Denver Center for the Performing Arts

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Who loves you? Galleria Theatre celebrates its twentieth birthday with I Love You extension

There's a reason I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change -- a gently musical that we dubbed "pure peach souffle" over a decade ago -- returned to the Garner Galleria Theatre earlier this year for a several-month run. It's the perfect show for dating couples, professionals looking for after-work relax ... More >>

The Whale will be swimming in a big pond: Playwrights Horizons

Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale, which began as a reading at the Denver Center's New Play Summit in 2011, and was given a world premiere by the company this year -- to glowing reviews (here's mine) -- has been selected by Playwrights Horizons in New York, a theater dedicated to the work of new playwrig ... More >>

Enter Stage Right

Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale, which began as a reading at the Denver Center's New Play Summit in 2011, and was given a world premiere by the company this year -- to glowing reviews (here's mine) -- has been selected by Playwrights Horizons in New York, a theater dedicated to the work of new playwrig ... More >>

The Whale is a big hit -- so big that the Denver Center is adding shows

Fat people are an entertainment staple these days, from The Biggest Loser to the Food Network's new offering, Fat Chef. Still, you wouldn't really expect a play about a 600-pound man slowly dying in his own living room to garner a whole lot of attention, especially when it's textured and literate an ... More >>

Strings of Hope, a tribute for Noel Cunningham, at the Denver Performing Arts Complex tonight

​Celebrate the life of beloved restaurateur Noel Cunningham, founder of Strings, a champion of good works and good food, tonight at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. There will be a free public celebration from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Buell Theatre, followed by a VIP reception ($150 and up) in ... More >>

Bring It On: The Musical saved me from watching the Broncos game, and crying

As a feminist, I believe no woman should have to defend her journeys into girl culture. As a realist, I offer the following defense as to why I took my friend Katie's free ticket offer and went with her and two friends to Bring It On: The Musical on Saturday at the Buell Theatre instead of watching ... More >>

Theater is the new movies: Join Cult Following at the Jones Theatre tonight

Deep in the bowels of the Denver Performing Arts Complex lies the mysterious little Jones Theatre, which sits on the backside of the complex like an afterthought. But what goes on in there? For one, there's Cult Following, a monthly improv-based (but not exactly) performance serial with this motto: ... More >>

Theater openings are off to a fast start in January

If the flurry of excitement and variety we're being offered in January is any indication, this is going to be an amazing year for theater. The month opens on a light note: a 1930s Noel Coward play set in the big-haired 1980s. This isn't the kind of interpretation you expect for Coward, not even fo ... More >>

Sweep away the Scrooge in you with the Denver Center Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol

I've seen the Denver Center Theatre Company's production of A Christmas Carol more than once, and as someone who was brought up on a diet of Mr. Magoo, Reginald Owen, that nice thick novel by Charles Dickens and, later, Bill Murray in Scrooged, I never tire of it: Well-played by the ensemble, with g ... More >>

Denver Center roaring over bogus ticket sales for Lion King

​The Lion King is about to roar into the Denver Performing Arts Complex, followed by a revival of West Side Story. Such shows are not just popular with audiences, but by bogus ticket sellers. "We just want to make people aware that we're really the only authorized ticket sellers," says Alexan ... More >>

The Book of Mormon will come to Denver early but won't stick around long

​Despite their nearly two decades of golden success, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always put on for Colorado -- magnum opus South Park, for example, is basically a fifteen-year-long-and-counting tribute to the home state -- and given that track record, we weren't surprised at all when they ... More >>

Now Playing

​Despite their nearly two decades of golden success, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always put on for Colorado -- magnum opus South Park, for example, is basically a fifteen-year-long-and-counting tribute to the home state -- and given that track record, we weren't surprised at all when they ... More >>

Now Playing

​Despite their nearly two decades of golden success, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always put on for Colorado -- magnum opus South Park, for example, is basically a fifteen-year-long-and-counting tribute to the home state -- and given that track record, we weren't surprised at all when they ... More >>

Now Playing

​Despite their nearly two decades of golden success, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always put on for Colorado -- magnum opus South Park, for example, is basically a fifteen-year-long-and-counting tribute to the home state -- and given that track record, we weren't surprised at all when they ... More >>

Create Denver Week: Sign up or sign out

​Create Denver Week, which kicks off on May 12, will celebrate the local creative scene with a series of stylish events, including a pop-up art installation at the Spire, outdoor LED light and video projection showcases at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, food trucks, fashion, music and cra ... More >>

Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex turns blue: Why?

Imagine this blue​At night, as you drive north along Speer Boulevard through downtown, you catch sight of an eerie glow to the right -- and no, it's not the soon-to-be-extinguished Qwest sign.The Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex, that massive building at the edge of the Denver Performing Arts Com ... More >>

In the Spirit

Imagine this blue​At night, as you drive north along Speer Boulevard through downtown, you catch sight of an eerie glow to the right -- and no, it's not the soon-to-be-extinguished Qwest sign.The Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex, that massive building at the edge of the Denver Performing Arts Com ... More >>

Qwest merger: Could it hurt arts organizations like the DCPA?

The DCPA's Randy Weeks is hopeful donations will keep flowing.​Yesterday's acquisition of Qwest by CenturyTel may enrich the likes of Phil Anschutz, but it's raised concerns among politicos such as Governor Bill Ritter and senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, who fear a loss of jobs once th ... More >>

The Old Song and Dance

The DCPA's Randy Weeks is hopeful donations will keep flowing.​Yesterday's acquisition of Qwest by CenturyTel may enrich the likes of Phil Anschutz, but it's raised concerns among politicos such as Governor Bill Ritter and senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, who fear a loss of jobs once th ... More >>

Space Is the Place

The DCPA's Randy Weeks is hopeful donations will keep flowing.​Yesterday's acquisition of Qwest by CenturyTel may enrich the likes of Phil Anschutz, but it's raised concerns among politicos such as Governor Bill Ritter and senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, who fear a loss of jobs once th ... More >>

The Last Dance

The DCPA's Randy Weeks is hopeful donations will keep flowing.​Yesterday's acquisition of Qwest by CenturyTel may enrich the likes of Phil Anschutz, but it's raised concerns among politicos such as Governor Bill Ritter and senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, who fear a loss of jobs once th ... More >>

American Dream

The DCPA's Randy Weeks is hopeful donations will keep flowing.​Yesterday's acquisition of Qwest by CenturyTel may enrich the likes of Phil Anschutz, but it's raised concerns among politicos such as Governor Bill Ritter and senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, who fear a loss of jobs once th ... More >>

Today's featured event: Rent comes due tonight at the Buell Theatre

One of the longest running musicals on Broadway, Rent succeeded because it was a true rock opera, based on one of the most beloved classical operas of all time, Puccini's La Bohème. Fast-forwarded in time to the struggling, AIDS-haunted arts community camped out on New York's Lower East Side duri ... More >>

Swing Time

The Cirque is back in town.

Blind Courage

The story of Annie Sullivan hits the Denver Center stage.

Entertain Me

Jump aboard the Noises Off bandwagon.

Better than Grease

Jump aboard the Noises Off bandwagon.

Multi-Tasking Theater

The actors in Sweeney Todd do more than merely emote.

A Different Time

Irving Berlin's White Christmas tells a classic tale.

Pomp and Stomp

Irving Berlin's White Christmas tells a classic tale.

Heads Up

Irving Berlin's White Christmas tells a classic tale.

Opera, Jr.

Irving Berlin's White Christmas tells a classic tale.

Tear-Jerker Ending?

The Bonfils/Lowenstein Theater, a beloved Denver landmark, may be in danger of demolition.

Encore

The Bonfils/Lowenstein Theater, a beloved Denver landmark, may be in danger of demolition.

Encore

The Bonfils/Lowenstein Theater, a beloved Denver landmark, may be in danger of demolition.

Encore

The Bonfils/Lowenstein Theater, a beloved Denver landmark, may be in danger of demolition.

Best Time We've Had at the Theater

Lobby Hero, Denver Center Theatre Company

Encore

Lobby Hero, Denver Center Theatre Company

Free For All

Highlighting the week's greatest gratis event

Best Theater Company Season

Denver Center Theatre Company

Best Production

Bernice/Butterfly: A Two-Part Invention

Catch a Fever

An outbreak of disco fever is sweeping Polly Esther’s.

Show Stoppers

Box-office employees are battling the DCPA behind the scenes in an effort to form a union.

Off Limits

The show must go on

Best Theater Workshop

Wilbur James Gould Voice Center

A Tantalizing Thought

Donald Seawell doesn't think the ambitious Tantalus is out of Denver's reach.

Artsbeat

Donald Seawell doesn't think the ambitious Tantalus is out of Denver's reach.

Lights Out

Why is the old Lowenstein Theater on Colfax sitting empty? Some arts activists want to know.

OFF LIMITS

Why is the old Lowenstein Theater on Colfax sitting empty? Some arts activists want to know.