Theaters in Denver
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The Aurora Fox Arts Center is home to the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre and the Aurora Fox Children’s Theatre, and has been a real draw on East Colfax Avenue for close to three decades. It offers productions year-round in the 245-seat theater, as well as exhibits and other activities in the rest of the space.
Denver’s Avenue Theatre on the edge of downtown has been pleasing audiences for over twenty years. The comfortable, intimate theater offers shows year-round, ranging from musicals to spoofs to serious drama.
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The mission of the creative staff at BDT Stage is to offer “Broadway-quality” theatrical entertainment at non-Broadway prices. Ordinarily, a statement like that might promote snickers from anyone who takes their theater seriously, but the cast and programming can hold a candle to more expensive productions any day of the week. The theater showcases four […]
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The Boulder Theater is not the kind of place you go to get loaded on cheap beer and talk through a performance. Audiences in the palatial, art-deco-style hall come to actually listen to music, and for good reason: The historic theater’s schedule is so well-rounded, there really is something for everyone. An eclectic mix of […]
Nearly hidden by the surrounding downtown businesses, Bovine Metropolis Theater is the type of place you’d expect to require a secret password to enter. Located upstairs in the old Changing Scene facility, the cozy space hosts improv performances and sketch comedy.
Denver’s Bug Theatre was originally built as a movie house in 1912 and passed through several different hands before landing in the hands of local artists Chandler Romeo and Reed Weimer. Since then, it has become a major venue for alternative arts, including movies, comedy, music and other performances.
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Buntport Theater was the creation of five College College grads/collaborators who who write, direct and perform all of their own work. The theater offers year-round performances and workshops for all ages; after more than a decade, it’s now one of Denver’s premiere theatrical endeavors.
The historic Central City Opera House is fascinating in and of itself: Built in 1878 by miners, it boasts gorgeous fresco on its ceiling, and there are names of notable Coloradans of yore — such as Horace Tabor and Buffalo Bill — carved on the backs of the seats. (Those carvings were transferred when the […]
The Colorado Chautauqua Association comprises, among other amenities, the state’s oldest music venue, having opened in the shadow of the Flatirons in 1898. The Chautauqua Auditorium provides a beautiful setting for performances by a variety of nationally known acts such as Andrew Bird, Son Volt, Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle. While technically indoors, the minimalist […]