220 stories by "John Wenzel"
"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."
When crowds of people return without fear to public events, they'll be hungry for musicals and symphonies, street festivals and First Fridays. But ready and willing as they are, Denver's bes…
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.
Two days after announcing it, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts is postponing public sales of tickets for the touring Broadway musical "Hamilton."
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…
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.
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.
If you had a hard time snagging "Hamilton" tickets when the show came through town in 2018, you may have more luck this year.
From Meow Wolf to Mission Ballroom, Monet to #WhatisUtopia, these are the biggest Denver arts and culture moments of 2019.
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
Despite the fact that there are no comedy festivals or national competitions in Colorado this month, the state will still host a good chunk of the country's best-known touring comics.
Dozens of events take over the 17-year-old Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts each year. But only a few deserve the Newman Center Presents tag.
In most ways, this is the same musical audiences saw 55 years ago. But it's still a hell of a lot of fun.
