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Musicals

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Metro State's theater department wins accreditation

    Bravo! The theater department at Metropolitan State College of Denver has become the first college theater department in the state to gain accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Theatre. And not for just one of its programs, but all three: the BA in theater, the BFA in musical the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Wicked fans get Ozdust fix with installment in Cherry Creek Shopping Center

    To celebrate the opening of its fourth run on the Denver stage, award-winning Broadway musical Wicked will partner with the Cherry Creek Shopping Center to open special preview "the World of Wicked" today, and running through April 15. Wicked fans and other mall-goers will get to bask in an emerald ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Place Bridge Academy named an NBC "Smash: Make a Musical" school

    On January 5, 3,000 excited students at the Junior Theater Festival were eagerly awaiting the arrival of a few actors and executive producers from the new NBC drama Smash. They weren't waiting to bombard the stars with autograph requests or to blind them with flashing cameras; nor were they waiting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    The Book of Mormon free tickets? Kind of....

    Hometown heroes Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who created a musical about a cannibal when they were University of Colorado film students, have an even more unlikely hit on their hands with The Book of Mormon. The boffo Broadway musical will start its tour here in August -- and tickets sold out fast S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    The Book of Mormon tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Sunday

    The Book of Mormon's Denver premiere should have musical fans dancing.​You could pretty much hear the yelps of joy all the way out here when The Book of Mormon opened in New York last year. The New York Times declared this musical -- by our very own South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Sto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2011

    You'll Eat It Up!

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Constantine Maroulis and Jim Breuer at Rock of Ages party tonight at Rockaway

    ​As the musical Rock of Ages wraps up its Denver run, the Rockaway Tavern (2036 Broadway) is hosting an "Impromtu" closing night party tonight with American Idol contestant and Rock of Ages star and Constantine Maroulis and comedian Jim Breuer. Jerri Theil, who is hosting the party with Lynn ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2011

    On the Fringe

    ​As the musical Rock of Ages wraps up its Denver run, the Rockaway Tavern (2036 Broadway) is hosting an "Impromtu" closing night party tonight with American Idol contestant and Rock of Ages star and Constantine Maroulis and comedian Jim Breuer. Jerri Theil, who is hosting the party with Lynn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Comment of the day: "Why pay to drink from the gutter?"

    ​Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the longtime brains behind South Park, Colorado's most famous semi-fictional mountain town, took it all the way to Broadway on Tuesday when The Book of Mormon opened to glowing reviews. The musical, a sendup of Mormon culture starring two "elders" on a mission trip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Brian Yorkey explains how his Pulitzer-winning Next to Normal evolved

    Do these birthday candles seem vaguely ominous to you?​Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's musical Next to Normal won the Pulitzer for its authors -- the book and lyrics are by Yorkey, the music by Kitt. Yet it began simply as an exercise for a musical theater workshop, one of those "show us everythin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Keith Rabin, Jr., of Gravity Defied Theatre talks economics and f-bombs

    Danny Harrigan and Keith Rabin Jr... what.​The founders of Gravity Defied Theatre had their work cut out for them when they founded the troupe in 2008. In addition to facing the standard pitfalls and challenges of starting a new theater company, founders Keith Rabin, Jr., and Danny Harrigan ha ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 30, 2009

    Phamaly's Man of La Mancha is impossibly good

    Danny Harrigan and Keith Rabin Jr... what.​The founders of Gravity Defied Theatre had their work cut out for them when they founded the troupe in 2008. In addition to facing the standard pitfalls and challenges of starting a new theater company, founders Keith Rabin, Jr., and Danny Harrigan ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Former Buff Keith Miller shows off his pipes. (No, the other pipes).

    ​If there was only some way to retroactively haze him, Keith Miller's old Colorado teammates would have plenty of fun with the recent story in the New York Times celebrating the old fullback's upcoming solos for the Metropolitan Opera, and revealing his old movie-watching habits: Mr. Miller' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Britney Spears: a tribute

    Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement of Denver's finest hip-hop acts paying tribute to the finest in that genre's storied history, The Denver Art Rock Collective is paying tribute to the musical mastery of the one and only Britney Spears. Come again, now? Yes, that is right. Saturday, June ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Spinal Tap release "Saucy Jack" as a free download

    Spinal Tap fans, rejoice! At long last, the fabled "Saucy Jack" -- the centerpiece to the Tap's unfinished rock musical about the notorious London serial murderer Jack the Ripper -- has been released. And it won't set you back nearly as much as those long-rumored, impossible to find Japanese bootleg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008

    Look of the Day - The Gay Boyfriend

    Spinal Tap fans, rejoice! At long last, the fabled "Saucy Jack" -- the centerpiece to the Tap's unfinished rock musical about the notorious London serial murderer Jack the Ripper -- has been released. And it won't set you back nearly as much as those long-rumored, impossible to find Japanese bootleg ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 27, 2007

    Spamalot: More Than Ham on Wry

    If it's hyper-literate silliness you want, Spamalot’s got what you need.

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2007

    Are Fat Suits the New Blackface?

    If it's hyper-literate silliness you want, Spamalot’s got what you need.

  • Culture

    March 1, 2007

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Culture

    February 8, 2007

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Culture

    December 28, 2006

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Culture

    December 21, 2006

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Film

    December 21, 2006

    Dreamgirls

    Jennifer Hudson nails it as a well-worn tale struggles to transcend the Ray model.

  • Culture

    December 7, 2006

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Culture

    November 30, 2006

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Film

    December 22, 2005

    Springtime for Mel

    Brooks's latest Producers is flawed, but better than the first.

  • Film

    November 24, 2005

    Spent

    A Broadway shmaltzfest spawns a big-screen travesty.

  • Culture

    September 15, 2005

    Hail to the Chief

    Next Stage's Assassins is a grand musical look at America's killer instinct.

  • Culture

    June 9, 2005

    Not Too Frank

    My Way tries the formulaic approach to assembling a musical.

  • Culture

    December 30, 2004

    Encore

    My Way tries the formulaic approach to assembling a musical.

  • Film

    July 22, 2004

    Just One of Those Biopics

    The songs are immortal, even if Porter pic isn't.

  • Film

    July 1, 2004

    Just One of Those Biopics

    The songs are immortal, even if Porter pic isn't.

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2004

    Women on the Verge

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    April 29, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    April 22, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    April 15, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    April 8, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    March 25, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Calendar

    February 27, 2003

    Catch a Fever

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

  • Culture

    July 11, 2002

    Flaws in the Fabric

    Stellar voices help overcome some of the messiness of CU's Brigadoon.

  • Culture

    December 27, 2001

    Porter Done to Order

    Kiss Me, Kate blends Broadway classics with a classy leading lady.

  • Music

    July 26, 2001

    Oklahoma!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    (Angel)

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best musical ménage

    Bed and Sofa

  • Culture

    November 20, 1997

    Supreme Beings

    Bed and Sofa

  • Music

    March 20, 1997

    The Profit of Jazz

    Businessman Al Ferguson believes there's money to be made from his sound.

  • Film

    January 2, 1997

    Fashion and Fascism

    Businessman Al Ferguson believes there's money to be made from his sound.

  • News

    November 21, 1996

    The Show Must Go On

    And thanks to these Pioneers, it will.

  • Culture

    August 29, 1996

    Arthur Appreciation

    And thanks to these Pioneers, it will.

  • Culture

    August 1, 1996

    The Naughty Professor

    And thanks to these Pioneers, it will.

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