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David Byrne, a group of scientists and Radiolab co-host Latif Nasser will put their heads together on the eve of Byrne's new show world-premiering in Denver to divulge details about the myst…
Best Bets in Denver for this week: A new Asian American festival at the Denver Zoo, Marimba madness at Levitt, Professor Phelyx and the Salida Film Fest are our Best Bets for this week
Denver Center Theatre Company on Friday announced a dozen new shows for its 2022-2023 artistic season, including world premieres, holiday art installations and a visit from Talking Heads fou…
Denver Center for the Performing Arts on Monday confirmed that its internal computer network had gone down in recent days, impacting its phone service and other systems.
Does it matter where a comedy special is recorded? Absolutely, and in Denver, our audiences have prompted some of the best all-time stand-up albums and specials to be recorded here. A rundow…
Denver's biggest performing arts companies will this month drop mask and vaccine-proof requirements at all of its shows, including those from Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Colorado …
An employee of Jester's Dinner Theatre in Longmont is looking to buy the 23-year-old cultural mainstay. But first, she has launched a $1 million crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to afford i…
The $10 "Hamilton" ticket lottery arrives this month to accompany the Tony-winning Broadway shows's second run at the Buell Theatre, hosted by Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Each sho…
Finally! Talking Heads leader David Byrne and writer Mala Gaonkar's "Theater of the Mind" this week got a location, run dates and ticketing information in advance of its Denver world premier…
Omicron concerns and coronavirus infection rates have scuttled a total of 10 performance of the touring Broadway production of "The Lion King" at the Buell Theatre in a mere three days. Here…
Touring Broadway's "Lion King" and various chorale, music, sporting and other events have been postponed or canceled in recent days due to growing COVID outbreaks and concern about the omicr…
Long-delayed and firmly on the 2022 calendar, tickets for touring Broadway productions such as Aaron Sorkin's Tony-winning "Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird," as well as "Moulin Rouge! The…
Christmas and holiday shows are roaring back this year in Denver, but not without their challenges. We talk to Denver Gay Men's Chorus, Wonderbound, the Camp Christmas creator and others abo…
John Waters' one-man performances are the stuff legend -- provided your legends arrive with a heaping side of filth. The cult-director's latest show to visit to Denver, "A John Waters Christ…
The 2021 holiday season brings back shows after a year off, including "A Christmas Carol" and "The Nutcracker," but also touring drag-queen variety shows and "A John Waters Christmas."
After more than 20 months of fears, frustrations and postponements, Denver's Broadway fans are finally getting the chance to step back into theaters. But will audiences return en masse to pr…
Denver's marquee performing arts companies, including Colorado Ballet, Opera Colorado, Colorado Symphony and Denver Center for the Performing Arts, will require masks and proof of vaccinatio…
Two days after announcing it, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts is postponing public sales of tickets for the touring Broadway musical "Hamilton."
Douglas Langworthy, director of new play development at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, died Monday at the age of 61, the DCPA said.
If you had a hard time snagging "Hamilton" tickets when the show came through town in 2018, you may have more luck this year.
Chris Coleman has planned a balanced diet of drama for his second year as artistic director of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Theatre Company.
From the art museum's upcoming "Dior: From Paris to the World" and the U.S.-exclusive "Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature" to recent Broadway productions of "Hamilton,"Â Disney's "Frozen" a…
At its best, "Dear Evan Hansen" offers an aching portrayal of life's slippery fulcrum points, from teenagers' capacity for deception and mindless cruelty to the jaw-clenching realms of paren…
Behind the scenes with the "Dear Evan Hansen" cast as the Tony-winning Broadway sensation debuts its national touring company in Denver
Officials at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts are hoping to tap private and corporate dollars to close the gap in a $36 million capital campaign they unveiled Tuesday -- the first i…