Charles Weldon had a life that was bigger than life
The accidental actor went from a cotton field to the No. 1 song in America to a long life both on the road and national stages including the Denver Center
Playing Tiny Tim leaves large imprint on actors who play him
As young actors grow into adults, the message of Charles Dickens’ timeless 1843 cautionary tale only deepens
2019 Colorado New Play Summit featured playwrights announced
Theatre Company’s signature event will bring Bonnie Metzgar back to Denver and feature a one-night concert from The Lumineers’ Neyla Pekarek
Donna Bryson: How a black Oklahoma! is an even more deeply American story
The end of the play serves as an ominous foreshadowing to the struggles black Americans would face in coming decades.
After 75 years, Oklahoma! through a colorful new lens
Chris Coleman is setting the classic musical in an African-American town, and he looks forward to the conversations that spurs
What is the role of the rap and the rhymes in ‘Vietgone’?
Here’s why the creators of Vietgone think using an art form that didn’t fully exist in 1975 still makes for the perfect storytelling tool
‘Vietgone’ playwright: And now, for someone completely different
Qui Nguyen believes Vietgone ‘should remind us all that America can be better than what it is right now.’
‘Vietgone’: Not just another war story
When describing his play’s style, Nguyen says: “It’s as influenced by Quentin Tarantino as it is influenced by David Henry Hwang as it is influenced by Jay-Z.”
What is ‘Vietgone’? Above all, ‘a heart-expanding love story’
‘Vietgone’ is quirky, unconventional and even Brechtian. But what makes it most remarkable are its two uncommon protagonists
Colorado’s Lumineer to introduce Rattlesnake Kate at Mixed Taste
High-school theatre set Pekarek on a path toward international stardom, a Greeley legend … and a Denver Center commission