Multi-Sensory Immersive Experience DARKFIELD Launching US Premiere in Denver...
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Off-Center and Realscape Productions, in partnership with UK-based creators of innovative immersive experiences, DARKFIELD, are proud to announce Denver...
View ArticleFirst Look: Where Did We Sit on the Bus?
Nine-year-old Bee Quijada sits in a suburban classroom. During a history lesson on Rosa Parks, she asks, “Where did Latinos sit on the bus?” What follows is a theatrical mixtape of Bee’s life. It’s a...
View ArticleOne 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....
View ArticleFood for Thought: Local Immigrants Dish Up More than Food
“Those people.” You’ve heard that phrase uttered by individuals and you instantly know what is implied. Well, let’s chat about “those people.” Apart from indigenous peoples who were the original...
View Article1 Degree of Separation: DCPA to Broadway
On Tuesday, April 30, nominations were announced for the 77th annual Tony Awards. Among the nominees were two bound-for-Denver hits plus six individuals who are affiliated with the Denver Center for...
View ArticleFirst Look: The Lehman Trilogy
Hailed as “a genuinely epic production” by The New York Times (original New York run), The Lehman Trilogy follows three German-Jewish immigrant brothers, and their descendants, as they navigate fire,...
View ArticleMeet the 2024 Lead Performer Nominees
Ahead of this year’s Bobby G Awards, the DCPA’s annual celebration of high school musical theatre, taking place on May 17 in the Buell Theatre, meet the ten Lead Performer nominees. During the awards...
View ArticleDirector Margot Bordelon on The Lehman Trilogy
Two months into the pandemic, in May of 2020, I began reading Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. The book traces 70,000 years of human development, beginning with the dawn of...
View ArticlePrepping for Shakespeare: A First-Hand Account of the DPS Shakespeare Festival
Former Rocky Mountain News Theatre Critic Lisa Bornstein and current fourth grade math teacher at Polaris Elementary School gives her first-hand account of her school’s participation in the 40th annual...
View ArticleAn Incredible Team Envisions Impossible Things
Finally, after years of school, school and, yep, more school, Alex is graduating. There’s just one little problem…Alex doesn’t have a clue what’s next. But not knowing what your future holds is no...
View ArticleNature and Norway: Costume Designer Christopher Oram On Disney’s Frozen
When Disney Theatrical Group decided to adapt the animated film Frozen for the Broadway stage, they enlisted a team with more than just stellar theatrical bona fides. Not only do they have a collective...
View ArticleA Night to Remember for Colorado High School Theatre
On May 17, the Buell Theatre was packed to the gills with students and educators, plus their family and friends from across the state of Colorado. The lobby doors opened and flooded the space with...
View Article80-Year-Old Rose Reblooms as Camp Amache is Reborn
There are hundreds of rosebushes blooming in the Denver Botanic Gardens, but rarely has one bloomed in a more timely manner. On Friday, May 17, a ceremony was held to designate the Amache National...
View ArticleQ&A with Original Wicked Novel Author, Gregory Maguire
Gregory Maguire, Author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Reprinted by permission of Wicked What inspired you to write “Wicked”? Gregory Maguire: I was living in London in...
View ArticleQ&A with Wicked Set Designers Eugene Lee and Edward Pierce
Q&A with Eugene Lee, Tony Award-winner for Best Set Design for Wicked and Edward Pierce, Associate Set Designer Reprinted by permission of Wicked What were some of your difficulties at the...
View ArticleQ&A with Wicked Composer & Lyricist Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz, Composer/Lyricist for Wicked Reprinted by permission of Wicked How long did it take you to bring Wicked to life? Stephen Schwartz: We actually were working on the show about four...
View ArticleGet the FYI on DARKFIELD
So a friend says, “Hey, let’s go out tonight to this thing in a shipping container. I don’t know what it is, but it’s in the dark and supposed to be really cool and there’s something about a séance. I...
View ArticleQ&A with Wicked Costume Designer Susan Hilferty
Susan Hilferty, Tony Award-winner for Best Costume Design of Wicked Reprinted by permission of Wicked How did you approach the task of designing Wicked’s costumes? Susan Hilferty: I knew I was...
View ArticleQ&A with Wicked Book Writer Winnie Holzman
Q&A with Winnie Holzman, writer of the book for Wicked Reprinted by permission of Wicked What attracted you to Wicked? Winnie Holzman: It’s the whole idea that things are not as they seem. What you...
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