Tag: Denver Center
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Broadway, babies! Two Colorado high-school actors take their dreams to New York
Arts news: Grayson Allensworth is a Jimmy Awards hopeful … Nuggets’ ‘Love Island’ connection … Bonfils-Stanton names ‘Impact’ artists … Hey, Denver: Look up! Aerial sculptures! And more. The Denver Center’s annual Bobby G Awards, which honor achievements in Colorado high-school musical theater, have named Windsor High School’s production of “Bright Star” the most outstanding …
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Pam Grier’s name gets top billing at Alamo
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‘I don’t want to miss a second of this,’ legendary film icon from Denver says before Friday’s rechristening of Littleton cinema At 76 years (and counting), the still-evolving Pam Grier story cannot be tidily reduced to that of a pioneering sex symbol turned feminist icon. She is both of those, to be sure – and yet,…
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‘Next to Normal’ belongs next to ‘Hamilton’
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The groundbreaking story, currently being staged by the Denver Center Theatre Company, is among the three best musicals of this century Any chatter about what might be the best new musical so far this century pretty much ended on Aug. 6, 2015. That was the day “Hamilton” bowed on Broadway. But right next to “Hamilton”…
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From decrepit to opulent: How 20 years of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House has elevated Denver
Celebrating two decades since downtown finally got a worthy home for opera, ballet, concerts and more People forget what life was like before the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. When opera fans had to head down to the basement to find a bathroom. Talk about bottoming out. “People don’t remember that there were more seats in…
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Off-Center: DCPA’s great programming adventure is over
Officials cite budget constraints for eliminating wing devoted to growing younger audiences Feb. 20, 2010, was one of the hardest days in the storied history of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The region’s leading arts center would be ending one of its signature programs – the National Theatre Conservatory, a three-year master’s acting program…
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Actor Penny Dwyer taught her daughter to laugh at sadness
When my friend Penny Dwyer started losing her hair to chemotherapy, she did not despair. She let her 17-year-old daughter cut off what was left of it and turn it into a silly Tik-Tok video. “I gave her the worst haircut of her life,” Becca Dwyer said of a trendy look that left the back…
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Sprinkler system drenches first two ‘Hairspray’ performances in Denver
It’s not often you can say that an indoor theater performance has been rained out. But what has happened to the national touring production of “Hairspray” in Denver this week is the baseball equivalent of a double-header washout. The first two performances of the popular Broadway musical’s week-long visit to Denver on Tuesday and Wednesday…
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Banner year for these local actors | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Actor Lavour Addison toyed with us in 2023 like a heavyweight prize fighter who floats like a butterfly and delivers knockout punches at his pleasure. He ended 2022 with an award-winning performance of a boxing play called “The Royale,” playing a character based on the…
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This is the sound of a superhero | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Max Silverman was late meeting up with his parents at their hotel in New York City a few weeks ago, but he had a pretty good excuse. He was saving someone’s life. “Max was on a subway platform and saw that a middle-aged man was…
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Meet two scenic designers who ‘set’ the bar | John Moore
Not all of our best storytellers tell their tales with words and voices. Some do it with sound, with light and, in the cases of Kevin Nelson and Tina Anderson, with the physical worlds they build for actors to play in. Anderson is believed to be the most prolific Colorado theater scenic designer of the…