The Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ annual gala, Saturday Night Alive, was held on June 8, 2024. Saturday Night Alive serves as a fundraiser for DCPA theatre and education programs. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $23 million to support locally produced plays, onsite acting classes, and educational programs. Each year, […]
5 Best TV Sketch Shows
/in Community Engagement, General/by Khaleel HayesThe Second City: Comedian Rhapsody will bring all the laughs and comedic antics to DCPA’s Garner Galleria Theatre from July 17 through August 11. The Second City is a feat of skits and sketches that make audience members snicker. Since 1975, this show has been the number one source of comedy and has fueled the careers of well-known […]
A Witch’s Guide to Denver
/in Community Engagement, General/by Linnea CovingtonThere’s a little bit of magic everywhere if you know how to look for it. Fall under the spell of THE WIZ, running until April 20 at the Buell Theatre. The production is a retelling of the classic Wizard of Oz, and features some beloved witches. Through the story we learn witches can have both […]
Saturday Night Alive Supports Masterclass with Tony Award-Winning LaChanze
/in Community Engagement, General/by Emma HolstThe Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ annual gala, Saturday Night Alive, was held on June 8, 2024. Saturday Night Alive serves as a fundraiser for DCPA theatre and education programs. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $23 million to support locally produced plays, onsite acting classes, and educational programs. Each year, […]
Second City Notable Alumni
/in Cabaret, General/by DCPA PressThe Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy revolution began. The small cabaret theater grew to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars. The Second City’s […]
Area Anniversaries Worth Attending
/in Community Engagement, General/by Cynthia BarnesColorado is always bursting with new attractions, organizations, and events — and we’re fortunate that our citizens support them with attendance and enthusiasm. The miners, merchants and other settlers who streamed into Colorado quickly established centers of arts and culture, building an opera house in 1878 and forming a symphony in 1892. Many other institutions […]
The Witches of Oz Deliver a Wicked Hit
/in Broadway, General/by Teri DownardIn 1900, author L. Frank Baum, wrote a charming book called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that became a children’s classic. The book was turned into a stage musical a year later and begat another great classic: the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Judy Garland played a girl who, after a close encounter of […]
The Best Spontaneous Songs from Broadway’s Next Hit Musical
/in Cabaret, General/by Emma HolstIn Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, the Garner Galleria’s upcoming improvised musical comedy show, a band of master improvisers create musical numbers based on audience suggestions. These spur-of-the-moment showstoppers then compete for the coveted Tony – ahem – Phony Awards. The winning song is then fleshed out into a full musical production with a plot, characters, […]
Fun in the Colorado Sun
/in Community Engagement, General/by Suzanne YoeThis year, summer officially runs from June 20 through September 19, which means that Denver will see approximately 70 days of sunshine. While that won’t quite live up to the PR-spin that the railroads used to attract visitors in the late 1800s, it is more than enough to lure the locals to step outside and […]
Celebrate Frozen With a Sweet Cold Treat
/in Community Engagement, General/by Linnea CovingtonWe’re pretty sure Elsa loves ice cream. Escape the heat of summer when Frozen comes back to the Denver stage (June 19-July 3, 2024). Another great way to cool off? Ice cream, and plenty of it. Thanks to the delicious trend of high-end ice cream parlors, the Mile High City has no lack of options. […]
Judi Wolf: One Singular Sensation
/in Press, Breaking News, Community Engagement, General/by Suzanne YoeLet’s set the stage. It’s opening night in the Buell Theatre. Two thousand eight hundred people are taking their seats to see the next big Broadway hit. And then it happens. Heads swivel. Crowds part. Whispers of “Who is that?” begin. Enter Judi Wolf, stage right. Opening night after opening night the same reaction occurs. […]