, 2018 with a goal of […]