Tag: Denver Center Theatre Company
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Colorado New Play Summit turns 20 this weekend
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Arts news: Four developing scripts will be presented for future consideration on the Denver Center Theatre Company’s upcoming seasons Things are rapidly changing in the American theater. But the Denver Center Theatre Company’s place as a major player in new-play development continues to ascend. “The Reservoir,” “The Legend of Georgia McBride” and “The Book of…
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Full ‘swing’: Daughter steps into mom’s iconic Mrs. Fezziwig role
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 6 Talk about mirror images! Denver Center replacement actor Olivia Wilson steps into ‘A Christmas Carol’ role mom Leslie O’Carroll made iconic It was only the first act of the third preview performance of the Denver Center Theatre Company’s latest seasonal production of “A Christmas Carol,” and Steve…
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Delroy Lindo bringing Delta Slim back to his Denver stage roots
Famed actor to receive career achievement award at Denver Film Festival screening of global phenomenon ‘Sinners‘ Celebrated actor Delroy Lindo remembers the grand opening of the Denver Center Theatre Company on New Year’s Eve 1979. “It was cold as hell,” he says with a laugh. “The snow was up to our ears.” He doesn’t much…
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Hedwig vs. Mary Poppins: Historic gender change for 2025 Henry Awards
Actors will be considered in gender-neutral categories; Denver Center leads with 29 noms
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Colorado Theatre Guild rolls out historic gender change with 2025 Henry Awards nominations
The more things change, the more they do not stay the same for the Colorado Theatre Guild. For years, gender-equality advocates have been asking organizers of all major awards shows to reconsider how they categorize nominees at a time of change when most nonbinary performers do not define themselves as either male actors or female…
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Peak musical performances of 2023 | John Moore
Now, for the fun part. The Denver Gazette’s annual True West Awards recall 30 good stories of the theater year without categories or nominations. But attention must be paid to a few of the many standout individual performances of the year. And the greatest of 2023 (or pretty much any other year) was when Maiesha…
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Leslie Crispelle: He put his money where the magic was
Every time Les Crispelle and Glenn Tiedt celebrated Thanksgiving, they would go around the table saying what they were thankful for. And the couple never once varied in their 25 Thanksgivings together. Every year, Tiedt said he was grateful for Crispelle. And every year, Crispelle said he was thankful for Alcoholics Anonymous and his eventual…