74 stories by "John Wenzel, The Know"
How to get tickets for rescheduled shows from Denver Center for the Performing Arts, including "Hamilton," "The Lion King," "My Fair Lady," "A Christmas Carol," "Camp Christmas," "Mixed Tast…
Some of Denver's cultural pillars crumbled in 2020, but the new year offers glimmers of stability in music and the performing arts.
Thanks to changes in the state's color-coded COVID-19 dial this week, metro-area performing arts companies can return to indoor stages to perform and rehearse -- albeit without audiences, an…
Renovations for the trio of Denver Center for Performing Arts venues are almost complete.
Forecasting cultural conditions through the end of 2021 is impossible because we simply don't have enough information. The next months' trajectory of infections, vaccinations and overall beh…
Dozens of supporters of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance -- some in-person, but most on Zoom -- gathered last week to mark the blessing of the nonprofit company's 240-seat theater after months of …
Even as Denver's COVID-ravaged arts scene continues to err on the side of caution, programmers have grown increasingly bold about returning to stages later this year, based on new plans for …
Ticket-holders for the Denver touring dates of Broadway's "My Fair Lady," "1776," "Mean Girls" and "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations" will have to wait a few more month…
"The Liberator," adapted from a 2012 book by best-selling British journalist Alex Kershaw, tells the story of a Colorado war hero.
"Our staff is really heartbroken, and rightly so. But our goal is to hit the ground running when we're able to come back, and I'm hopeful we will emerge from this -- and that people will emb…
"I miss performing like crazy, but I keep reminding myself it's not forever, it's just a while. I'm pivoting, as the bros say."
After purchasing tickets, attendees will be asked to follow a prescribed driving route starting in north Denver, witnessing one staged scene after the next from cars while listening to an FM…
Talking Heads leader David Byrne's new project, "Theater of Mind," will miss its scheduled world premiere in Denver later this year, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts said today.
DCPA isn't giving up on Hamilton yet.
Plays and musicals are being canceled through early summer.
The Tony-winning, nationally touring Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon" on Tuesday canceled its Denver dates amid a cross-country shutdown related to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is reducing staffing costs by more than 50% and announcing a new round of show cancellations in an effort to stem millions of dollars in losses due …
The Denver Actors Fund on Tuesday announced a $35,000 emergency relief fund for Colorado theater artists who have been hurt by the coronavirus shutdown.
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, one of the country's largest nonprofit theater organizations, is shuttering many of its 2019-2020 shows in light of new public health guidelines pr…
DCPA's 2020-21 Broadway series will bring "Moulin Rouge!," "Pretty Woman," "Mockingbird"
Chris Coleman has already shown audiences what's he made of with triumphs such as his all-black recasting of "Oklahoma!" And he's tested Denver's appetite for new work with plays sourced …
Two hours before each show, fans who show up at the Buell can enter their names to be placed in a lottery drum (classic, eh?).
"Mockingbird" is the clear front-runner for Denver's hottest theater ticket of 2021, given its sold-out run in New York.
A Colorado costume shop is creating beautiful pieces in some big-time Broadway shows.
"Book of Mormon," "Mean Girls" single-tickets on sale Aug. 2 through Denver Center